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An Ideal Husband is a 1999 British film based on the 1895 play An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore and Jeremy Northam. It was directed by Oliver Parker . It was selected as the 1999 Cannes Film Festival 's closing film. [3]
- £6.3 million
- Charlie Mole
- 16 April 1999
Jun 30, 1999 · An Ideal Husband: Directed by Oliver Parker. With Peter Vaughan, Rupert Everett, Minnie Driver, Cate Blanchett. London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women.
- (16K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Oliver Parker
- 1999-06-30
Jun 25, 1999 · A play like Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" works because it takes place in a society bound by inflexible rules and social inhibitions. Here is a story in which a marriage, a romance, a fortune and government policy all rest on such foundations as a man's obligation to act like a gentleman. (Of course he doesn't need to be a gentleman--that's where the story comes in.) In the play, an ...
An Ideal Husband, also known as Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, is a 1947 British comedy film adaptation of the 1895 play by Oscar Wilde. It was made by London Film Productions and distributed by British Lion Films (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA). It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos ...
- £506,000
- Arthur Benjamin
- Alexander Korda
An Ideal Husband is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. It was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London in 1895 and ran for 124 performances. It has been revived in many theatre productions and adapted for the cinema, radio and ...
- Oscar Wilde
- 1895
An Ideal Husband is a play by Oscar Wilde that follows the story of Sir Robert Chiltern, a respected politician who is blackmailed by the scheming Mrs. Cheveley. Sir Robert’s wife, Lady Chiltern, is initially horrified by her husband’s past actions, but ultimately she forgives him. An Ideal Husband is one of Wilde’s society comedies ...
Sir Robert Chiltern. Henpecked Husband: Lady Chiltern is too ladylike to outright dominate her husband, but she clearly wields all of the authority in their relationship. When she demands that Sir Robert come clean, he writes a letter that instant. When she leaves, he crumbles.
