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    Prick Up Your Ears

    R1987 · Biography · 1h 48m

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  1. Prick Up Your Ears. Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the 1978 biography by John Lahr. The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr, and Vanessa ...

  2. May 8, 1987 · Prick Up Your Ears: Directed by Stephen Frears. With Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn. Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton.

    • (6.5K)
    • Biography, Drama
    • Stephen Frears
    • 1987-05-08
  3. "Prick Up Your Ears" is the story of Orton and Halliwell and the murder. They say that most murderers are known to their victims. They don't say that if you knew the victims as well as the murderer did, you might understand more about the murder, but doubtless that is sometimes the case. This movie opens with a brutal, senseless crime. By the time the movie is over, the crime is still brutal ...

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  5. Henry Sheehan Chicago Reader To reconstruct private lives when documentation gives out is an act of imagination, and that is what the film Prick Up Your Ears is all about. Rated: 3/4 May 9, 2022 ...

    • (39)
    • Stephen Frears
    • R
    • Gary Oldman
  6. Currently you are able to watch "Prick Up Your Ears" streaming on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel or for free with ads on Pluto TV. Synopsis When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair.

    • (39)
    • Stephen Frears
    • R
    • 2
  7. Prick Up Your Ears. The true story of British playwright Joe Orton and how his skyrocket to fame ended in his own brutal, shocking murder by his longtime lover in 1967. 209 IMDb 7.1 1 h 50 min 1987. X-Ray R.

  8. Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful. This movie is the story of the spectacular life and violent death of British playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman).