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The Libertine is a 2005 period drama film, the first film directed by Laurence Dunmore. It was adapted by Stephen Jeffreys from his play of the same name, and stars Johnny Depp and Samantha Morton as John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester and Elizabeth Barry, with John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Rupert Friend, and Kelly Reilly in supporting
Jun 9, 2011 · The film seems to have a nasal fixation, but it's light on actual nose facts, so here are some. The real Rochester's nose may not have fallen off, but syphilis did often have that effect.
Mar 10, 2006 · With Johnny Depp, Paul Ritter, John Malkovich, Stanley Townsend. The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Laurence Dunmore
- 2006-03-10
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Mar 9, 2006 · Elizabeth Malet (Rosamund Pike) stands by her philandering, verbally abusive and much despised husband the Second Earl of Rochester (Johnny Depp) in "The Libertine."
During the presentation to the King and the French ambassador, John falls into disgrace with the court. When he is thirty-three years old and dying of syphilis and alcoholism, he converts to being a religious man. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nov 11, 2005 · The role Johnny Depp essays in The Libertine is a maverick poet of the Restoration era who’s drunk, free-spirited, brilliant, a skirt chaser, a dazzling wit, a patron of the arts, and suffers a protracted death from syphilis at the age of 33.
Nov 17, 2005 · The Libertine follows Wilmot’s exploits, up until his exceedingly ugly and noseless death from syphilis at 33. Clever and colorful, he opens and closes the film with monologues: “Let me be...
