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Set in Victorian London, DORIAN GRAY tells the story of a handsome young gentleman who remains eternally young while a portrait of him grows old.

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EAN5060116724097

eBay Product ID (ePID)73769496

Product Key Features

ActorRachel Hurd Wood, Rebecca Hall, Colin Firth, Fiona Shaw, Ben Barnes

Film/TV TitleDorian Gray

DirectorOliver Parker

LanguageEnglish

Run Time107 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2010

FormatDVD

FeaturesCommentary with director Oliver Parker and scriptwriter Toby Finlay\Making of DORIAN GRAY\Deleted scenes\Bloopers\Costume, location and effects featurettes\Costume photo gallery\Trailer, Widescreen, Closed Caption

GenreDrama, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Hearing ImpairedEnglish

Additional InformationSet in Victorian London, DORIAN GRAY tells the story of a handsome young gentleman who remains eternally young while a portrait of him grows old. Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA - PRINCE CASPIAN) is a handsome and charming young man whose obsession with his own physical beauty leads him to do some very ugly things. Having just arrived in London, he is keen to experience the seedy pleasures the city has to offer. However, concerned about the effects a life of hedonism might have upon his youthful looks, he enlists a painter to capture his likeness on canvas, wishing that the portrait suffer the ravages of time, while he remains eternally young. Such is his vanity that Dorian is willing to sacrifice his very soul in order to pervert the course of nature. An orgy of sin and debauchery ensues, led by the nefarious Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY), in whom Dorian naively places all his trust. When true love enters the frame, Dorian struggles to hide the secret behind his eternal youth and is forced to look deep within himself, beyond the shimmering surface, to re-discover his own humanity. But is the love of a good woman enough to wipe clean his many transgressions or has he fallen too far to be saved? <BR>Oliver Parker has carved an impressive career out of directing stylish adaptations of the Oscar Wilde plays THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and AN IDEAL HUSBAND, and now he continues his work with the reading-list favourite, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.

ReviewsEmpire - In turning to Ben Barnes, [director Oliver Parker and screenwriter Toby Finlay] remain true to Gray's much lauded good looks, and unveil a near-perfect paradigm of wide-eyed naivety, Glamour - Ben Barnes is perfect, Sky Movies - Thrilling, sexy and unnervingly tense, Cosmopolitan - Atmospheric, powerful and sizzling with sexiness

AuthorOscar Wilde

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleDorian Gray

Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody violence, sex and drug use