Prick Up Your Ears (Special Edition)

Prick Up Your Ears (Special Edition)

Production Year: 1987 - Drama - Director: Stephen Frears - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over more

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A celebration of British playwright Joe Orton's irreverent and charismatic talent. It tells the story of Joe's rise from a working class boy to peer of the Beatles and cult figure...
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Prick Up Your Ears [1987] Prick Up Your Ears [1987]
Based on John Lahr's biography of the same name and co-written by Alan Bennett, Prick Up ... more
Your Ears charts the 16-year relationship between
the monstrously talented but deeply selfish
playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman), author of West
End farces such as Loot and What the Butler Saw,
and his neurotic but nevertheless wronged lover
and collaborator Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred
Molina). Halliwell introduced Orton to art,
literature and gay sex only to see his
protégeacute; outstrip his mentor with innate and
rampant talent for sexual conquest. By turns
hilarious and excoriatingly painful, it's as much
a tribute to an anti-hero of our times-Orton's
ruthless frankness and anarchic mindset helped
form the basis of what's called the "queer"
sensibility today--as it is a portrait of the
Swinging 60s just after the reform of
anti-homosexuality laws irrevocably changed
society. The modern-day framing device has Lahr
(Wallace Shawn) researching his book through
interviews with Peggy Ramsay (Vanessa Redgrave),
Orton's agent and the diary he wrote, a nimble
device which ends up drawing a provocative
parallel between Orton and Halliwell's
relationship and that of Lahr and his wife
(Lindsay Duncan). Director Stephen Frears, fresh
off the back of the also-gay-themed My Beautiful
Laundrette, nimbly balances our sympathies for
both the protagonists while the leads give what
may in retrospect look like the standout
performances of their careers: Oldman was never
more feral and charming, while Molina,
foppishingly fretting over his wig and decrying
that his lover "even sleeps better than I do" is
simply heartbreaking. --Leslie Felperin
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Prick Up Your Ears: The Screenplay
Pages: 80, Paperback, Faber and Faber
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Prick Up Your Ears (Special Edition)

Main specs

Actor(s): Alfred Molina, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave, Gary Oldman, Roger Lloyd-Pack

Director(s): Stephen Frears

Genre: Drama

Classification: 18 years and over

Production Year: 1987

Video Category: Feature Film

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

Plot: A celebration of British playwright Joe Orton's irreverent and charismatic talent. It tells the story of Joe's rise from a working class boy to peer of the Beatles and cult figure of London's Swinging 60s. The story is told through the eyes of his agent and abusive lover, Kenneth Halliwell.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): ITV DVD; CINRAM LOGISTICS

DVD Description

A celebration of British playwright Joe Orton's irreverent and charismatic talent. It tells the story of Joe's rise from a working class boy to peer of the Beatles and cult figure of London's Swinging 60s. The story is told through the eyes of his agent and abusive lover, Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina). Joe is played by Gary Oldman.

Languages

Main Language: English

Technical information

Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full Frame

Sound: Dolby Digital

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.... Commentary on "Whistle While Your Wife Works" by Seth MacrFralane, Drew Barrymore, Steve Callaghan, David Goodman, Chris Sheridan and Kara Vallow can be heard by accessing the Special Features menu. Episode 6 - Prick Up Your Ears Lois volunteers to teach a sex education class at the high school, but is quickly fired by being honest with the kids. Meanwhile, Stewie plots to trap and kill the Tooth Fairy. Commentary on "Prick Up Your Ears" by Seth MacFarlane, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, David Goodman, Suzanna Makkos, James Purdum and Danny Smith can be heard by accessing the Special Features menu. Disc Two - Episode 7 - Chick Cancer Stewie weds his old flame and find that marriage isn\'t all it\'s crack up to be, and Peter gets hooked on "chick flicks"---so he decides to make one of his own. Commentary on "Chick Cancer" by Seth MacFarlane, Racheal... Read review

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