PRICK UP YOUR EARS

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• Release Year: 1987
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Gary Oldman (Hannibal) and Alfred Molina (Identity) star in this stunning true story about a long-term love affair that ends in a shocking murder/suicide. Told in 'sizzling flashbacks and forwards' (Elle), this 'sharp, pithy, exuberant and unflinching film' (The Hollywood Reporter) from director Stephen Frears (Dirty Pretty Things) and writer Alan (The Madness of King George) 'mesmerizes you, holding you in its thrall' (Los Angeles) from first frame to last.; ; Frustrated writers, co-conspirators, friends and lovers, Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell (Oldman and Molina) serve respectively as protégé and mentor in each other's life...until Orton's breakout success heightens Halliwell's sense of his own failure. With the young playwright's every new achievement, Halliwell's diminishing role leads him to a desperate attempt to keep them as equals...forever.
• Cast: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters, James Grant, Frances Barber, Janet Dale, Dave Atkins, Margaret Tyzack, Eric Richard, William Job, Rosalind Knight, Angus MacKay, Linda Spurrier, Charlotte Wodehouse, Helena Michell, Sean Pertwee, Liam De Staic, Charles McKeown, Selina Cadell, Bert Parnaby, Antony Carrick, Neil Dudgeon, Richard Wilson, Christopher Guinee, Stevan Rimkus, Michael Müller, Anthony Douse, John Kane, Steven Mackintosh, Garry Cooper, Roger Lloyd Pack, Joanne Connelly, John Moffatt, Philippa Davies, David Cardy, Julie Legrand, Noel Davis, Jane Blackburn, Stella Richman, Neville Phillips, Jonny Phillips, Richard Ireson, Ahmed Elgheur, Moktar Dagmouni, Sian Thomas, Stephen Bill, Karl Johnson, David Bradley, Simon Adams, James Duggan, Max Stafford-Clark, Mark Brignal, Joan Sanderson, Neville Smith, Spencer Leigh, John Salthouse, Robin Hooper, John Bailey, Derek Jarman, Derek Lyons, Queen Elizabeth II, Stephen Frears, John Lahr, Alan Bennett, Andrew Brown, Oliver Stapleton, Mick Audsley, Stanley Myers, Philip Elton
• Director: Stephen Frears
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: Zenith Productions Ltd., Civilhand Zenith Film, British Screen Productions, Film Four International, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC (MGM Home Entertainment LLC)
• Media Format: Movie