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May 27, 1983 · The Sins of Dorian Gray: Directed by Tony Maylam. With Anthony Perkins, Belinda Bauer, Olga Karlatos, Joseph Bottoms. A young woman sells her soul for eternal youth and beauty, while her screen test grows elderly and depraved to behold.
- (216)
- Drama, Horror
- Tony Maylam
- 1983-05-27
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This contemporary retelling of Oscar Wilde's macabre tale is given a change of sex with Dorian now a beautiful, never-aging model. Anthony Perkins is the evil fashion world manipulator who leads her into a life of corruption, and Joseph Bottoms is her lover who has deserted his pregnant wife for...
- Tony Maylam
- Anthony Perkins
Overview. In this version of Oscar Wilde's tale, Dorian Gray is an actress who, desperate to become a worldwide star, makes a deal that switches her soul to her image on film, then proceeds to sleep and connive her way to the top, knowing that her screen test, and not she, will show the ravishes of time and of her immoral transgressions.
A fashion tycoon (Anthony Perkins) exploits a model (Belinda Bauer) who has sold her soul for eternal youth.
- (3)
- Tony Maylam
- Horror
The Sins of Dorian Gray. Summaries. A young woman sells her soul for eternal youth and beauty, while her screen test grows elderly and depraved to behold. Dorian Gray is beautiful, wealthy and famous. However, she repels and destroys all those around her.
"The Sins of Dorian Gray" is one of Rankin/Bass's odd live-action efforts, which sees Oscar Wilde's novel updated to the present and given a sex change - Anthony Perkins notwithstanding, Belinda Bauer plays Dorian, a young woman whose screen test (instead of a portrait) plucks her from obscurity to fame and fortune.
