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An Ideal Husband is a 1999 British film based on the 1895 play An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore and Jeremy Northam. It was directed by Oliver Parker. It was selected as the 1999 Cannes Film Festival's closing film.
Jun 30, 1999 · A British film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play about a government minister threatened by a blackmailer. Starring Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and others, directed by Oliver Parker.
- (17K)
- Comedy, Romance
- Oliver Parker
- 1999-06-30
Sir Robert Chiltern (Jeremy Northam) is a respected government official and a loving husband. His friend, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett), is a notorious womanizer who lives a life of casual...
- (67)
- Oliver Parker
- PG-13
- Rupert Everett
An Ideal Husband is a four-act play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. It was first produced at the Haymarket Theatre , London in 1895 and ran for 124 performances.
- Oscar Wilde
- 1895
A British film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play about a politician who is blackmailed by a woman from his past. See the cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more on IMDb.
- (177)
- Comedy, Romance
- William P. Cartlidge
- 1999
Jun 25, 1999 · Roger Ebert June 25, 1999. Tweet. Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver and Rupert Everett star in Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband." Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. A play like Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" works because it takes place in a society bound by inflexible rules and social inhibitions.
Summaries. London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women. Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed.
