The Importance of Being Earnest | 'Untruthful' (HD)

The Importance of Being Earnest | 'Untruthful' (HD) | MIRAMAX

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7 жыл бұрын

Someone is refusing to bless Algernon and Cecily's impending marriage - and it's not Lady Bracknell.
In this scene: Algernon (Rupert Everett), Jack (Colin Firth), Lady Augusta Bracknell (Judi Dench), Cecily (Reese Witherspoon)
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@olfrygt 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know what everybody here is complaining about. It's the first adaptation of the play that I watched and I laughed a lot and rewatched it many times. I love Dench in her role. I think Lady Bracknell is the centrepiece of this play. Her wonderful monologues don't need overdone and bumptious acting to be light and funny.

@jomattia Жыл бұрын

Watching this side by side with the full text is wild. They really just decided to take out all the funny stuff.

@jackjackson7343 5 жыл бұрын

They understand this is a comedy right?

@Bloodraven_175AC Жыл бұрын

Algie's face when Lady Bracknell reveals her past😂

@dabedwards 2 ай бұрын

I think this is an excellent alternative version of the play. When underplayed like this, the laughs come in different places, and it almost sounds like realistic dialogue but it´s still delightful. An extremely effective device was to move much of it outside into the streets and risqué clubs which Jack and Algy would undoubtedly have frequented. This made it much more than just a filmed stage play. They also reinstated a delicious scene (the bailiffs) which Wilde cut from the first night. Nothing can rival the great high camp version with Edith Evans, but both are worthy interpretations.

@leadcloud8290 4 жыл бұрын

Why do they make Lady Bracknell a dancer? Did they not understand her lines?

@kerensabirch5214 Жыл бұрын

What's funny is that Judi Dench's daughter, Finty Williams, is playing that role.

@StevenTorrey 4 жыл бұрын

For a play that is supposed to be sprightly and light, this segment weighs down like a ton of bricks! I jsut watched David Suchet as Lady Bracknell, now that worked.

@msinvincible2000 4 жыл бұрын

Really? I think the opposite: while I LOVE David Suchet, his version was a little over the top. This is my favourite adaptation because everything seems more realist, and the actors (with the exception of Witherspoon) are all excellent

@StevenTorrey 4 жыл бұрын

@@msinvincible2000 I'll have to give it a go. I don't remember If I saw it in 2002, when it came out.

@Pbdave1092 4 жыл бұрын

@@msinvincible2000 It was written as a Comedy! A farce! Not a serious and realistic portrayal! The lines do not make sense delivered with a straight face and with all seriousness! "She's not come legally at age until she's 35." "He subsequently stayed for tea and devoured every... single... muffin." Those lines and every other line DO NOT WORK!

@msinvincible2000 4 жыл бұрын

@@Pbdave1092 But that's exactly what makes it so funny: all those funny and absurd lines being said so seriously make them even more funny. In this film they don't overact, they are subtle, and it makes it hilarious. I've always thought that deadpan delivered jokes are the funniest

@dougbarker3019 4 жыл бұрын

Very true. The play depends on its effect for over-declamation. Film tends to soften the enunciation of text because it is so close up and the voices don't need to be projected energetically into the large space of a theatre. This is one of the main reasons why the BBC's attempt to film all of Shakespeare's plays in the 1980s in studio settings bombed so badly. It's also why many of those live productions from the new Globe Theatre work so well.

@divox9pqr 4 жыл бұрын

It just needs a good tuning up...The witticisms need more sparkle....it needs to crack..bite...Mr Suchet has the right spirit....He makes it crack.

@dguri 4 жыл бұрын

SUPERB!!

@Gedagnors 4 жыл бұрын

A Handbag ?!

@naveens696 4 жыл бұрын

I bet she hides food in her hat.

@outlookesp 4 жыл бұрын

I lke David Suchet as Lady Bracknell more than Dame Judy

@kerensabirch5214 Жыл бұрын

Judi Dench's daughter, Finty Williams, gets to play young Lady Bracknell in this scene.

@JONAS-co4ut 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, dear! What happened to the comedy element, Judi?

@sinclairjg 3 ай бұрын

Too bad. I can't find Lady Bracknell's holler for "Prism!" anywhere.

@louisxiv631 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know

@profdephilo8343 4 жыл бұрын

Of the four or five versions available on KZfaq of the play, this is clearly the worst. Although Dench is an actress I admire very much, she is completely wrong in the role. Compare with Plowright (1986) and Suchet (in drag) (2015). I suspect it's the director's fault, not the actors.

@johngreen3543 4 жыл бұрын

Did you get a chance to view Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell and Michael Redgrave as Worthy?. It is by far the best version.

@albertweir5070 4 жыл бұрын

It depends upon how this play is executed by the actors the wit is biting and must be played out that way this is bland and unfortunately doesnt work .

@johngreen3543 4 жыл бұрын

I have looked at all the various presentations and still believe that the best Lady Bracknell is Edith Evans. Although Firth is good at Worthy he can not come close to Redgrave.

@MateusVIII 3 жыл бұрын

I think David Suchet was the best one to be honest

@tambuadze6614 4 жыл бұрын

What's with the dumb comments... this is one of the best adaptations of this play imho... are you all used to slapstick comedy only ? Or ONLY overacting ? Also - Not every adaptation should be the same. THAT would be truly "ghastly". This adaptation is probably my favorite. At leadt definitely most memoriable for me. I need to check out the others once more I guess. But you are all hilarious...

@eddiebuenaventure3666 4 жыл бұрын

To know how these lines can be delivered you should see the 1952 version with Edith Evans (try to get the original B/W and not the gaudy colorized version that is around everywhere)

@tambuadze6614 4 жыл бұрын

Eddie Buenaventure i know I have seen it. But my point is - the lines can be delivered many ways. This is absolutely different from many other versions. Doesnt mean it's bad. Imho.

@CheloPerales 13 күн бұрын

@@eddiebuenaventure3666 I just saw it. Overacted it.

@en1909s9iah 3 жыл бұрын

because we, obviously, needed a cutout of Lady Bracknell's young life. no, this is bad.

@naly202 4 жыл бұрын

Although this clip contains my favourite funny witty line in the play (the one about women of 35) I didn't laugh here. They are all SO SERIOUS... As if some impending drama was happening. Dear silly Oscar meant this as a total satire of flamboyant language, style, morals, etc. The situations are so ridiculous that they can't possibly be taken seriously. Worst thing you can do to this wonderful play is to take it seriously.

@philipwilliams9060 3 жыл бұрын

..... You must ALL have Excellent hearing!!!?

@photo161 4 жыл бұрын

G H A S T L Y !

@martingardener90 4 жыл бұрын

Fhive Chounties? Oh I should Hate That!

@blockobutter 4 жыл бұрын

Fucking hate that word.

@nickdryad 4 жыл бұрын

Not another movie with frigging dame Judy

@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114 2 жыл бұрын

1997: Queen Victoria in Mrs Brown 1998: Queen Elizabeth in Shakespeare in Love 2002: Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest Best Roles for Dame Judi Dench

@lukekinney4435 Жыл бұрын

Queen Elizabeth 2000 Parent Trap 2012

@MrDavey2010 4 жыл бұрын

What a plodding & boring production! It doesn’t capture Wilde’s witty writing at all. Maybe it’s been badly cast.

@nesha2333 8 күн бұрын

Huh...mycroft was right, that could have went differently.

@barbarablue2571 4 жыл бұрын

Who is Earnest?

@rogerwhite95 3 жыл бұрын

This just doesn't work. It's supposed to be a zany comedy with lovable characters, not a rather staid drama.

@mikelheron20 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely dreadful! All the actors seem as if they've just emerged from a coma.

@angelaniculcea7308 5 жыл бұрын

O traducere in romana se poate ?

@naly202 4 жыл бұрын

Exista o versiune radiofonica excelenta în ro pe KZfaq: "Ce înseamnă să fii Onest". Dacă vrei sa înțelegi piesa per ansamblu. Cat despre traducerea filmulețului acestuia... nu strica sa-l folosești pentru a-ți aprofunda cunoștințele de engleza. Cheers! 😘

@moorland6735 4 жыл бұрын

the original had a better effect...i don't know

@iamfrank5171 5 жыл бұрын

Ghastly adaptation. They totally missed the point of this play.

@bonzodog67lizardking15 5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. What was supposed to be a lively farce was dragged-down by slow flat line readings, dull pacing, and poor casting. An excellent audio adaptation is this one: www.amazon.com/The-Importance-of-Being-Earnest/dp/B00JHK0ZRC It must be obscure, because although it was a great performance by the late Lynn Redgrave, it's not on her Wiki Bio. However, the director of this version got the performances down perfectly. This audio version has been out of print for some time too.

@rheinhartsilvento2576 4 жыл бұрын

@James Dowds I think Polish Viking was joking, dear James 😄

@photo161 4 жыл бұрын

I don't know if they missed the point, but they certainly missed the tone...This performance is utterly, determinably, unfunny...

@photo161 4 жыл бұрын

@PolishViking Now your comment displayed just what this version totally lacked...humor!

@thefantasticjames 4 жыл бұрын

@@bonzodog67lizardking15 the casting is fine those are great actors and actresses it is the adaptation that sucks butter nuts.

@reneseilburg4419 4 жыл бұрын

Disappointing.

@hefinrosser8685 3 жыл бұрын

Soz but hated this version x

@charleshudson5330 4 жыл бұрын

Comedy, especially arch comedy, cannot be presented without camp. A spectacularly talented cast utterly misdirected. Every comedic lines falls flat. Didn't these skilled actors realized during production that they were continually missing the mark? I'd like to see Maggie Smith as Lady Bracknell. She'd know how to deliver the lines. Love Judy. But not here.

@LobsngDmchoi Жыл бұрын

My honest reaction (based on this clip): the ladies are fine, the men are flat & wooden. Lady B. doesnt have to be a caricature--only a self-important high society schemer.

@240252 2 жыл бұрын

A completely unfunny version of this play. These actors are good in Shakespeare but they completely fail in a farce style. Before taking this role, Dench whose lack of comedian appeal helps her in roles of the queens, should have taken lessons from Joan Plowright how to wear your chin high and speak with that Mayfair stiffness of the upper lip.

@soulonice99 4 жыл бұрын

Why are they playing this 'straight'?

@charliebrown5755 4 жыл бұрын

The worst adaptation I ever seen

@huolalupin6008 7 ай бұрын

Dench is such a useless actress particularly in comic roles. She didn’t need to ape Edith Evans but she might have had the humility to try to learn something from her.