DORIAN GRAY

Year: 2009
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Rebecca Hall, Rachel Hurdwood, Emilia Fox, Fiona Shaw, Caroline Goodall, Maryam d'Abo, Douglas Henshall, Johnny Harris, Michael Culkin, David Sterne, Pip Torrens, Max Irons, Noli McCool, Jo Woodcock, Tallulah Sheffield, Louise Rose, Paul Warren, Aewia Huillet, Lily Garrett
Director: Oliver Parker
Country: UK
UK: 112 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong bloody violence, sex and drug use
UK Release Date: 9 September 2009

Synopsis

Eternal beauty, everlasting youth, celebrity: Dorian Gray has it all.

Starring Ben Barnes (THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA), Colin Firth (MAMMA MIA), Rebecca Hall (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA) and Ben Chaplin (THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS) and directed by Oliver Parker (St Trinians) DORIAN GRAY is a gripping adaptation of Oscar Wilde's infamous gothic novel.

When a strikingly beautiful but naïve young Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) arrives in Victorian London he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), who introduces Dorian to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. Henry's friend, society artist Basil Hallward (Ben Chaplin) paints a portrait of Dorian to capture the full power of his youthful beauty and when it's unveiled Dorian makes a flippant pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture - even his soul.

Realising his portrait has taken on an evil and disturbing air, manifesting his depravity and debauchery while his own beautiful face goes unmarked by his deeds, it is locked it away in the attic. His wild adventures escalate and he is forced by his own actions to flee the country. Dorian returns twenty-five years later, to the surprise of his old friends his youthful appearance is unchanged. Jaded by having found pleasure but never happiness, he is haunted by the monstrous painting in the attic. His fear and paranoia grow as rumours of his misdeeds circulate. As Dorian's last chance for love and redemption is threatened he is forced to risk his own immortality.

DORIAN GRAY features a supporting cast that includes, Rachel Hurd-Wood (PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER), Fiona Shaw (HARRY POTTER), Emilia Fox (FLASHBACKS OF A FOOL) and newcomer Max Irons.