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TrailerThe film is based on a book by theater critic John Lahr. It goes inside the extraordinary life of a talented playwright Joe Orton who is murdered by his girlfriend at the height of reputation.Actors: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters, James Grant, Frances Barber, Janet Dale, Dave Atkins, Margaret Tyzack, ...»Director: Stephen FrearsCountry: United KingdomDuration: 105 minQuality: HDRelease: 1987IMDb: 7.1Rating(0) Voted0 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Actors of "Prick Up Your Ears"
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Characters of "Prick Up Your Ears"
Joe OrtonPlayed by: Gary Oldman
Kenneth HalliwellPlayed by: Alfred Molina
Brian EpsteinPlayed by: David Cardy -
Directors of "Prick Up Your Ears"
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Creators of "Prick Up Your Ears"
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Critic Reviews of "Prick Up Your Ears"
VarietyMarch 26, 2009Gary Oldman is excellent as Orton, right down to remarkable resemblance, while Alfred Molina creates both an amusing and tormented Halliwell. Vanessa Redgrave takes top honors, though, as a compassionate and benign agent.
Time OutJune 24, 2006Oldman is brilliant; Molina's Halliwell less subtle; and the film's dissection of cottaging quaintly amusing.
New York TimesMay 20, 2003The film covers the main events of the Orton life in a manner that is nothing less than distracted. One has little understanding of the fatal intensity - and need - that kept Orton and Halliwell together.
Washington PostJanuary 01, 2000Like "Casablanca," "Diva," "Clockwork Orange" and countless other quality-cult films, "Prick Up Your Ears" has an indefinable idiosyncrasy that makes you want to come back for more.
Washington PostJanuary 01, 2000The filmmakers have shown great intellectual taste. But it's not the kind of taste that's illuminating.
Chicago Sun-TimesJanuary 01, 2000The great performances in the movie are, of course, at its center. Gary Oldman plays Orton and Alfred Molina plays Halliwell, and these are two of the best performances of the year.
Film4August 20, 2012A brilliant and painfully raw portrait of a troubled, a tragic relationship.
TV GuideAugust 20, 2012Oldman, fresh from his triumph as Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy, is the key and holds it all together.
PopMattersNovember 16, 2009Molina stares down all clichés, veering away from effeminate tones when they would be most convenient and avoids trapping Ken into a brooding madman.
GuardianApril 07, 2007Stands up extraordinarily well: mostly because of two outstanding central performances, Gary Oldman as the talented, blase Orton, and Alfred Molina as his thwarted, Hancock-esque murderer Kenneth Halliwell.
Empire MagazineApril 06, 2007A decent snapshot of pre-Beatle Britain, this is much more a fact-based gay melodrama than a trenchant portrait of Joe Orton's life, loves and art.
BBC.comApril 03, 2007It is repetitive at times, occasionally lagging, but the performances by Oldman and especially Molina simply demand your attention.
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