Prick Up Your Ears(Movie, 1987)

Name: Prick Up Your Ears
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987
Duration: T01:51:00
Rating: 3.3

| 1h 51min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 38 votes)

Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the 1978 biography by John Lahr. The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr, and Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay. ()

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About Prick Up Your Ears

Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.

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Trailer for Prick Up Your Ears + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official 30th Anniversary Trailer(Trailer, 1:32)

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: England

Made by: British Screen Productions, Zenith Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 11 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 04/17/1987

Cast: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan, Margaret Tyzack, Sean Pertwee, Steven Mackintosh, Neil Dudgeon, Richard Wilson, Karl Johnson, Selina Cadell, Jonathan Phillips, Neville Smith, Siân Thomas, Charles McKeown, Michael Müller, Angus MacKay, Noel Davis

Director: Stephen Frears

Screenwriter: Alan Bennett

Film Editor: Mick Audsley

Director of Photography: Oliver Stapleton

Composer: Stanley Myers

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Susurros en tus oídos"

Keywords: playwright, drama school, lgbt, biography, gay, england, based on novel or book, london, england, 1960s

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Prick Up Your Ears(Movie, 1987)

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