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An Ideal Husband

Year:
Duration:
97 min
Genres:
Comedy | Romance
IMDB rate:
6.9
Director:
Oliver Parker
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1999-06-18
Filming Locations: London, England, UK
Earnings
Budget: $14,000,000
Opening Weekend: £492,309 (UK) (18 April 1999)
Gross: $18,535,191 (USA) (3 October 1999)
Cast
Actor
Character
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore
An Ideal Husband
Delia Lindsay
Delia Lindsay
An Ideal Husband
Peter Vaughan
Phipps
Rupert Everett
Lord Arthur Goring
Minnie Driver
Miss Mabel Chiltern
Cate Blanchett
Lady Gertrude Chiltern
Ben Pullen
Tommy Trafford
Marsha Fitzalan
Countess
Lindsay Duncan
Lady Markby
Neville Phillips
Mason
John Wood
Lord Caversham
Jeremy Northam
Sir Robert Chiltern
Nickolas Grace
Vicomte de Nanjac
Simon Russell Beale
Sir Edward
Anna Patrick
Miss Danvers
Denise Stephenson
Gwendolen
Charles Edwards
Jack
Nancy Carroll
Cecily
Andy Harrison
Algernon
Jill Balcon
Lady Bracknell
Janet Henfrey
Miss Prism
Toby Robertson
Canon Chasuble
Michael Culkin
Oscar Wilde
Oliver Parker
Bunbury
Doug Bradley
Brackpool
Stephen May
Burlington
Jeroen Krabbé
Baron Arnheim
Susannah Wise
Young Mother
Peter Parker
First MP
Oliver Ford Davies
Sir Hugo Danforth
Neil Mendoza
Second MP
John Thompson
The Speaker
Anthony Maddalena
Socialite (uncredited)
Tim Packham
Backgammon player (uncredited)
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Trivia
At Lord Goring's Club, a background character says "Come now, Bunbury!" Bunbury is an imaginary sick friend invented by a character in "The Importance of Being Earnest" as an excuse to visit the country. That play is performed in the background in several scenes of the movie.
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When guests are being announced at the political party in the beginning of the movie, the name "Lord Windemere" is called. "Lady Windermere's Fan" is the title of another popular Oscar Wilde play dealing with sullied reputations.
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The play attended by the characters in the movie is Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest." The tall, older man that addresses the audience from the stage at the end of the play represents Wilde who did in reality address the audience when his play first debuted.
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Goofs
Several MPs including Lord Caversham are shown wearing top hats in Parliament. MPs didn't (and still don't) wear hats during a session of the House, unless they are raising a Point of Order while a vote is in progress.
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The Speaker is shown calling MPs to speak by naming their constituency ("The Honourable Member for Witney" etc). British MPs do address each other in this way, but the Speaker calls MPs to speak by naming them personally.
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At the reception at the Chiltern's home, Sir Robert is requested to meet the Indian Ambassador. In 1895 India was a British possession and there could not be such an Ambassador who represents only independent states.
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Quotes
Lord Arthur Goring: Mrs. Cheveley.
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Lord Arthur Goring: I love you... I love you.
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Mabel: To look at a thing is quite different from seeing a thing, and one does not see anything until one sees its beauty.
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Photos from cast
Julianne Moore Delia Lindsay
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