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The Libertine

Year:

2006

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Laurence Dunmore

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2006-03-10

Filming Locations: Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $2,202,799 (USA) (12 March 2006)

Gross: $4,835,065 (USA) (20 April 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Rosamund Pike

The Libertine

Kelly Reilly

Johnny Depp

Rochester

Paul Ritter

Chiffinch

John Malkovich

Charles II

Stanley Townsend

Keown

Francesca Annis

Countess

Tom Hollander

Etherege

Johnny Vegas

Sackville

Richard Coyle

Alcock

Tom Burke

Vaughan

Hugh Sachs

Ratcliffe

Rupert Friend

Downs

Jack Davenport

Harris

Trudi Jackson

Rose

Samantha Morton

Elizabeth Barry

Clare Higgins

Molly Luscombe (as Claire Higgins)

Freddie Jones

Betterton

Robert Wilfort

Huysmans

Jake Curran

Sackville's Servant

Paul Chahidi

Barrillon

Kevin Doyle

Constable

Morgan Walters

Trooper

Niall Buggy

Chaplain

Peter Howell

Bishop

T.P. McKenna

Black Rod (as TP McKenna)

Maimie McCoy

Acting Troop

Richard Wills-Cotton

Acting Troop

Penny Layden

Acting Troop

Olivia Higginbottom

Acting Troop (as Kate Olivia Higginbottom)

Amy Darcy

Acting Troop

Cara Horgan

Acting Troop

Graham Hughes

Acting Troop

Liam McKenna

Acting Troop

Habib Nasib Nader

Acting Troop

Laurence Spellman

Acting Troop

Robert Sterne

Acting Troop

Katie Beale

Dancer

Anna Serena Bindra

Dancer

Fleur Davidson

Dancer

Natascha Falter

Dancer

Hannah Gould

Dancer

Alice Hutcheson

Dancer

Harriette Quarrie

Dancer

Susie Valerio

Dancer (as Susanna Valerio)

Louisa Bawden

Orange Seller (uncredited)

Sacha Bennett

King Charles II's Servant (uncredited)

Amanda Girvan

Prostitute (uncredited)

Shane MacGowan

17th Century Bard (uncredited)

Davo McConville

Rochester's Valet (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Unlike most period films, this one was shot almost entirely with a hand-held camera. The two most notable shots with a fixed camera (not a hand held one) are the two panoramas of the interior of the theater, which was intentional.

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Laurence Dunmore operated the camera for almost every shot in the film.

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The poem which Wilmot has been banished from court at the beginning of the film is "A Satyr on Charles II". The historical Wilmot really did submit that poem to the monarch accidentally, but he subsequently left court of his own accord, rather than at Charles' command.

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Goofs

In several shots, the fake nose John Malkovich is wearing is noticeable, including the sun glowing through when outdoors, and when in the theater box speaking to Johnny Depp, there is a distinct color mismatch that shows the outline of the prosthetic.

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In the playhouse, after Harris announces the kings arrival, Lord Rochester starts to remove his hat with his right hand on the crown of the hat. In the next shot, he is removing it with his left hand on the brim of the hat.

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When Rochester returns home, the carriage gets stuck in the mud so he gets out and walks towards the house. He's met by his wife. Rochester says, "Madam. This driveway will not do." The word "driveway" didn't come into use until around 1865 (according to dictionary.com) - about two hundred years after Rochester's death.

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Quotes

Sackville: She gives a good gobble, but won't do the full wibbly-wobbly!

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Elizabeth Barry: I will not swap my certain glory for your undependable love.

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Rochester: How old are you, Mr Downs?

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