The Importance of Being Earnest (1992)

Directed by

Kurt Baker

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 06m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Respectful adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners, keeping his original dialogue but shifting the setting to modern-day London. An all-black cast performs the story of romantic mix-ups and secret identities. It was shot inside the director's own home.

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What happens

The Importance of Being Earnest is a 1992 American film adaptation of the 1895 play of the same name by Oscar Wilde, featuring an all-black cast. Director Kurt Baker co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Anthony Andrews, retaining most of Wilde’s dialogue and the setting around London, but moving it to the (then) present day rather than the original’s late Victorian period. The film was produced by Nancy Carter Crow, who is also married to the director, and shot completely within the couple’s home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. It premiered in October 1991 at a Harvard University film symposium, "Blacks in Black & White and Color", and opened theatrically on May 14, 1992, at the Anthology Film Archives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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