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The Importance of Being Earnest

6.020111h 31mMovieComedyTV Movie

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

DirectorBrian Bedford
WriterOscar Wilde

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Cast · Directed by Brian Bedford

BBBrian Bedford
Brian Bedford
Lady Bracknell
SFSantino Fontana
Santino Fontana
Algernon Moncrieff
DFDavid Furr
David Furr
John Worthing
ST
Sara Topham
Gwendolen Fairfax
CP
Charlotte Parry
Cecily Cardew
DIDana Ivey
Dana Ivey
Miss Prism
PWPaxton Whitehead
Paxton Whitehead
Rev. Canon Chasuble
POPaul O'Brien
Paul O'Brien
Lane
TM
Tim MacDonald
Merriman

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The Importance of Being Earnest hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 21, 2011. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.