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    Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

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    The life of doomed gay British playwright Joe Orton gets a no-holds-barred but sure-handed telling by director Stephen Frears in this funny and moving biopic, with Gary Oldman giving a marvellous performance as the promiscuous cheeky chappy.

    Alan Bennett’s wonderful script is full of hilarious one-liners and is more interesting when focusing on what it meant to be homosexual in the 1960s rather than on Orton’s lauded theatrical achievements.

    Yet, with Alfred Molina also punching his acting weight as jealous older lover Kenneth Halliwell, this is still British film-making at its finest.

    Joe Orton
    Gary Oldman
    Kenneth Halliwell
    Alfred Molina
    Peggy Ramsay
    Vanessa Redgrave
    John Lahr
    Wallace Shawn
    Anthea Lahr
    Lindsay Duncan
    Elsie Orton
    Julie Walters
    William Orton
    James Grant
    Mrs Sugden
    Janet Dale
    Mr Sugden
    Dave Atkins
    Leonie Orton
    Frances Barber

    Director
    Stephen Frears

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