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Prick Up Your Ears  (1987)

Prick Up Your Ears
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Theatrical Feature Running Time:
110 mins

Theatrical Release Information:
Prick Up Your Ears

This unadorned biography of playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) charts his bawdy, dangerous relationships. Alfred Molina plays Orton's brutish lover, Kenneth Halliwell, a pathetic figure who becomes horrific and then tragic before the film is over. The hilarity of scenes from such Orton plays as Loot and What the Butler Saw is evenly balanced by the bleakness of the playwright's tormented (and tormenting) off-stage existence, which ended suddenly at age 34 with half a dozen blows to the head from a hammer. Prick Up Your Ears is based on the book by theater critic John Lahr, who is played in the film by Wallace Shawn. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


Prick Up Your Ears Trivia

Who played Joe Orton in the movie Prick Up Your Ears?
Gary Oldman played Joe Orton in the movie Prick Up Your Ears

Who played Kenneth Halliwell in the movie Prick Up Your Ears?
Alfred Molina played Kenneth Halliwell in the movie Prick Up Your Ears

Who played Peggy Ramsay in the movie Prick Up Your Ears?
Vanessa Redgrave played Peggy Ramsay in the movie Prick Up Your Ears

Who played John Lahr in the movie Prick Up Your Ears?
Wallace Shawn played John Lahr in the movie Prick Up Your Ears

Who played Elsie Orton in the movie Prick Up Your Ears?
Julie Walters played Elsie Orton in the movie Prick Up Your Ears

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