S12.E1

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Name: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-09-19
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: John Gielgud, Jeremy Brett, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Episode aired Sep 19, 1976
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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Drama

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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Trivia
Jeremy Brett had played Dorian Gray himself in an earlier TV adaptation of Wilde's novel; here, in middle-age, he instead plays the artist Basil Hallward.

Quotes
Lord Henry Wotton: Uncle George, I want to get something out of you.
Lord Fermor: Money, I suppose.
Lord Henry Wotton: No, no, no, it isn't money I want. You see, it's only people who pay their bills who want that, Uncle George, and I never pay mine.

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Version of Dorian Grays Portræt (1910)

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Featured review

10/10

Absolutely Brilliant!!!

I will always think of Mr. Firth as Dorian Gray, if I live to be 100.

Perfectly acted and directed, bringing Oscar Wilde's insight, wit and humor alive with an absolute and utter perfection unusual in television.

More proof that the BBC more than makes up in talent what it doesn't always have in money.

A must have for all Wilde fans-and indeed for everyone else. Inspired and perfected, every one of the actors looked exactly right for the role and every shot was well done.

By the end I found that I loved every single character in a way that no other movie of the type had ever inspired. Watch it, then try to watch another version. It's just not the same, is it?