An Ideal Husband (1999 film)

An Ideal Husband (English: An Ideal Husband ) is a film directed by Oliver Parker. The comedy from 1999 is based on the stage play of the same name by the English writer Oscar Wilde by 1895.

Action

The ambitious politician Sir Robert Chiltern is a respected member of the lower house and performs with his good-natured wife Lady Gertrude Chiltern a fairly comfortable life. Both hold on her estate a party to which is also invited a very good friend of Chilton, Lord Goring, a bon vivant and confirmed bachelor. Among the other guests is also Laura Cheveley, an old school enemy of Lady Chiltern, who is in possession of a letter from Sir Robert who lack content. Sir Robert had sold many years ago Baron Arnheim, the lover and mentor of Laura Cheveley, a state secret on the participation of the British government in the construction of the Suez Canal. Baron Arnheim took advantage of this insider information to make a high speculative gain, got by Sir Robert is a sizeable piece off. With the information contained in this letter from Sir Robert Laura Cheveley tried to extort this now. They demanded of him that Sir Robert in the next cabinet meeting its previous assessment under discussion Argentina - channel project changes and this endorsed as it has itself invested a lot of money into the project. Otherwise, they would forward the letter to the press, which would mean the political and social Off for Sir Robert and his wife. But Sir Robert granted Mrs. Cheveley first a rejection.

This takes a further attempt by visiting Lady Gertrude and makes allusions that her husband was not as perfect as they always thought. Mrs. Cheveley tells also of the sins of youth Sir Roberts, whereupon his wife leaves him horrified. Both contact with Lord Goring and ask him for his support. This knows Sir Robert's dark secret and wants to reconcile the two again, through a misunderstanding he gets instead of Lady Gertrude Mrs. Cheveley in his house. Now Sir Robert thinks that his best friend has betrayed him. To make matters worse, it turns out that Lord Goring Mrs. Cheveley had once almost married. He tries to bring the ominous letter to themselves by entering into a bet with Mrs. Cheveley; When Sir Robert reported sincere about his judgment at the cabinet meeting, they will hand him the letter. If he does it is Lord Goring to marry her. The disappointed but Sir Robert does not want to talk to Lord Goring.

In the decisive cabinet meeting pleads Sir Robert, who believes that his reputation is now lost, but then towards the canal project, to which Lord Goring wins his bet and he gets the letter. When Sir Robert recognizes that risk his friend has been received, he reconciled again with Lord Goring. His wife recognizes that her husband can not be perfect and also reconciled with him. When Lord Goring then asks Sir Robert by the hand of his pert sister Mabel, he denied him this, because he still thinks that Lord Goring had an affair with Mrs. Cheveley. Therefore, Lady Gertrude clarifies the situation even though they thereby admit himself that he had lied. Now that everything is settled, the two married.

Criticism

" Successful, cinema- like contemporary adaptation of the eponymous stage play by Oscar Wilde, which transports both its unique language arts ( in the original English ) as well as the timeless critique of society and thereby maintains shiny. Excellent reception and played. "

" Oliver Parker has ... made ​​a handsome costume drama, with a lot of rustling silk, well-placed bon mots and hints of good behavior. "

Awards

Rupert Everett and Julianne Moore were nominated in 2000 for a Golden Globe Award. Caroline Harris for the costumes, Peter King for the make -up and Oliver Parker for the ( adapted ) screenplay 2000 were nominated for the BAFTA Award. Among the six nominations for a Golden Satellite Award in 2000 for clients such as Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett and as Best Comedy.

Julianne Moore won in 1999 the National Board of Review Award and was nominated for the 2000 Chicago Film Critics Association Award. You and Cate Blanchett were nominated for the 2000 Chlotrudis Award. Rupert Everett was nominated for the European Film Prize 1999; He won the 1999 Golden Space Needle Award at the Seattle International Film Festival. Jeremy Northam won the 2000 London Film Critics Circle Award and the Evening Standard British Film Award.

Background

The film was shot in London and Buckinghamshire. His cost of production was estimated at 14 million U.S. dollars. The film played in theaters in the USA about a 18.5 million U.S. dollar and the British cinema - about 2.7 million pounds sterling.

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