The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976 TV)

The Picture of Dorian Gray ( Original Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray ) is a British television film from 1976, he is an adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde after a theater - editing by John Osborne. . The film was first aired on September 19, 1976 as part of the series Play of the Month the BBC.

Action

The painter Basil Hallward paints a portrait of the young Dorian Gray. When it's done, Dorian wishes always so young and nice to stay as his image. By the time it turns out that his wish has come true. Under the influence of Basil's friend Lord Henry Wotton begins Dorian Gray, an irresponsible life to be kept exclusively for his own pleasure and to take no consideration for other people. While he retains his youthful and innocent appearance, his portrait assumes not only trains of age, but also his selfish behavior. Dorian Gray is afraid increasingly faced with the discovery of his secret. As Basil Hallward visited him and the altered portrait looks, he stabs the painter. After he has destroyed with the help of his former friend Alan Campbell all the evidence, decides Dorian to live a better life, and tried to destroy the picture, but this kills himself when he dies, the image will be original appearance, while Dorian Gray accepts the distorted features of the portraits.

Relation to the novel

Except for some cuts, the film holds closely to the plot of the novel. Compared with other adaptations of the work as the Hollywood version of 1945 or the British film version of 2009, this contains a high proportion of dialogues, which are taken directly from the novel. In the newspaper The Times it has been referred to as the originalgetreueste adaptation. More clearly than most previous films, this film emphasizes that the novel only underlying, implied homosexual aspects of the relationships of the characters with each other, particularly in relation to Dorian Gray Basil Hallward and Alan Campbell.

DVD Release

The Picture Of Dorian Gray was published in 2005 as a DVD along with the TV movie The Importance of Being Earnest by Stuart Burge in a statement issued by the BBC Oscar Wilde Collection.

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