Dorian Gray (1970 film)
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| Directed by | Massimo Dallamano |
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| Based on | Terra-Filmkunst |
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| Language | English |
Dorian Gray (Italian: Il dio chiamato Dorian, lit. 'The God called Dorian'), also known as The Sins of Dorian Gray and The Secret of Dorian Gray, is a 1970 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Helmut Berger.
Directed by
Critical opinion of the film is decidedly mixed. On the one hand, some consider the film trash and
A marked difference between this version and the novel is the final scene. Instead of Dorian slicing the painting with the knife (thereby inadvertently killing himself), he is seen committing suicide with the knife deliberately.
Plot
Dorian sits with his friend Basil and another man, drinking in a London strip club. They split up. Dorian goes to an empty theatre and watches a girl rehearsing the part of Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. He takes her for a hot dog and coffee and they drink water from a fountain. They walk arm in arm through the night.
She takes him back to the theatre and plays a tape of Romeo and Juliet as they make love. The next day she says she was a virgin. He drives her to her parents' house. He goes to see Basil in his riverside studio.
Basil's client Henry Wotton arrives with his sister and wants the picture of Dorian Gray for his gallery. The picture shows him stripped to the waist, wearing a purple scarf. They go outside to speak to Dorian and ironically discuss Oscar Wilde. They debate the demerits of marriage.
Dorian takes the girl to a red-tiled cottage in Windsor Great Park. She runs off saying that he has had other girls there. He catches her and they make love under a huge oak tree.
Cast
- Helmut Berger as Dorian Gray
- Richard Todd as Basil Hallward
- Herbert Lom as Henry Wotton
- Marie Liljedahl as Sibyl Vane / Gladys Monmouth
- Margaret Lee as Gwendolyn Wotton
- Maria Rohm as Alice Campbell
- Beryl Cunningham as Adrienne
- Isa Miranda as Patricia Ruxton
- Eleonora Rossi Drago as Esther Clouston
- Renato Romano as Alan Campbell
- Stewart Black as James Vane
See also
References
- ^ "Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings - DORIAN GRAY (1970)". Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ "C I N e B e a T S :: Massimo Dallamano's Dorian Gray :: April :: 2007". Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
External links
- Dorian Gray at IMDb
- Dorian Gray at AllMovie
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