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Actors: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Prick Up Your Ears |
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Based on the book by John Lahr, Prick Up Your ears stars Gary Oldman (JFK, Hannibal) as John "Joe" Orton, a homosexual actor turned playwright. It's sort of like a movie within a movie as John Lahr (Wallace Shawn) and Anthea Lahr (Lindsay Duncan) go about writing the book that the movie is ultimately based on. Through the use of flashback we follow, mostly, the evolution and deconstruction of Orton's relationship with Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina), who is a struggling writer. The movie also covers Orton's profesional life as he becomes the successful writer Kenneth never came to be. Through the success of his plays "Loot" and "What The Butler Saw" Orton achieves fame and he's even commissioned to write a screenplay for the Beatles. But, as Orton's fame skyrocketed, Halliwell never achieves much of anything and this causes friction in the relationship. The years of Orton's sexual promiscuity in bathhouses, his fame, and Halliwells shortcomings come to a head one night for him when Orton says he wants to leave him. This pushes Halliwell over the edge and leads to the demise of both of them.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Prick Up Your Ears |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- writer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- bald
Body type
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
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