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Directed by | Oliver Parker |
Screenplay by | Toby Finlay |
Based on | The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
Produced by | Barnaby Thompson |
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Cinematography | Roger Pratt |
Edited by | Guy Bensley |
Music by | Charlie Mole |
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Distributed by | Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom) Alliance Films (Canada) National Entertainment Media (North America) |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $22.4 million[1] |
Dorian Gray is a 2009 British dark fantasy horror film[2] based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Oliver Parker, and written by Toby Finlay (his first screenplay). The film stars Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, and Rachel Hurd-Wood. It tells the story of the title character, an attractive Englishman whose loveliness and spirit are captured in an enchanted painting that keeps him from aging. His portrait becomes further tainted with every sin he commits while he remains young and handsome.
Dorian Gray was released in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2009, by Momentum Pictures,[3] having competed in the Official Fantàstic Competition at the 2009 Sitges Film Festival.[4][5]