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Film Info

UK 1999 | 97 min. Director: Oliver Parker
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An Ideal Husband

Synopsis

Sir Robert Chiltern is a man who has everything. A brilliant politician and a perfect gentleman, he is the ideal husband for the captivating Lady Chiltern. Admired by all, they present an exquisite picture of wedded harmony. But when the scheming and seductive Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal a dark secret from Chiltern's past, the very foundations of his prized career and marriage look set to crumble. Cornered, he turns to his life long friend, Lord Arthur Goring.

Famed all over town for his dazzling wit and cultivated misbehaviour, Goring soon finds himself caught up in a tangled web of lies, temptations, and secret liaisons. Yet while he excels at the affairs of others, his own are to prove more challenging. The persistent charms of Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's sister, are becoming an increasing threat to his cherished bachelorhood. She's a match for him if ever there was one ...

Romantic, funny and moving, AN IDEAL HUSBAND delivers political intrigue and sparkling wit, and summons a picture of a society confronting issues as prevalent in our own society as they were 100 years ago ...


Cast & Crew

Biography

Director and Screenwriter Oliver Parker has worked extensively as an actor and theatre director.

In 1995, Oliver directed his adaptation of OTHELLO starring Laurence Fishburn, Irene Jacob and Kenneth Branagh for Castle Entertainment.

In 1994, Oliver wrote, directed and acted alongside his brother Nathaniel Parker in his first short film UNSIGNED, which was featured at the London Film Festival that year. In 1995, he made two short films: A LITTLE LOVING starring Helena Bonham Carter and THE SHORT CUT.

Cast & Crew

Oliver Parker
Barnaby Thompson, Uri Fruchtmann, Bruce Davey
Oliver Parker
David Johnson
Cate Blanchett (Lady Chiltern), Minnie Driver (Mabel Chiltern), Julianne Moore (Mrs Cheveley), Rupert Everett (Lord Arthur Goring), Jeremy Northam (Sir Robert Chiltern)
Guy Bensley
Charlie Mole
Michael Howells
Caroline Harris
Peter King
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