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Dorian Gray
This gothic thriller was directed by Oliver Parker (St Trinian’s, An Ideal Husband) and produced by Barnaby Thompson (The Importance of Being Earnest, Spice World, Valiant). It stars Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia; Prince Caspian, Easy Virtue), Colin Firth (Mamma Mia!, Easy Virtue, Love Actually), Ben Chaplin (Stage Beauty, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep), Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona, Frost/Nixon), and Rachel Hurd-Wood (An American Haunting, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer).
When a strikingly beautiful but naive young Dorian arrives in Victorian London he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Henry Wooton, who introduces Dorian to the hedonisitc pleasures of the city. Henry's friend, society artist Basil Hallward paints a portrait of Dorian to capture the full power of his youthful beauty and when it is unveiled Dorian makes a flipant pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture - even his soul.
Forced by his own evil actions to flee the country, Dorian returns twenty-five years later. To the surprise of his old friends, he looks exactly the same. However he is noticably jaded, having found pleasure but never happiness. He is still haunted by the monstrous painting in the attic. His fear and paranoia grow as rumours of his past misdeeds circulate. Dorian is left to fight for redemption and his mortality. The film's official webiste can be found at the link below:
Releases and ScreeningsThe film was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September. Toronto Film Festival - Dorian Gray
UK release - 9th of September 2009 and was the highest grossing independent release.It also topped the UK DVD charts when released in January 2010.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONSThe film screened in competition at the Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival in October 2009 and received a nomination in the Best Film Category.
TrailerTo view the DORIAN GRAY film trailer, please click on the following link.
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Adapted from the novel by Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray - this film adaptation tell the well-known story of a young man’s obsession with beauty and his Faustian pact to keep it. 
He enthuasiastically embraces a sinister life of debauchery and self-indulgence that eventually results in a murder. Dorian's wild adventures continue, but soon he notices that his portrait, which is now locked away in the attic, has taken on an evil and disturbing air, while his own beautiful face goes unmarked by his deeds. whike his beaty seems eternal, his portrait will reveal the truth.