The Importance Of Being Earnest. Image shows from L to R: John 'Jack' Worthing (Colin Firth), Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff (Rupert Everett). Copyright: Fragile Films
The Importance Of Being Earnest (2002)
- 2002 film
2002 screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comic masterpiece. Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star as two men assuming the same identity. Also features Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey and more.
The Importance Of Being Earnest trivia
Reese Witherspoon was in England filming The Importance Of Being Earnest at the time of the American release of her previous film, Legally Blonde. When she returned to the US she found she had become, almost overnight, a household-name superstar.