Dorian Gray is a movie directed by Oliver Parker in 2009 and based on the book The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1890. The movie features Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, and others.
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Storyline
When a naive young Dorian Gray arrives in late Victorian London, by train, to inherit an estate left to him by his abusive grandfather, he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Lord Henry Wotton, who introduces Gray to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. When the portrait is unveiled, Gray makes a flippant pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture—even his soul.
Movie vs Book
Year
2009
Minutes
112
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1890
Pages
272
Book Rate
8.16
S: Goodreads
Book
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author: Oscar Wilde
Country: UK
First published in: 1890
Length: 272 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
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Movie by Tamara Harvey
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User polls & recommendations
“Each time I work with an author, I say to them, 'A book and a movie are different things.'”
JASON REITMAN (Filmmaker)
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