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The Libertine

2004, Movie, R, 130 mins

LIBERTINE, THE
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Johnny Depp's coruscating, rigorously uningratiating performance as debauched, self-destructive 17th-century aristocrat John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester, is the glue that doesn't quite hold together first-time director Laurence Dunmore's adaptation of Stephen Jeffreys' 1994 play. A celebrated wit, poet and drunken carouser, Wilmot systematically squandered his talents, alienated his admirers and friends, besmirched his family's reputation, tempted fate with insane recklessn... read more leave a comment
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Johnny Depp stars in The Libertine as the scandalously decadent John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester. The film follows the Earl's adventures in London, from his passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry (Morton), to the writing of a scurrilous play which blisteringly and bawdily lampoons the very monarch who commissioned it, Charles II (Malkovich), leading to the Earl's banishment and eventual downfall.
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Teaser trailer introduces John Wilmot (Johnny Depp), in what it calls the most controversial movie of the year.
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Length: 01:17
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The Libertine movie trailer - starring John Malkovich, Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton. Directed by Laurence Dunmore. Theatrical Release Date: 3/10/2006 Genre: Drama Rating: R
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In every generation, there comes along a person so scandalous, so rebellious, so willing to break taboos that they topple the world's ideas of what being a free spirit truly means. In the 17th century that person was unequivocally John Wilmot, AKA the 2nd Earl of Rochester the wily and talented rogue who in the course of his short, wild life, become known all at once as a troublemaker, a genius and one of history's most irrepressible believers in liberty.
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Length: 01:54:19
Posted: 7/15/2009
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Year: 2004
Rated R

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Cast
Johnny Depp: John Wilmot, The Second Earl of Rochester
Samantha Morton: Elizabeth Barry
John Malkovich: Charles II
Rosamund Pike: Elizabeth Malet
Tom Hollander: Etherege
Johnny Vegas: Sackville

 

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