The Picture of Dorian Gray 1976 - Oscar Wilde - Part 1 - 10

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Part 1 of 10

Synopsis: Dorian Gray (Peter Firth) is a privileged man who sits for artist Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett). Gray is so happy with the results that he wishes he could look that way forever; Hallward tells him it could be so, but for a terrible price. Gray soon discovers that he no longer ages, but his portrait does instead, and as he becomes more corrupt and stops putting a check on his appetites, he discovers just how great a toll is portrait is forced to bear.

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[allpossibleworlds]

Personally I quite like this version, and I love Jeremy Brett's performance, particularly later on when he delivers his confession of his love to Dorian. Also, it's not fair to typecast Brett. It's Brett as an "emo painter" as psdru put it, not Holmes. Brett needed to be older than Basil so he could portray him young and older, which is obvious. If you don't like the acting, fine, but when it comes to minute details, some of you are being too critical.

[MrPhukface]

@r8wing I read the novel and I don't really care. The movie is great and Basil/Lord Henry are amazing! Yes, its not an exact replica of the novel...*sigh* so tired of this song and dance...but the acting is quality indeed.

[nmahangu]

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[nmahangu]

Here is a portrait of me sleeping through this movie.

[KashyaCharsi]

I couldn't find the part where Basil confesses love. I thought this thread was left out of this version.

[Mubibi56]

This version is the best i have seen yet! It follows the book so perfectly, and the actors are great :)

[antoinetta70]

I've been obsessed since 2008 with a blonde guy who looks a lot like Peter Firth here. The guy I'm obsessed with is a cruel and vain creature, cold and selfish, yet I can never get over him.

[Magenta408]

The bearded guy is indeed John Gielgud.

[Magenta408]

@Trang 23390 - good Irish literature, not english!

[feversgotmesweatin]

@pink333zebra You know, you're right! My guess is that because the book describes Dorian as being so incredibly beautiful and everyone has their own perspective of beautiful. Although I do recall them saying in the book that he has blonde hair so at least that was noted byt his director :)

[MrsWLeach]

@324wilson Thanks! I'm usually good about stuff like that but there are others who fool me. Have a great weekend!