

Dame Judi Dench portrayed Lady Bracknell for the third time, having been cast in the 1982 National Theatre revival and the 1995 BBC Radio 4 adaptation.( September 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Colin Firth as John "Jack" Worthing/Ernest.Rupert Everett as Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff.Chaos ensues when both men find themselves face-to-face and have to explain who they really are. In this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play about fake identities, two gentlemen in 1890s London use the same pseudonym, Ernest, for their secret courtship activities. The film grossed $8.4 million in North America. The original music score is composed by Charlie Mole.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a 2002 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oliver Parker, based on Oscar Wilde's classic 1895 comedy of manners of the same name.
