Prick Up Your Ears
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 111 mins
(89 votes)
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
Cast
- Gary Oldman
- Alfred Molina
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Wallace Shawn
- Lindsay Duncan
- Julie Walters
- James Grant
- Frances Barber
- Janet Dale
- Dave Atkins
- Margaret Tyzack
- Eric Richard
- William Job
- Rosalind Knight
- Angus MacKay
- Linda Spurrier
- Charlotte Wodehouse
- Helena Michell
- Sean Pertwee
- Liam De Staic
- Charles McKeown
- Selina Cadell
- Bert Parnaby
- Antony Carrick
- Neil Dudgeon
- Richard Wilson
- Christopher Guinee
- Stevan Rimkus
- Michael Müller
- Anthony Douse
- John Kane
- Steven Mackintosh
- Garry Cooper
- Roger Lloyd Pack
- Joanne Connelly
- John Moffatt
- Philippa Davies
- David Cardy
- Julie Legrand
- Noel Davis
- Jane Blackburn
- Stella Richman
- Neville Phillips
- Jonny Phillips
- Richard Ireson
- Ahmed Elgheur
- Moktar Dagmouni
- Sian Thomas
- Stephen Bill
- Karl Johnson
- David Bradley
- Simon Adams
- James Duggan
- Max Stafford-Clark
- Mark Brignal
- Joan Sanderson
- Neville Smith
- Spencer Leigh
- John Salthouse
- Robin Hooper
- Derek Jarman
- Derek Lyons
Director
- Stephen Frears
Producers
- Andrew Brown
Screenwriter
- Alan Bennett
