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The Sins of Dorian Gray

  • TV Movie
  • 19831983
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
193
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The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
  • Drama
  • Horror
A young woman sells her soul for eternal youth and beauty, while her screen test grows elderly and depraved to behold.A young woman sells her soul for eternal youth and beauty, while her screen test grows elderly and depraved to behold.A young woman sells her soul for eternal youth and beauty, while her screen test grows elderly and depraved to behold.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
193
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Tony Maylam
  • Writers
    • Jerome Coopersmith
    • Peter Lawrence
    • Oscar Wilde(novel)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Perkins
    • Belinda Bauer
    • Joseph Bottoms
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  • Director
    • Tony Maylam
  • Writers
    • Jerome Coopersmith
    • Peter Lawrence
    • Oscar Wilde(novel)
  • Stars
    • Anthony Perkins
    • Belinda Bauer
    • Joseph Bottoms
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    • 7User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Anthony Perkins
    Anthony Perkins
    • Henry Lord
    Belinda Bauer
    Belinda Bauer
    • Dorian Gray
    Joseph Bottoms
    Joseph Bottoms
    • Stuart Vane
    Olga Karlatos
    • Sofia Lord
    Michael Ironside
    Michael Ironside
    • Alan Campbell
    Caroline Yeager
    • Angela Vane
    Patsy Rahn
    Patsy Rahn
    • Tracy
    Roxanne Moffitt
    • Marie-Rose
    Jeff Braunstein
    • Parker
    Roy Wordsworth
    • Vicotr
    Peter Hanlon
    Peter Hanlon
    • Christian
    Carol Robinson
    • Secretary
    Mark Dufty
    • Elevator Man
    Trudy Weiss
    Trudy Weiss
    • TV Studio Person
    Hrant Alianak
    Hrant Alianak
    • Nightclub Manager
    Bob Collins
    • TV Studio Person
    Richard Comar
    • TV Studio Person
    James Kione
    • TV Studio Person
    • Director
      • Tony Maylam
    • Writers
      • Jerome Coopersmith
      • Peter Lawrence
      • Oscar Wilde(novel)
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    • Trivia
      The novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" explores the fantasy of invincible vice only to discover that, while justice can be dodged, there is no escape from conscience. Written in 1890, the homosexual undertones of the novel were used as evidence in the criminal-libel suit of Wilde vs the Marquess of Queensberry in 1895, who accused the writer of homosexual promiscuity with his son, Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde was found guilty of gross indecency, and sentenced to two years hard labor - from which he never recovered. He died in poverty and disgrace in 1900. Like his tragic hero, Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde tried to conceal something about himself in art, and in the end was betrayed by art.
    • Connections
      References American Bandstand (1952)
    • Soundtracks
      The Sins of Dorian Gray
      Written by Bernard Hoffer and Jules Bass

      Performed by Lisa Dalbello (as Lisa Dal Bello)

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    Top review
    4/10
    In this television adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, beautiful but marred Dorian Gray is a ... woman!
    I Know. Oscar Wilde did not deserve this but here are some clues that may help us in judging this film more nicely. First of all, I think it was a good idea to make Dorian Gray a woman in the eighties as an aspiring actress-turned-to-be top model. Did you know that for the 1945 Lewin's version, Greta Garbo wanted the leading role dearly? Secondly, it is not so ridiculous to use a "film" instead of a picture or a "portrait". We have to remember that here we are in Los Angeles at the moment when the VHS exploded. This adaptation only reflects the epoch in which it was made. Could you imagine a girl snubbing a movie role for a modeling career instead nowadays? Finally, I liked the song. It summarizes the real story, it is seductive and tries to tell us the causes and consequences of the sins Dorian supposedly committed (but which of course we don't see). Unhappily, these elements alone do not make a good adaptation. I would have started by a better written script and a better casting. Anthony Perkins as Henry Lord (instead of Lord Henry Wotton, not so clever after all) is really alone in this one.
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    • Oct 11, 2005

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1983 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Morde der Dorian Gray
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Rankin/Bass Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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