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Prick Up Your Ears

1987·1h 45m·R
DramaBiography
IMDb Rating
★ 7.1/10
6,968 votes
Metascore
72
Metacritic

Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.

Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 drama biography movie directed by Stephen Frears, starring Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.1/10 from 6,968 votes and runs 1h 45m.

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Director
Stephen Frears
Stars
Gary Oldman
Alfred Molina
Vanessa Redgrave
Wallace Shawn
Details
1987-05-08
105 min
Movie
R
★ United Kingdom
★ English
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