The Libertine

[2004, Movie]

The Libertine: Review

Amusing himself to death: Johnny Depp, with Samantha Morton

Johnny Depp's coruscating, rigorously uningratiating performance as debauched, self-destructive 17th-century aristocrat John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester, is the glue that doesn't quite hold together first-time director Laurence Dunmore's adaptation of Stephen Jeffreys' 1994 play. A celebrated wit, poet and drunken carouser, Wilmot systematically squandered his talents, alienated his admirers and friends, besmirched his family's reputation, tempted fate with insane recklessn... read more

The Libertine: Cast & Details

Year: 2004
Rated R

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Cast
Johnny Depp: John Wilmot, The Second Earl of Rochester
Samantha Morton: Elizabeth Barry
John Malkovich: Charles II
Rosamund Pike: Elizabeth Malet
Tom Hollander: Etherege
Johnny Vegas: Sackville

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