GENERAL INFORMATION
As the celebrated writer and bad boy John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, Johnny Depp brings to life a decadent 17th century London. There, Wilmot falls passionately in love with his aspiring actress muse (Samantha Morton), but is cast from the heights of privileged society when he scandalizes King Charles II (John Malkovich) with a shockingly audacious play. At the depths of ruin, the rebel seeks redemption on his own terms.
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Cast: Johnny Depp, Tom Hollander, Shane MacGowan, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton, Rosamund Pike, Johnny Vegas
Awards & Nominations:
2005 BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS:
- Best Supporting Actress/Actor: Rosamund Pike (Won)
- Best Actor: Johnny Depp (Nominated)
- Best British Independent Film (Nominated)
- Best Director: Laurence Dunmore (Nominated)
- Best Supporting Actress/Actor: Tom Hollander (Nominated)
- Best Technical Achievement, Production Design: Ben van Os (Nominated)
- Most Promising Newcomer: Rupert Friend (Nominated)
- Douglas Hickox Award: Laurence Dunmore (Nominated)
Official Site: N/A
ABOUT THIS MOVIE
(Compiled by Sophie)
Quotes from Johnny Depp:
"...Basically [Wilmot] drank himself to death and shagged himself to death. But what fascinated me was how did he arrive at that place? Was his drinking recreational? Certainly not. Was his sex recreational? Certainly not. He was a very complicated man."
--Johnny Depp
BBC Interview
2005
"I got the opportunity to go to the British Library and peruse his letters, and that opened up a whole new side to him for me. He was a deeply caring father; deeply caring husband; wrote deeply moving letters to the women in his life. But he was just deeply plagued with, and tormented by, pains in his life. He medicated himself to such a degree that it took him down a nasty road."
--Johnny Depp
BBC Interview
2005
"I did my best to bring to life a guy that I had read about and tried to do him some justice. He's had a tarnished image and has been written off as a has-been for centuries - a debauched, drunken satirist, hedonistic. Those things might have been ingredients but there was far more to him than that."
--Johnny Depp
BBC Interview
2005
Quotes from others:
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