The Libertine (Johnny Depp)

[Matt]

Release Date: November 23, 2005 (One week run; NY, LA release: December 23)
Studio: The Weinstein Co.
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Starring: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Johnny Vegas, Kelly Reilly, Jack Davenport
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Johnny Depp stars in "The Libertine" as the scandalously decadent John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester. The film follows the Earl's adventures in London, from his passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry (Samantha Morton), to the writing of a scurrilous play which blisteringly and bawdily lampoons the very monarch who commissioned it, Charles II (John Malkovich), leading to the Earl's banishment and eventual downfall.

Trailer (QT)
http://download.ifilm.com/qt/portal/2682174_300.mov

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