Prick Up Your Ears

About Prick Up Your Ears

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.

Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 drama film directed by Stephen Frears. The film is filed under england, playwright, drama school, and LGBT.

Gary Oldman stars as Joe Orton, Alfred Molina as Kenneth Halliwell, Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay, and Wallace Shawn as John Lahr. At 111 minutes long, it arrived in April 1987.

The screenplay is by Alan Bennett. The film began as a novel. It streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus in the United States.

Rocketman, Wilde, and The Imitation Game make useful companions to Prick Up Your Ears, all filed under 1960s, biography, and gay theme. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 106 votes and it carries a R rating.