Prick Up Your Ears

Stephen Frears directs this BAFTA-nominated biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman), revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina).

Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as What the Butler Saw and Loot, Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.

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