The Libertine

Cast: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Stanley Townsend, Paul Ritter, Rosamund Pike, Francesca Annis, Richard Coyle, Johnny Vegas, Tom Burke, Hugh Sachs, Jack Davenport, Rupert Friend, Claire Higgins

Director: Laurence Dunmore

Rating: R

Studio: Miramax Films

Release date: March 10th, 2006

Synopsis:

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.

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