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The Importance of Being Earnest is a 1992 American film adaptation of the 1895 play of the same name by Oscar Wilde, featuring an all-black cast.[1][2]

The Importance of Being Earnest
Directed by	Kurt Baker
Written by	Peter Anthony Andrews Kurt Baker
Based on	The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Produced by	Nancy Carter Crow
Starring	Obba Babatundé Daryl Roach Wren T. Brown Chris Calloway Lanei Chapman Ann Weldon
Cinematography	Joseph W. Calloway
Music by	Roger Hamilton Spotts
Production companies	Electric Concepts Paco Global
Distributed by	Flair Films
Release date	May 14, 1992 (1992-05-14)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States of America
Language	English

Director Kurt Baker co-wrote the screenplay with Peter Anthony Andrews, retaining most of Wilde’s dialogue and the setting around London, but moving it to the (then) present day rather than the original’s late Victorian period.[3] The film was produced by Nancy Carter Crow, who is also married to the director, and shot completely within the couple’s home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.[4] It premiered in October 1991 at a Harvard University film symposium, "Blacks in Black & White and Color",[5] and opened theatrically on May 14, 1992, at the Anthology Film Archives.[3]

Cast

• Obba Babatundé as Lane
• Wren T. Brown as Algernon Moncrieff
• Chris Calloway as Gwendolen Fairfax
• Lanei Chapman as Cecily Cardew
• Sylvester Hayes as butler
• Barbara Isaacs as Merriman
• Brock Peters as Doctor Chasuble
• CCH Pounder as Miss Prism
• Daryl Roach as Jack Worthing
• Ann Weldon as Lady Bracknell

Reception

Stephen Holden, writing for The New York Times, found that the film "deserves credit for breaking new ground", but lamented its technical quality, describing it as "just one step more sophisticated than a crude home movie".[3]

References

External links

• The Importance of Being Earnest at IMDb 
• The Importance of Being Earnest at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Importance of Being Earnest at Letterboxd
• The Importance of Being Earnest at AllMovie
• The Importance of Being Earnest at the British Film Institute

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