The film follows the second Earl of Rochester's adventures in London, from his passionate romance with a young actress, Elizabeth Barry, to the writing of a scurrilous play which blisteringly and bawdily lampoons the very monarch who commissioned it, Charles II, leading to the Earl's banishment and eventual downfall.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: NC-17
RUN TIME: 2h 10m
RELEASE DATE: November 25, 2005
STARRING: Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton, Rosamund Pike, Richard Coyle
DIRECTOR(S): Laurence Dunmore
PRODUCER(S): John Malkovich, Russell Smith, Lianne Halfon
WRITER(S): Stephen Jeffreys
STUDIO: Weinstein Company
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