His hedonistic lifestyle worsens, distancing him from a concerned Hallward. Gray's initial grief soon disappears as Lord Henry persuades him that all events are mere experiences and without consequence. Enraged, Jim tries to kill Gray before being carried off by the authorities. Gray learns of her death from her brother, James ('Jim'), who reveals that Sybil was pregnant with Gray's child. Heartbroken, the young woman commits suicide by drowning. Lord Henry tells Gray that having children is 'the beginning of the end', and after the two men visit a brothel, Gray leaves Sibyl. Gray falls in love with budding young actress, Sibyl Vane, and proposes marriage.

Gray makes a flippant pledge: he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture-even his soul. Lord Henry's friend, society artist Basil Hallward, paints a portrait of Gray to capture his beauty. When a naive young Dorian Gray arrives in Victorian London to inherit an estate left to him by his abusive grandfather, he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton, who introduces Gray to the hedonistic pleasures of the city. His portrait becomes further tainted with every sin he commits while he remains young and handsome.ĭorian Gray was released in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2009, by Momentum Pictures, having competed in the Official Fantàstic Competition at the 2009 Sitges Film Festival. It tells the story of the title character, an attractive Englishman whose loveliness and spirit are captured in an enchanted painting that keeps him from aging. The film stars Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, and Rachel Hurd-Wood. Dorian Gray is a 2009 British dark fantasy horror film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Oliver Parker, and written by Toby Finlay (his first screenplay).

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