The Libertine (2004) on Netflix
King Charles II ends the Earl of Rochester's exile because the House of Lords needs him. Rochester coaches the fired actress Elizabeth Barry, and the king asks him for a play.
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Plot summary
King Charles II ends the banishment of John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, because he needs him in the House of Lords. In London, Rochester finds his friends George Etherege and Charles Sackville in a bawdy house, and hires a thief named Alcock as his gentleman. At a playhouse he watches Elizabeth Barry booed off the stage and fired; he gets her rehired and coaches her. The king, who needs money from France, asks him to write a play for a visit by the French ambassador.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Libertine (2004)
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- An unfinished version of the film was shown at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival as a "work-in-progress", and it was substantially recut before premiering in a completed version at the AFI Fest on 11 November 2005.
- The score was composed by Michael Nyman and released in November 2005 as The Libertine: Music for the Film by Laurence Dunmore; it represents Nyman's last score for a major motion picture to date and his last soundtrack release.
