The Libertine

• Version : US Final
• Type : Original Double-Sided
• Size : 27 x 40 Inches

The Libertine is a movie that was released in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2005, and on March 10, 2006 in the United States. (The film opened in New York and Los Angeles on November 25, 2005, for a one-week award-qualifying run.)[1]

It stars Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton, and Rosamund Pike. It is directed by Laurence Dunmore (his debut film) from Stephen Jeffreys' adaptation of his play of the same name. Johnny Depp plays the main character, John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, a notorious rake and libertine poet in the court of Charles II of England. Samantha Morton plays Elizabeth Barry, the first unskillfully, then by the transformation into a brilliant actress by her lover, the Earl of Rochester. John Malkovich plays the King who cares about John dearly, but cannot have him ruin his reputation as king. The film was rated R by the US MPAA. In the UK, it has been rated 18.

John Wilmot's suspected bisexuality is only hinted at in this film. Tabloids had Johnny Depp (Wilmot) sharing a steamy kiss with Rupert Fiend (Downs), but their relationship has been reduced to two brief, ambiguous scenes.