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* DefiledForever: Celia Radley takes a deep fall, ending her downwards spiral into debauchery as a prostitute disowned by her family. Dorian has the gall to say that [[BlatantLies it's not his fault]].
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* AGodAmI: Dorian's reply when Basil pleas with him to destroy the portrait to stop his decline into the devilish creature the portrait has begun to show.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After Dorian has seduced Celia Radley (and then her mother, Lady Radley, ''while Celia was hiding under the bed''), he arranges for the former and another woman to make out with each other for his pleasure.
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* ArtImitatesArt: The depiction of Sybil Vane's death is reminiscent of the painting Art/{{Ophelia|Millais}}, with redhaired Sybil floating in the water with her arms outstretched. She's a similar character in many ways, being a sweet, innocent young woman who drowns herself after being abandoned by her lover and whose brother subsequently seeks revenge. Appropriately, Sybil had also portrayed Ophelia in a production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' earlier in the film.
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* ArtImitatesArt: The depiction of Sybil Vane's death is reminiscent of the painting Art/{{Ophelia|Millais}}, ''Art/{{Ophelia|Millais}}'', with redhaired Sybil floating in the water with her arms outstretched. She's a similar character in many ways, being a sweet, innocent young woman who drowns herself after being abandoned by her lover and whose brother subsequently seeks revenge. Appropriately, Sybil had also portrayed Ophelia in a production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' earlier in the film.
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* SurpriseVehicle: The vengeful James Vane chases Dorian into the tunnels of the London Underground, where he has Dorian at his mercy when he's suddenly run down by a train that appears without warning from just out of shot. In real life, its approach would have been obvious from quite a distance.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lord Henry and Dorian, who were both unrepentant to the end in the novel, each reach a point at different times in the movie where they acknowledge the damage they've caused and attempt to offset it. In Dorian's case, his final fate changes from an inadvertant act of self-destruction to a case of him deliberately sacrificing himself to prevent further harm.
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lord Henry and Dorian, who were both unrepentant to the end in the novel, each reach a point at different times in the movie where they acknowledge the damage they've caused and attempt to offset it. In Dorian's case, his final fate changes from an inadvertant inadvertent act of self-destruction to a case of him deliberately sacrificing himself to prevent further harm.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Lord Henry attempted to mold Dorian into his own image. This comes to haunt him later, after he becomes a reformed family man -- his own daughter falls for Dorian, leading Henry to decide to protect her by ending Dorian. He succeeds, but the film ends with his daughter no longer wanting anything to do with him.
* CreepyChangingPainting: Dorian's picture ages for him and when he commits his terrible acts, the picture reflects his cruelty.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Lord Henry attempted to mold Dorian into his own image. This comes to haunt him later, after he becomes a reformed family man -- man-- his own daughter falls for Dorian, leading Henry to decide to protect her by ending Dorian. He succeeds, but the film ends with his daughter no longer wanting anything to do with him.
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* HowWeGotHere: The film opens with Dorian killing Basil and dumping his body in the water, then jumps back a year to his arrival, catching up to the opening scene about a third of the way through.
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* RelativeError: When Dorian introduces himself to Sybil Vane for the first time, he says he saw her previously in a gin tavern but was unable to talk to her because she'd left with another man. He's noticeably uncomfortable, assuming the man was her lover until she says that the man she left with was "Jim... my brother."
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* SpookyPainting: The decayed Dorian is mighty unpleasant to look at -- especially once it gets to the point of acquiring painted maggots that move around.
* SurpriseVehicle: The vengeful James Vane chases Dorian into the tunnels of the London Underground has Dorian at his mercy when he's suddenly run down by a train that appears without warning from just out of shot. In real life, its approach would have been obvious from quite a distance.
* SurpriseVehicle: The vengeful James Vane chases Dorian into the tunnels of the London Underground has Dorian at his mercy when he's suddenly run down by a train that appears without warning from just out of shot. In real life, its approach would have been obvious from quite a distance.
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''Dorian Gray'' is a 2009 film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray''. It is directed by Oliver Parker and stars Creator/BenBarnes as Dorian Gray and Creator/ColinFirth as Lord Henry Wotton.
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!!This work contains examples of:
* AdaptationalKarma: In the novel, Lord Henry never got a comeuppance for his role in Dorian's moral downfall. In this film, Dorian destroys Lord Henry's relationship with the one woman he genuinely loves -- his daughter -- and Lord Henry ends up with a disfiguring scar after his attempt to end Dorian's trail of destruction.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Dorian is unambiguously and actively bisexual in the film, which was hinted at but not firmly established in the original novel.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original novel, Dorian was blond. In the film, he has black hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lord Henry and Dorian, who were both unrepentant to the end in the novel, each reach a point at different times in the movie where they acknowledge the damage they've caused and attempt to offset it. In Dorian's case, his final fate changes from an inadvertant act of self-destruction to a case of him deliberately sacrificing himself to prevent further harm.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The painting.
* CanonForeigner: Lord Henry's daughter Emily, who has a significant influence on both her father and Dorian in the later part of the film, is not in the novel.
* TheCorrupter: Lord Henry.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Lord Henry attempted to mold Dorian into his own image. This comes to haunt him later, after he becomes a reformed family man -- his own daughter falls for Dorian, leading Henry to decide to protect her by ending Dorian. He succeeds, but the film ends with his daughter no longer wanting anything to do with him.
* CreepyChangingPainting: Dorian's picture ages for him and when he commits his terrible acts, the picture reflects his cruelty.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: At the end of the film, after the attic has been set on fire in an attempt to destroy the painting, Dorian chooses not to attempt escape, remaining in the conflagration to ensure the painting's destruction.
* DepravedBisexual: Dorian.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Dorian. There is literally no one who can't be persuaded to screw him, regardless of gender. And age. And flight instinct. (You halfway expect James Vane to abandon his quest for revenge and give it a go.)
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Evil would make Dorian ugly if not for the picture taking the ugliness upon itself.
* {{Fanservice}}: The Dorian/Basil kiss. The film also has Dorian shirtless frequently, sometimes making sense as he has just got out of bed, others without reason.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Dorian's lash marks and picture distortion.
* HotterAndSexier: The film depicts all the sex and depravity that the novel could only hint at.
* IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: Dorian quips this in response to being asked his secret of looking young.
* ImmortalityPromiscuity: Dorian.
* KillItWithFire: Lord Henry attempts to destroy the painting by setting it on fire. [[spoiler:Dorian is killed in the inferno; the painting is found in the remains of the building, intact and restored to its original appearance.]]
* LivingDrawing: Toward the end of the film, the painting of Dorian visibly moves while people are looking at it and at the climax tries to climb out of its frame into the real world.
* LooksWorthKillingFor: Dorian Gray is a beautiful young man who is frightened at the prospect of losing his good looks. He sacrifices his soul for eternal youth, but his portrait ages in his stead and reflects all his corruption back at him.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: In one scene, Dorian sees the grotesque face of the painting reflected back at him from a silver tray.
* MoralityPet: Emily Wotton appears to serve as one for both Dorian and Dorian's former mentor, Lord Henry Wotton. Her birth is the catalyst for Lord Henry's reformation, and as an adult she inspires Dorian with a desire to redeem his past acts.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lord Henry says "God forgive me" after he sees the portrait and the decayed body of Dorian and figures out what happened.
* OpiumDen: Lord Henry takes Dorian to one.
* PrettyBoy: Dorian.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Basil and Dorian explicitly have a relationship. The novel hinted that Basil had feelings for Dorian but couldn't go any further than that.
* RelativeError: When Dorian introduces himself to Sybil Vane for the first time, he says he saw her previously in a gin tavern but was unable to talk to her because she'd left with another man. He's noticeably uncomfortable, assuming the man was her lover until she says that the man she left with was "Jim... my brother."
* ScareChord: The first time we see the portrait in all its ugliness, it's not really that bad... Until the thing gasps horrifically and some petrifying music makes you fall back from your chair.
* SettingUpdate: The novel doesn't have a specific date, but presumably ends in the early 1890s, around the time it was first published. The film begins in the early 1890s and follows the unaging Dorian through the successive decades to end around 1920.
* ShutUpKiss: Dorian gives one to Basil.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: Dorian.
* SpookyPainting: The decayed Dorian is mighty unpleasant to look at -- especially once it gets to the point of acquiring painted maggots that move around.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Dorian.
* TimeSkip: Around two thirds of the way through the movie, there's a skip of around 20 years, during which everyone gets older except Dorian and Emily, who was born just before the skip, grows into a young woman.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Lord Henry.
''Dorian Gray'' is a 2009 film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray''. It is directed by Oliver Parker and stars Creator/BenBarnes as Dorian Gray and Creator/ColinFirth as Lord Henry Wotton.
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!!This work contains examples of:
* AdaptationalKarma: In the novel, Lord Henry never got a comeuppance for his role in Dorian's moral downfall. In this film, Dorian destroys Lord Henry's relationship with the one woman he genuinely loves -- his daughter -- and Lord Henry ends up with a disfiguring scar after his attempt to end Dorian's trail of destruction.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Dorian is unambiguously and actively bisexual in the film, which was hinted at but not firmly established in the original novel.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original novel, Dorian was blond. In the film, he has black hair.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Lord Henry and Dorian, who were both unrepentant to the end in the novel, each reach a point at different times in the movie where they acknowledge the damage they've caused and attempt to offset it. In Dorian's case, his final fate changes from an inadvertant act of self-destruction to a case of him deliberately sacrificing himself to prevent further harm.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The painting.
* CanonForeigner: Lord Henry's daughter Emily, who has a significant influence on both her father and Dorian in the later part of the film, is not in the novel.
* TheCorrupter: Lord Henry.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Lord Henry attempted to mold Dorian into his own image. This comes to haunt him later, after he becomes a reformed family man -- his own daughter falls for Dorian, leading Henry to decide to protect her by ending Dorian. He succeeds, but the film ends with his daughter no longer wanting anything to do with him.
* CreepyChangingPainting: Dorian's picture ages for him and when he commits his terrible acts, the picture reflects his cruelty.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: At the end of the film, after the attic has been set on fire in an attempt to destroy the painting, Dorian chooses not to attempt escape, remaining in the conflagration to ensure the painting's destruction.
* DepravedBisexual: Dorian.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Dorian. There is literally no one who can't be persuaded to screw him, regardless of gender. And age. And flight instinct. (You halfway expect James Vane to abandon his quest for revenge and give it a go.)
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Evil would make Dorian ugly if not for the picture taking the ugliness upon itself.
* {{Fanservice}}: The Dorian/Basil kiss. The film also has Dorian shirtless frequently, sometimes making sense as he has just got out of bed, others without reason.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Dorian's lash marks and picture distortion.
* HotterAndSexier: The film depicts all the sex and depravity that the novel could only hint at.
* IdTellYouButThenIdHaveToKillYou: Dorian quips this in response to being asked his secret of looking young.
* ImmortalityPromiscuity: Dorian.
* KillItWithFire: Lord Henry attempts to destroy the painting by setting it on fire. [[spoiler:Dorian is killed in the inferno; the painting is found in the remains of the building, intact and restored to its original appearance.]]
* LivingDrawing: Toward the end of the film, the painting of Dorian visibly moves while people are looking at it and at the climax tries to climb out of its frame into the real world.
* LooksWorthKillingFor: Dorian Gray is a beautiful young man who is frightened at the prospect of losing his good looks. He sacrifices his soul for eternal youth, but his portrait ages in his stead and reflects all his corruption back at him.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: In one scene, Dorian sees the grotesque face of the painting reflected back at him from a silver tray.
* MoralityPet: Emily Wotton appears to serve as one for both Dorian and Dorian's former mentor, Lord Henry Wotton. Her birth is the catalyst for Lord Henry's reformation, and as an adult she inspires Dorian with a desire to redeem his past acts.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lord Henry says "God forgive me" after he sees the portrait and the decayed body of Dorian and figures out what happened.
* OpiumDen: Lord Henry takes Dorian to one.
* PrettyBoy: Dorian.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Basil and Dorian explicitly have a relationship. The novel hinted that Basil had feelings for Dorian but couldn't go any further than that.
* RelativeError: When Dorian introduces himself to Sybil Vane for the first time, he says he saw her previously in a gin tavern but was unable to talk to her because she'd left with another man. He's noticeably uncomfortable, assuming the man was her lover until she says that the man she left with was "Jim... my brother."
* ScareChord: The first time we see the portrait in all its ugliness, it's not really that bad... Until the thing gasps horrifically and some petrifying music makes you fall back from your chair.
* SettingUpdate: The novel doesn't have a specific date, but presumably ends in the early 1890s, around the time it was first published. The film begins in the early 1890s and follows the unaging Dorian through the successive decades to end around 1920.
* ShutUpKiss: Dorian gives one to Basil.
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: Dorian.
* SpookyPainting: The decayed Dorian is mighty unpleasant to look at -- especially once it gets to the point of acquiring painted maggots that move around.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Dorian.
* TimeSkip: Around two thirds of the way through the movie, there's a skip of around 20 years, during which everyone gets older except Dorian and Emily, who was born just before the skip, grows into a young woman.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Lord Henry.
