Wilde (UK) ( Oscar Wilde )

Wilde (UK) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Oscar Wilde
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Brian Gilbert

Written By:
Richard Ellmann
Julian Mitchell

Actors:
Stephen Fry ..... Oscar Wilde
Jude Law ..... Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
Vanessa Redgrave ..... Lady Speranza Wilde
Jennifer Ehle ..... Constance Lloyd Wilde
Gemma Jones ..... Lady Queensberry
Judy Parfitt ..... Lady Mount-Temple
Michael Sheen ..... Robbie Ross
Zoë Wanamaker ..... Ada Leverson
Tom Wilkinson ..... Marquess of Queensberry
Ioan Gruffudd ..... John Gray
Matthew Mills ..... Lionel Johnson
Jason Morell ..... Ernest Dowson
Peter Barkworth ..... Charles Gill
Robert Lang ..... C.O. Humphreys
Philip Locke ..... Judge

Synopsis:

Literary genius, legendary wit, bon vivant, and gay martyr, Oscar Wilde was a man whose legend has grown to iconic proportions since his death at the beginning of the 20th century. Establishing Wilde (Stephen Fry) as a loving family man, complete with a wife (Jennifer Ehle) and two adorable sons, the film takes pains to portray him as a dignified genius who was as pained by what he considered his own sin -- his homosexuality -- as he was delighted by the sins of others. From his initial encounters with Robbie Ross (Michael Sheen), his first male lover, through his tragic affair with the beautiful and bratty Alfred Lord Douglas (a perfectly cast Jude Law), Wilde is seen as a conflicted fellow, warring with his own urges even as he dazzles everyone around him.

The Irish writer Oscar Wilde returns to London from America and gets married with Constance Lloyd Wilde in the Victorian England. They have two children, Cyril and Vyvyan, and he makes lots of money with his successful plays. He gets close to the young Robbie Ross and 'leaves the closet', assuming his homosexuality and having brief affairs with youths. When he meets the corrupt Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas, he falls in love for the young man; but Bosie's father goes to the court accusing the writer 'posing sodomite' and Wilde is sentenced to two years of hard labor. His health is affected by the unhealthy conditions in prison and he has a short life in Paris after being discharged from the imprisonment.

The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred Douglas, nicknamed Bosie. After legal action instigated by Bosie's father, the mad Marquess of Queensberry, Wilde refused to flee the country and was sentenced to two years at hard labour by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 28 January, 2010.

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