Oscar - Complete Series ( Forbidden Passion: Oscar Wilde, the Movie )

Oscar - Complete Series (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Forbidden Passion: Oscar Wilde, the Movie
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
153 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Henry Herbert

Written By:
John Hawkesworth

Actors:
Michael Gambon ..... Oscar Wilde (3 episodes, 1985)
Robin Lermitte ..... Lord Alfred Douglas (3 episodes, 1985)
Tim Hardy ..... Alfred Taylor (3 episodes, 1985)
Karl Howman ..... Fred Atkins (3 episodes, 1985)
John Hudson ..... Robert Ross (3 episodes, 1985)
Bryan Murray ..... George Bernard Shaw (3 episodes, 1985)
Nick Reding ..... Charlie Parker (3 episodes, 1985)
Emily Richard ..... Constance Wilde (3 episodes, 1985)
Norman Rodway ..... The Marquis of Queensberry (3 episodes, 1985)
Michael Pennington ..... Narrator (3 episodes, 1985)
Neil Cunningham ..... Humphreys (2 episodes, 1985)
Russell Keith Grant ..... Brookfield (2 episodes, 1985)
Jonathan Haley ..... Vyvyan Wilde (2 episodes, 1985)
Will Knightley ..... Jeweller's Assistant (2 episodes, 1985)
Jonty Lovell ..... Cyril Wilde (2 episodes, 1985)

Synopsis:

Michael Gambon stars as playwright/raconteur Oscar Wilde in this British TV film. As in earlier Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal involving Lord Alfred Douglas (Robin Lermitte) and his lordship's political powerful father, the Marquis of Queensbury (Norman Rodway). Arrested for corrupting Lord Douglas' morals, Wilde spends a debilitating 5 years in Reading Gaol, emerging a shattered shell of his former self. Not unexpectedly, the film is at its liveliest when depicting the flamboyant pre-prison Wilde, played with elan by Shakespearean actor Gambon. The knowledgeable teleplay for Forbidden Passion: Oscar Wilde the Movie was written by John Hawresworth; the musical score was by Carl Davis, best known for his orchestrations on behalf of film historian Kevin Brownlow's silent-movie restorations.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 02 October, 2011.