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Wilde Details

1997 Certificate 15
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This unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and public speaker to his downfall and ultimate imprisonment for homosexuality. Thoughout the melodrama, the amazing performance of comic actor and author Stephen Fry, as Wilde, shines through. .. Read more

Starring Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle
Director Brian Gilbert
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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Wilde

This unconventional biopic traces the brilliant, witty, and tragic life of Oscar Wilde from his rise to fame as a much-in-demand author and public speaker to his downfall and ultimate imprisonment for homosexuality. Thoughout the melodrama, the amazing performance of comic actor and author Stephen Fry, as Wilde, shines through. Also starring Vanessa Redgrave and Jude Law.

Starring Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt, Zoe Wanamaker, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Lang, Zoë Wanamaker
Director Brian Gilbert
Run time DVD: 1 hr 52 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released Production year: 1997

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  • Critic's review of Wilde

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    • "...[An] effectively intimate portrait....Stephen Fry looks uncannily like Wilde and presents a mixture of superciliousness and vulnerability....[His] warmly sympathetic performance finds the gentleness beneath the wit..."

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      Full of integrity and style

      Anyone who wants to learn about the life and loves of Oscar Wilde could go no wrong with this film.

      From Wilde's rampant promescurity through to ... read more »

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    • Rated - 3.0 stars  

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      Not sure.....

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      I really wanted to like this movie, as I am a huge fan of Oscar Wilde and also of Stephen Fry. But I felt the movie made Wilde out to be sleazy, and there was ... read more »

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    The Change-Up

    Wilde selected best movie nipples

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 28 Jul 2011

    Actress Olivia Wilde had to odd task of choosing the digitally enhanced nipples that would appear on her character in upcoming comedy The Change-Up - because she never actually went nude for the cameras. The Hollywood beauty had to strip down to shoot a love scene with co-star Ryan Reynolds, and preserved her modesty by donning a pair of pasties, used on-set to cover up her nipples. However, after filming wrapped, producers noticed that Wilde's pasties were clearly visible - and they had no... Read more

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