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Wilde [1997 film] (1997)

by Brian Gilbert (Director), Richard Ellmann, Julian Mitchell (Screenwriter), Oscar Wilde (Author)

Other authors: Orlando Bloom (Actor), James D'Arcy (Actor), Jennifer Ehle (Actor), Stephen Fry (Actor), Ioan Gruffudd (Actor)7 more, Gemma Jones (Actor), Jude Law (Actor), Judy Parfitt (Actor), Vanessa Redgrave (Actor), Michael Sheen (Actor), Zoe Wanamaker (Actor), Tom Wilkinson (Actor)

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Notorious poet and playwright Oscar Wilde devours all that life has to offer, but there's only so much that late Victorian England will tolerate. As Wilde delves into a taboo world of unrealized homosexual desire, his life rapidly becomes a turbulent charade. He cannot escape the repercussions wrought by a "pure" society, nor will he hide in shame for being true to his nature.… (more)
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realization 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 enraged Marquise of Queensberry, Wilde refused to flee the country and was sentenced to two years at hard labor by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society. Written by Peter Samuelson

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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ( )
  GLCC | Feb 26, 2012 |
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Gilbert, BrianDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ellmann, Richardmain authorall editionsconfirmed
Mitchell, JulianScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Wilde, OscarAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Bloom, OrlandoActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
D'Arcy, JamesActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ehle, JenniferActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fry, StephenActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gruffudd, IoanActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jones, GemmaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Law, JudeActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Parfitt, JudyActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Redgrave, VanessaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sheen, MichaelActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wanamaker, ZoeActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wilkinson, TomActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed

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Notorious poet and playwright Oscar Wilde devours all that life has to offer, but there's only so much that late Victorian England will tolerate. As Wilde delves into a taboo world of unrealized homosexual desire, his life rapidly becomes a turbulent charade. He cannot escape the repercussions wrought by a "pure" society, nor will he hide in shame for being true to his nature.

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