Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, Japan, United Kingdom
The story
Oscar Wilde is a married playwright who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts 'The Importance of Being Earnest' in London, and a chat at the theatre with Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas leads to a full-fledged romance. However, this affair leads to a legal dispute with Lord Alfred's oppressive father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and, given the local anti-gay laws, Wilde is jailed. Wilde's vast intellect helps him survive until he regains his freedom.
- prison
- coming out
- london
- england
- wife
- biography
- victorian england
- male homosexuality
- author
- playwright
- ireland
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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 'Sphinx'
- Tom Wilkinson — Marquess of Queensberry
- Ioan Gruffudd — John Gray
- Orlando Bloom — Rent Boy
- James D'Arcy — First Friend
- Andrew Havill — Algernon
- Jason Morell — Ernest Dowson
- Jamie Lee — Second Friend
- Directed
- Brian Gilbert
- Written
- Julian Mitchell
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 297 ratings
- Studio
- Dove International, Pandora Film, BBC Film, Capitol Films, samuelson productions, Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
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