Wilde [1997] - Region 2 DVD

9.8	Amazon rating

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Directed by :

Brian Gilbert

Starring :

Stephen Fry

Jude Law

Vanessa Redgrave

Jennifer Ehle

Gemma Jones

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16 years, 6 months ago at Nov 9 0:26

Vinicolette

Fidel twanging, Jude Law´s actual beau seems but merely penetrate durex masks, when playing a pédé...

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Description: Wilde could easily have been nothing more than another well-dressed literary film from the British costume drama stable, but thanks to a richly textured performance from Stephen Fry in the title role, it becomes something deeper--a moving study of how the conflict between individual desires and social expectations can ruin lives. Oscar Wilde's writing may be justifiably legendary for its sly, barbed wit, but Wilde the film is far from a comedy, even though Fry relishes delivering the great man's famous quips. It takes on tragic dimensions as soon as Wilde meets Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie, the strikingly beautiful but vi ... (more)

Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Release date: 20 September 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5024165853511 UPC: 044005643220

Tags: History (1), British (1), Gay (1)

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