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Release Date
• USA: May 1, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 19, 2002
Budget $10,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sexuality and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 58 minutes
Country UK, Germany, Japan
Studio Polygram, Samuelson Productions
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Other Titles
• Wilde
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Genre: Drama, Biography, Gay/Lesbian, Love, Courtroom, Prison, Period Piece, Society
Tagline: The story of the first modern man
Plot: Based on the best-selling biography by Richard Ellman, 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. Irish-born and homosexual, Wilde (Stephen Fry, in a critically lauded performance) nevertheless takes a loving wife (Jennifer Ehle), with whom he has children. While married, he becomes aware of his true sexual identity after a chance encounter with an aggressive house guest. This leads to a very public affair with vain, rebellious young Lord Alfred Douglas (Jude Law), the son of the Marquess of Queensbury (Tom Wilkinson, IN THE BEDROOM). Despite an astoundingly successful writing career, Wilde's private life lands him in prison for "gross indecency," a synonym for homosexual behavior, which was illegal in England at the time.
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Stephen Fry
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Gosford Park, A Civil Action |
 | Jude Law
Artificial Intelligence: AI, Road to Perdition, The Aviator |
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 | Michael Sheen
Underworld, Kingdom of Heaven, Underworld: Evolution |
 | Tom Wilkinson
Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shakespeare in Love |
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