- Drama, History
- 118 min
- R
Rotten Tomatoes72%Metacritic70IMDb6.9
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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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and prestige.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Stephen FryOscar Wilde
- Jude LawLord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas
- Vanessa RedgraveLady Speranza Wilde
- Jennifer EhleConstance Lloyd Wilde
- Gemma JonesLady Queensberry
- Judy ParfittLady Mount-Temple
- Michael SheenRobbie Ross
- Zoë WanamakerAda Leverson 'Sphinx'
- Tom WilkinsonMarquess of Queensberry
- Ioan GruffuddJohn Gray
Crew
- Brian GilbertDirector
- Julian MitchellScreenplay
- Martin FuhrerDirector of Photography
- Arthur SullivanOriginal Music Composer
- Debbie WisemanOriginal Music Composer
- Michael BradsellEditor
- Alex GrahamProducer
- Marc SamuelsonProducer
- Peter SamuelsonProducer
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