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Wilde (1997)

#1017 Film     Main  IMDB

Directed by Brian Gilbert. With Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle. 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 labour by the courts of an intolerant Victorian society.

Stephen Fry also appears in:  Cold Comfort Farm   Twelfth Night   Jude Law also appears in:  A Series of Unfortunate Events   Sherlock Holmes   Anna Karenina   All the King's Men   Vanessa Redgrave also appears in:  Letters to Juliet   Anonymous   The Whistleblower   Wagner   Jennifer Ehle also appears in:  Pride & Prejudice