Wilde

Director: Brian Gilbert

Overview

"The life of renowned author Oscar Wilde is touched upon in the biopic Wilde. Columbia has done only a mediocre job on this 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. There are many instances where the image appears soft and worn while the black levels don't

Product Details

Release Date:	06/24/2008
UPC:	0043396022973
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:57:00
Sales rank:	17,557

Special Features

Digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video; Widescreen presentation; Audio: English (Dolby Surround); Subtitles: English; Audio commentary with the filmmakers; Original featurette: "Simply Wilde"; New, exclusive to DVD featurette: "Still Wild About Wilde"; DVD-ROM: the complete content of the Official Wilde Website; Photo montage; Theatrical trailers; Filmographies; Interactive menus; Scene selections; Production notes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Stephen Fry	Oscar Wilde
Jude Law	Lord Alfred Douglas
Vanessa Redgrave	Speranza
Jennifer Ehle	Constance
Tom Wilkinson	Marquess of Queensberry
Gemma Jones	Lady Queensberry
Judy Parfitt	Lady Mount-Temple
Zoe Wanamaker	Ada
Michael Sheen	Robert Ross
Ioan Gruffudd	John Gray
Matthew Mills	Lionel Johnson
Jason Morell	Ernest Dowson
Peter Barkworth	Charles Gill
Robert Lang	C.O. Humphreys
Philip Locke	Judge
David Westhead	Edward Carson
Jack Knight	Cyril Wilde
Jackson Leach	Cyril Wilde (age 4)
Laurence Owen	Vyvyan Wilde
Benedict Sandiford	Alfred Wood
Mark Letheren	Charles Parker
Michael Fitzgerald	Alfred Taylor
Orlando Bloom	Rentboy
Bob Sessions	Mine Owner
Adam Garcia	Jones
Joseph May	First Miner
Jamie Leene	Second Friend
James D'Arcy	First Friend
Orlando Wells	Undergraduate
Robin Kermode	George Alexander
Avril Elgar	Lady Bracknell
Jean Ainslie	Miss Prism
Andrew Havill	Algernon
Biddy Hodson	Gwendolen
Judi Maynard	Mrs. Allonby
Hugh Munro	Chasuble
Michael Simkins	Lord Illingworth

Technical Credits

Julian Mitchell

Julian Mitchell	Screenwriter
Sarah Bird	Casting
Alex Graham	Executive Producer
Bob Hollow	Special Effects
Alan Howden	Executive Producer
Deborah Raffin	Executive Producer
Marc Samuelson	Producer,Producer
Michael Viner	Executive Producer
Michiyo Yoshizaki	Executive Producer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Start [4:52]
2. The Notorious Oscar Wilde [3:56]
3. Robbie Ross [3:42]
4. A Young Man's Affections [3:23]
5. Dinner Excuse [6:44]
6. "Lady Windermere's Fan" [1:11]
7. Lord Alfred Douglas [3:37]
8. Blackmailed [1:18]
9. Perfect in Every Way [1:16]
10. Smitten [1:17]
11. Oscar & His Boy [7:12]
12. The Spice of Life [4:09]
13. Sick of the Country [6:02]
14. Bosie Returns [:34]
15. The Marquess of Queensberry [4:34]
16. "You'll Cease to See Wilde." [3:24]
17. A Blocked-Up Nose [2:47]
18. Utterly Distraught [5:21]
19. "I Must Ask You to Leave." [2:09]
20. "You're a Bugger!" [3:10]
21. "The Importance of Being Earnest" [2:18]
22. Libel [3:53]
23. Wilde Testifies [4:20]
24. Natural vs. Unnatural Love [10:50]
25. Convicted & Sentenced [3:16]
26. Two Years Imprisonment [1:35]
27. Nothing Left [9:20]
28. Deciding to See Bosie Again [1:13]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play Movie
Subtitles
English
Subtitles Off
Special Features
Featurettes
Simply Wilde
Still Wild About Wilde
Photo Montage
Audio Commentary With Cast and Crew: On
Audio Commentary With Cast and Crew: Off
Filmographies
Brian Gilbert
Julian Mitchell
Stephen Fry
Jude Law
Vanessa Redgrave
Tom Wilkinson
Jennifer Ehle
Theatrical Trailers
Wilde
The Celluloid Closet
Remains of the Day
The Age of Innocence

Editorial Reviews

[Stephen] Fry's warmly sympathetic performance finds the gentleness beneath the wit. He conveys the sense of a man at the mercy of forces he cannot control, not least of them his own brittle genius. Janet Maslin