Wilde (Original title)Wild Life (Working title)
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 17 October 1997 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USA, Japan, GermanyDirector: Brian Gilbert
Synopsis: Biopic on the life of writer Oscar Wilde.
Genre: Biopic
Subject: Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
Releases
Date: 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Rankcolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): English
Dates: 1997 (Copyright), 17 October 1997 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USA, Japan, GermanyDirector: Brian Gilbert
Synopsis: Biopic on the life of writer Oscar Wilde.
Genre: Biopic
Subject: Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
Releases
Date: 1997Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Rankcolor - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 117 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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Production Company: Samuelson Entertainment, Production Company: NDF International, Production Company: Dove International, Production Company: Pony Canyon, Production Company: Pandora Filmproduktion, Production Company: Capitol Films, Production Company: BBC Films, Participation: The Greenlight Fund, Association: Wall to Wall Television, Developed with Assistance: British Screen Finance, Support: European Script Fund, Spanish Production Services: KanZaman S.A., Executive Producer: Michiyo Yoshizaki, Executive Producer: Michael Viner, Executive Producer: Deborah Raffin, Executive Producer: Alan Howden, Executive Producer: Alex Graham, Producer: Marc Samuelson, Producer: Peter Samuelson, Assistant Producer: Rachel Cuperman, Line Producer: Nick O'Hagan, Unit Manager: Marilla Elliott, Unit Production Manager (Spanish Unit): Gilly Case, Production Manager (Spanish Unit): Mark Albela, Production Co-ordinator: Fiona Weir, Location Manager: Rachel Neale, Location Manager: Amanda Stevens, Location Manager (Spanish Unit): Julio Fernández, Post-production Supervisor: John Kay, Assistant Director (1st): Cordelia Hardy, Assistant Director (2nd): Toby Sherborne, Andrew Woodhead, Assistant Director (Additional): Alex Hester, Assistant Director (Spanish Unit, 2nd): Manolo Santa Cruz, Assistant Director (Spanish Unit, 3rd): Rodrigo Ruiz, Script Supervisor: Liz West, Script Co-ordinator: Nicky Ryde, Casting (Director): Sarah Bird, Casting (US): Donald Paul Pemrick, Casting (ADR Voice): Louis Elman, Original Screenplay by: Julian Mitchell, From "Oscar Wilde" by: Richard Ellmann, Director of Photography: Martin Fuhrer, Camera Operator: Mike Miller, Camera Operator (Additional): Richard Philpot, Camera Operator (Additional): Philip Sindall, Camera Operator (Additional): Steve Parker, Ben Davis, Camera Operator (Spanish Unit): Joan Benet, Technocrane Operator: John Murray, Special Effects: Bob Hollow, Editor: Michael Bradsell, Editing Facilities: London Salon, Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic, Art Director: Martyn John, Costume Designer: Nic Ede, Costume Supervisor: Ali Goss, Additional Costume: Melissa Layton, Make-up (Chief Artist): Pat Hay, Make-up (Artist): Helen Johnson, Make-up (Spanish Unit, Additional): Sandra Mundi, Eugenio Bagalia, Chief Hair Dresser/Wigs Design: Stephen Rose, Hair Dresser: Liz Michie, Gerry Jones, Hair (Spanish Unit, Additional): Arrate Garmendia, Saturnino Merino, Title Design: Cine Image, Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Music Composer/Conductor/Score Orchest: Debbie Wiseman, Orchestra Leader: Perry Montague-Mason, Strings Co-ordinator: Justin Pearson, Music Recording: Dick Lewzey, [Music] Recorded at: Abbey Road Studios, [Music] Mixed at: CTS Studios (Wembley), Music Consultant: Roz Colls, Sound Recordist: Jim Greenhorn, Re-recording Mixer: Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel, Supervising Sound Editor: Colin Miller, Digital Sound Editing Facilities: The Sound Design Company, Dialogue Editor: Stefan Henrix, Foley Editor: Martin Cantwell, Post-production Facilities: Shepperton Studios, Thanks: Simon Perry, Studio: Grip House Studios
Cast
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Stephen Fry (Oscar Wilde), Jude Law (Lord Alfred Douglas, 'Bosie'), Vanessa Redgrave (Lady Speranza Wilde), Jennifer Ehle (Constance Lloyd Wilde), Gemma Jones (Lady Queensberry), Judy Parfitt (Lady Mount-Temple), Michael Sheen (Robert 'Robbie' Ross), Zoë Wanamaker (Ada Leverson), Tom Wilkinson (Marquess of Queensberry), 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, aged 4), Laurence Owen (Vyvyan Wilde), Benedict Sandiford (Alfred Wood), Mark Letheren (Charles Parker), Michael Fitzgerald (Alfred Taylor), Orlando Bloom (rentboy), Robert Sessions (mine owner), Adam Garcia (Jones), Joseph May (1st miner), Jamie Leene (2nd friend), James D'Arcy (1st 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), James Vaughan (hotel manager), Richard Cubison (head waiter), Christine Moore (nanny), John Bleasdale (warder), Peter Forbes (detective), Peter Harding (doorman at Cadogan), Edward Laurie (cabman), Geoffrey Leesley (policeman), Colin Maclachlan, Simon Molloy (prison officer), Hywel Simons (reporter), Albert Welling (Arthur), Arthur Whybrow (doorkeeper)