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Posts Tagged "Oscar Wilde"
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Wilde **** (1997, Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 1586
Director Brian Gilbert’s 1997 biopic is another attempt to tell the Oscar Wilde story, but with the candour available to 90s film-makers, unlike the 60s makers of The Trials of Oscar Wilde (with Peter Finch) and […]
The Importance of Being Earnest ***** (2002, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Reese Witherspoon, Frances O’Connor, Anna Massey, Tom Wilkinson, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 1162
Writer-director Oliver Parker’s 2002 film follows up his 1999 success with another Oscar Wilde adaptation, An Ideal Husband. Parker’s film of The Importance of Being Earnest is a marvellous, hilarious, sumptuous and above all fresh […]
The Importance of Being Earnest ***** (1952, Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Edith Evans) – Classic Movie Review 1161
Writer-director Anthony Asquith delivers a beautifully graceful movie version of Oscar Wilde’s greatest work. He has the most polished and perfect cast at his disposal in this much revered, impeccably staged 1952 British classic high […]
An Ideal Husband **** (1999, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Northam, Cate Blanchett, John Wood, Minnie Driver, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 1160
Oscar Wilde’s witty satirical comedy play about a 1895 titled Englishman who rescues the career of a London diplomat threatened by a blackmailing old lover makes for a second very enjoyable and pretty special film […]
An Ideal Husband **** (1948, Michael Wilding, Paulette Goddard, Hugh Williams, Diana Wynyard, Glynis Johns, Sir C Aubrey Smith, Constance Collier) – Classic Movie Review 1159
Producer-director Alexander Korda’s 1948 film of Oscar Wilde’s play An Ideal Husband is a civilised pleasure from another age, a total delight all round and a mini triumph. It was one of the most popular […]