# Oscar Wilde (1997)

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**Original title**: *Wilde*
**Runtime**: 118 min
**Genres**: Drama, History
**Directed by**: Brian Gilbert
**Written by**: Julian Mitchell
**Starring**: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle, Gemma Jones, Judy Parfitt

> *Loved for being unique. Hated for being different.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Oscar Wilde meets The Talented Mr. Ripley. A married playwright’s fling with Lord Alfred Douglas spirals into a courtroom nightmare after the Marquess of Queensberry intervenes. Wilde turns prison into a stage for survival.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral, tender

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