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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

Country: UK, Language: English, 80 mins

  • Director: Bill Hughes
  • Writer: Noreen Doody; Frank McGuinness
  • Producer: Bernadine Carraher

CGiii Comment

What an utterly ridiculous film...

Endless actors over-act/under-act many of Wilde's finest lines...accompanied by hideous green-screen imagery and music that is less pleasing than a bad bout of scabies.

An indulgence we could all do without.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Documentary celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde. 150 of Wilde's finest lines, epigrams and verses are spoken on camera by 150 public figures.

Cast & Characters

Simon Williams as Himself / Narrator / Presenter;
Jillian Armenante as Herself;
Edward Asner as Himself;
Helen Baxendale as Herself;
Stephanie Beacham as Herself;
Emma Bolger as Herself;
Sarah Bolger as Herself;
Bono as Himself;
Barry Bostwick as Himself;
Dawn Bradfield as Herself;
Barbara Brennan as Herself;
Roscoe Lee Browne as Himself;
Melanie Brown as Herself;
Jean Butler as Herself;
Gerard Byrne as Himself