Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | 76 mins | 4,05 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Documentary
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 | 76 mins | 4,05 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: None
Genre: Documentary
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of renowned wit and dandy Oscar Wilde comes this tribute from Kultur. Released in support of Amnesty International, Happy Birthday, Oscar Wilde features 150 actors, musicians, and other performers reciting over 150 of Wilde's insightful and often cleverly biting quotes. Bono, Eric Stolz, Annie Lennnox, Stewart Copeland, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, and Lily Tomlin are a few of the celebrity readers.
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Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
This documentary is fun: artists, musicians, actors, comedians, directors, dancers and writers quote Oscar Wilde's best citations and deepest insights into human life. The performers must have had a hard time doing this, because they had to stand in front of a blue-screen staring at the camera and just say the few lines they had to. Of course I can hardly think of "better" lines to deliver, but naturally it is hard getting them across in a few seconds without having much time to get into the mood.
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
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The more surprising is the fact that this idea works. Film-wise there's not much to say about this piece, but it is pure pleasure to listen to the words of wisdom and to watch all the celebrities who obviously had so much fun participating in this birthday party of a different kind. The film has several sections, each one dealing with a certain topic: childhood, youth, marriage, art and aesthetics, society, moi, chaos, trial, suffering, death and reputation.
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
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"For a town or country labourer to practise thrift would be absolutely immoral. Man should not be ready to show that he can live like a badly-fed animal. He should decline to live like that, and should either steal or go on the rates, which is considered by many to be a form of stealing. As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg. No: a poor man who is ungrateful, unthrifty, discontented, and rebellious, is probably a real personality, and has much in him. He is at any rate a healthy protest."
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
I just watched "Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde". Wow, full of amazing quotes and hilarious one liners from Wilde. There's a quote to suit every mood recited by a Hollywood star to suit every fancy. You get a great sense of his life through the quotes, from his sharp observations of society at the time to his persecution for being a gay man when it was illegal. One moment your laughing, next, you on the verge of tears. Well worth watching, if your not a fan of Oscar Wilde after this… there's no hope for you.Customer Review, amazon.com
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
This film is a 'must see' for anyone literate and gay, lesbian, transgendered, bisexual, polysexual, black, white, brown, yellow, or otherwise feeling the least bit like the world needs to be a gentler, better place. If you love Oscar Wilde's work (and who doesn't), you will be moved, as well as entertained, by the orchestration of this tribute by famous, beautiful and articulate actors, musicians, producers, directors, writers, singers, dancers, painters, politicians. Bill Hughes, who shares Oscar Wilde's birthday, October 16, set out to honor the great man on his 150th birthday. By joining hands with public television in Britain, Ireland, Ausralia and the United States, and Amnesty International (thanks to Bono of U2), Bill Hughes and co-produce Bernadine Carraher were able to shoot international and diverse talent in four locations. It is one of the best and most stimulating ensemble pieces of its kind, in my opinion.IMDB Reviewer
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004)
Special Features:
- Documentary: Director's Journey (31:29)
- Amnesty International (04:22)
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