The Importance of Being Oscar
A star-studded BBC film about Oscar Wilde's bright and controversial career before his prosecution for homosexual offenses and sad fall from glory. Oscar's best comedies, like "The Importance of Being Earnest," and stories, like "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Canterville Ghost," are adapted and performed by a cast that includes Freddie Fox, Claire Skinner, Anna Chancellor, and James Fleet. Wilde fans and experts, such as Stephen Fry, Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland, and his most recent biographers, give revealing accounts of how his own life influenced his work. His Irish roots, his early career, his marriage, and the importance of women and men in his life all come together to create a complex and compelling portrait and celebration of a man who is too often portrayed as a caricature.