The Happy Prince (2018)

The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.

Director:

Rupert Everett

Writer:

Rupert Everett

Stars:

Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rupert Everett	...	Oscar Wilde
Colin Firth	...	Reggie Turner
Emily Watson	...	Constance Wilde
Colin Morgan	...	Alfred Bosie Douglas
Edwin Thomas	...	Robbie Ross
Tom Wilkinson	...	Fr Dunne
Anna Chancellor	...	Mrs. Arbuthnott
Julian Wadham	...	Top Hat
Béatrice Dalle	...	Café Manager
Antonio Spagnuolo	...	Felice (as Antonio Spagnulo)
André Penvern	...	Mr. Dupoirier
Franca Abategiovanni	...	Felice's Mother
Thierry de Coster	...	Henri The Waiter
Joshua McGuire	...	Ambrose Smithers
Kit Lloyd	...	Undergraduate

Storyline

The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.

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Plot Keywords:

gay artist | biopic | gay | gay interest | gay sex | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, language and brief drug use

Details

Country:

UK Belgium Italy Germany

Language:

English Italian French

Release Date:

5 October 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Szczesliwy ksiaze

Filming Locations:

Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

€208,502 (Italy), 15 April 2018, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maze Pictures,Entre Chien et Loup,Palomar

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Directorial debut of Rupert Everett. Also marks as his first film screenplay. This was such a passion project for Everett that he tried to get the movie made for ten years, all the while rejecting other film roles so that he would remain available if the project was ever green-lit.

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Goofs

Oscar was well known to have bad teeth and discoloration from the application of mercury. Rupert Everett's set of choppers do not reflect this.

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Connections

Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Cher/Christine Baranski/Rupert Everett/Natalie Dormer/Tom Odell (2018)

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Soundtracks

The Boy I Love is Up In The Gallery
Performed by Rupert Everett

User Reviews

Not about Oscar.

This Oscar Wilde movie - written, directed, and starring Rupert Everett - turned out to be a vacuous vanity production, with no chronology, and no idea, no attempt even, to examine or describe Oscar. This was a portrait of a fairly good actor who should never be allowed to direct, and one who has no narrative sense of the writer's art. Fortunately there were good actors in the background, such as a scene stealing Tom Wilkinson. Colin Firth, Anna Chancellor and Emily Watson provide lessons in how to act to Rupert, which sounds unkind, but this is because the film dwells on Everett narcissistically. It's failure is entirely down to him. It is not a film about the genius it set out to explore. It's all about Rupert dressing up.