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The happy prince / a Sony Pictures Classics Release of a BBC Films presentation ; produced by Sébastien Delloye, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze ; written and directed by Rupert Everett.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 54619 | Sony Pictures ClassicsLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2019]Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9786317556300
  • 631755630X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, John Conroy ; production designer, Brian Morris ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music, Gabriel Yared.
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Julian Wadham.Summary: The Happy Prince tells the untold story of the last days of Oscar Wilde. Though his last days were tragic, Wilde reflects on his life with humor at a distance. As he lays on his deathbed in Paris, memories of his life come to him in flashes. He recounts his fame in London and how he fell from grace in the same city. He looks back at his past lovers including his wife, his affair with a lord, and the love of someone who tried saving him in the end.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA Happy pr Available 33111009129137
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Happy pr Available 33111009129186
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This historical biopic chronicles the last three years in the life of legendary writer Oscar Wilde (Rupert Everett), during which he traveled across Europe after serving time in prison for his relationships with other men. Along the way, Wilde gets caught up in a love triangle with his literary executor (Edwin Thomas) and a petulant young man (Colin Morgan). Colin Firth and Emily Watson co-star. Everett also wrote and directed. ~ Jack Rodgers, Rovi

DVD video disc (DVD-R format), NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In English; French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); English descriptive audio track for people with visual disabilities.

Title from disc surface.

Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Chancellor, Julian Wadham.

Director of photography, John Conroy ; production designer, Brian Morris ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music, Gabriel Yared.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.

MPAA rating: R; sexual content, graphic nudity, language and brief drug use.

The Happy Prince tells the untold story of the last days of Oscar Wilde. Though his last days were tragic, Wilde reflects on his life with humor at a distance. As he lays on his deathbed in Paris, memories of his life come to him in flashes. He recounts his fame in London and how he fell from grace in the same city. He looks back at his past lovers including his wife, his affair with a lord, and the love of someone who tried saving him in the end.

Special features: Two deleted scenes; Behind the scenes of The Happy Prince; Theatrical trailer.

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