Wilde Salomé (2013)

6.2/10 95 min Documentary

Overview

In documentary style, Al Pacino tells the story of how he came to stage a production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé. He travels to the Mojave Desert ("dessert?"), to Ireland and the United Kingdom to show who Wilde was as a private person and as a writer.

Cast

Al Pacino

Self / King Herod

Jessica Chastain

Self / Salomé

Kevin Anderson

Self / John the Baptist

Roxanne Hart

Self / Herodias

Estelle Parsons

Self

Tony Kushner

Self

Tom Stoppard

Self

Gore Vidal

Self

Bono

Self

Francesca De Sapio

Self

Lucila Solá

Self

Kat Fairaway

Self / Kings Slave

Jack Stehlin

Self / Nazarene / Jewish Leader

Osman Soykut

King Herod / Desert Sequence

Geoffrey Owens

Self / Tigellinus

Jack Huston

Lord Alfred

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