| Wilde Salomé | |
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| Directed by | Al Pacino |
| Written by | Al Pacino |
| Produced by | Barry Navidi |
| Starring | Al Pacino Jessica Chastain Kevin Anderson |
| Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme Robert Leacock Denis Maloney Jeremy Weiss |
| Edited by | David Leonard Roberto Silvi[1] |
| Music by | Jeff Beal |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Wilde Salomé is a 2011 Americandocudrama written, directed by and starringAl Pacino. An exploration ofOscar Wilde's 1893 playSalomé, the film premiered at the68th Venice International Film Festival. At the festival, Pacino was presented with the Glory to the Filmmaker! Award[2] and the film won theQueer Lion award.[3]
The United States premiere ofWilde Salomé was held on March 21, 2012, at theCastro Theatre in San Francisco'sCastro District. Marking the 130th anniversary of Oscar Wilde's visit to San Francisco, the premiere was a fundraiser for theGLBT Historical Society, with 1,000 tickets reserved for sale to the public.[4][5]
A new version of the film without the documentary elements, titledSalomé, was released on August 10, 2013, in the United States and on September 21, 2014, in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[citation needed]
Onreview aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80%, based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 6.32/10.[6]Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[7]