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Summary
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.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 73Audiences 61GoodWatch 59
Tomatometer80%
Metascore65
IMDb6.6
Audience score55%
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9695Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2013
December 20, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
United Kingdom
Rated
- RUnited States
and 16 more23 people
- Al PacinoSelf / King Herod
- Jessica ChastainSelf / Salomé
- Kevin AndersonSelf / John the Baptist
- Roxanne HartSelf / Herodias
- Estelle ParsonsSelf
- BNBarry NavidiSelf
- Tony KushnerSelf
- Tom StoppardSelf
- Gore VidalSelf
BonoSelf
Francesca De SapioSelf
Lucila SoláSelf- JTJason TrevitsSelf
Kat FairawaySelf / Kings Slave- JRJoe RosetoSelf / The Young Syrian / Narraboth / Captain of the Guard
- SRSteve RomanSelf / Cappadocian
Jack StehlinSelf / Nazarene / Jewish Leader
Osman SoykutKing Herod / Desert Sequence
Geoffrey OwensSelf / Tigellinus
Jack HustonLord Alfred
Adam GodleyArthur
Robert HallakVoices
Richard CoxRobert Ross
Directing · 1
- Al Pacino Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- Oscar Wilde Theatre Play
Production · 25
- Beni Tadd Atoori Executive Producer
- Simon Afram Executive Producer
- Tony Schiena Executive Producer
- Andrea Grano Executive Producer
- Daryl Roth Executive Producer
- Donald Ranvaud Executive Producer
Editing · 4
- Stan Salfas Editor
- David Leonard Editor
- Pasquale Buba Editor
- Roberto Silvi Editor
Sound · 1
- Jeff Beal Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Nicole Ruby Art Direction
- Carlos Osorio Art Direction
- Cassandra Fuote Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Annie Prager Costume Design
- Shukkun Hue Costume Design
Other crew · 7
- Robert Leacock Cinematography
- Benoît Delhomme Cinematography
- Denis Maloney Cinematography
- Jamey Pryde Post Production Supervisor
- Matt Steinauer Cinematography
- Jeremy Weiss Cinematography
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