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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Queer Lion (2011)
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Box office
Made on a $5.5M budget
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Music
Music by Jeff Beal
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Benoît Delhomme
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Cast
Al PacinoSelf / King Herod
Jessica ChastainSelf / Salomé
Kevin AndersonSelf / John the Baptist
Roxanne HartSelf / Herodias
Estelle ParsonsSelf- Barry NavidiSelf
Tony KushnerSelf
Tom StoppardSelf
Gore VidalSelf
BonoSelf
Francesca De SapioSelf
Lucila SoláSelf- Jason TrevitsSelf
Kat FairawaySelf / Kings Slave- Joe RosetoSelf / The Young Syrian / Narraboth / Captain of the Guard
- Steve RomanSelf / Cappadocian
Jack StehlinSelf / Nazarene / Jewish Leader
Osman SoykutKing Herod / Desert Sequence
Geoffrey OwensSelf / Tigellinus
Jack HustonLord Alfred
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