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Wings of Fame is a 1990 Dutch English-language comedy fantasy film (released in the UK on 26 April 1991) directed by Otakar Votocek and starring Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol and Robert Stephens.
23 Mac 1990 · With Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol. A famous movie actor (Peter O'Toole) claims that he has written a book. As result, a real author, not a very well known writer, vengenfully kills him but then dies as a result of an accident.
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Wings of Fame is a discussion of the fleeting nature of fame and how little it actually means in terms of happiness or fulfillment. Peter O'Toole is a great actor. Colin Firth is the author of a book titled Wings of Fame that the actor claimed as his own work.
10 Sep 2012 · A 1990 Czechoslovakian comedy about celebrities in purgatory, starring Peter O'Toole and Colin Firth. They try to escape from a hotel where their fame is tested by a game show lottery.
A notoriously arrogant actor and the man who murdered him arrive at a luxury hotel in the afterlife where recently deceased celebrities stay after their deaths.
Wings of Fame is a surrealist black comedy so unique it might not be for everyone. The main characters wander around the emptiness of a purgatory that could have been designed by Magritte. This dream-like experience is underlined by a heavy use of symbols (a Styx-like river, Saint-Peter as a maître d'hôtel , a hedge maze, a blind archer...).
