Wings of Fame

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{{Infobox film

| name = Wings of Fame

| image = Wings of Fame Film poster.png

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Otakar Votocek

| producer = Laurens Geels
Dick Maas

| screenplay = Herman Koch
Otakar Votocek

| starring = Peter O'Toole
Colin Firth

| music = Paul M. van Brugge

| cinematography = Alex Thomson

| editing = Hans van Dongen

| studio = First Floor Features

| distributor = Cannon Film Distributors

| released = {{Film date|1990|03|23|Netherlands|1991|04|26|UK|df=y}}

| runtime = 116 minutes

| country = Netherlands

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Wings of Fame is a 1990 Dutch English-language comedy fantasy film (released in the UK on 26 April 1991){{IMDb title|0098658}} directed by Otakar Votocek and starring Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol and Robert Stephens.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090129063208/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/427969 "Wings of Fame (1990)"], BFI. The script was written by Dutch writer Herman Koch.

Catering of the movie (that was shot partly in Amsterdam's city theater) was done by Jan (the father of Jouke Keizer) from his catering bus parked at the Leidseplein.

Plot

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, vengefully kills him but then dies as a result of an accident. Next, they both find themselves in after-life, where souls of all famous people are gathered.

Cast

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