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.

Al Pacino
as Self / King Herod

Jessica Chastain
as Self / Salomé

Kevin Anderson
as Self / John the Baptist

Roxanne Hart
as Self / Herodias

Estelle Parsons
as Self

Barry Navidi
as Self

Tony Kushner
as Self

Tom Stoppard
as Self

Gore Vidal
as Self

Bono
as Self