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Director:
Robert Boris
Writer:
Robert Boris (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
24 August 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
He fell in love with a girl and conned his way into Oxford University just to meet her. Now he's learning how to be a winner. more
Plot:
A young American hustler pursues the girl of his dreams to Oxford, where he must enroll to obtain her. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Sorkin Wings It
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 29 October 2002)
User Comments:
Age of Innocence more (13 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rob Lowe ... Nick De Angelo

Ally Sheedy ... Rona

Amanda Pays ... Lady Victoria Wingate

Julian Sands ... Colin Gilchrist Fisher
Julian Firth ... Geordie Nevitts
Alan Howard ... Simon Rutledge
Gail Strickland ... Las Vegas Lady
Michael Gough ... Doctor Ambrose

Aubrey Morris ... Doctor Quentin Boggs

Cary Elwes ... Lionel

Bruce Payne ... Peter Howles

Anthony Calf ... Gareth Rycroft
Pip Torrens ... Ian
Richard Hunt ... Larry

Peter Jason ... Mr. De Angelo
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Runtime:
USA:97 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:K-10 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA more
Company:
Baltic Industrial Finance more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
An uncredited remake of MGM's hit A Yank at Oxford, but produced independently for MGM in the negative pickup deal financing manner popular in the 1980s. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the punting scene, Nick moves the boat in circles, a mark of an inept novice. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Women of Questionable Morals (#5.11)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Stowaway more

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2 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Age of Innocence, 28 July 2003
Author: Pat from Los Angeles, CA

What most impresses me about this movie and a few others from the 80's

like Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire is how they lack all the brash,

rude and obnoxiousness found in movies today! The young generation of

that time ( and every young person has thier time) didn't fill the

screen with crude language and remarks degrading to each other. In this

movie they still had enough good sense to not curse like uneducated

heathens! Seems like all the movies today just seem to fill the screen with one

F**k and a$$hole and sheeet and every other imaginable word you could

use just to see how many they can say in 90 minutes! It surely is a time gone by and perhaps we do live in a world that is

more realistic and streetwise, but it sure isn't going to make the world

a better place throwing obsceneties it in our face all the time! Oxford Blues was refreshing because it had some class even though it was

a simple plot and a simple movie. And Rob Lowe was one heck of a goodlooking

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