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Oscar and Lucinda (1997) 6.6
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6.6/10 from 4,489 users
Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 47 user | 47 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com In mid-1800's England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him... See full summary » Director:Gillian Armstrong |
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Oscar Hopkins
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| Cate Blanchett | ... |
Lucinda Leplastrier
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| Ciarán Hinds | ... |
Reverend Dennis Hasset
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Hugh Stratton
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Mr. Jeffries
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Theophilus
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Bille Brown | ... |
Percy Smith
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Josephine Byrnes | ... |
Miriam Chadwick
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Wardley-Fish
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Jimmy D'Abbs
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Betty Stratton
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Polly Cheshire | ... |
Young Lucinda
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Gillian Jones | ... |
Elizabeth Leplastrier
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Robert Menzies | ... |
Abel Leplastrier
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In mid-1800's England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and his faith and join the Church of England. Lucinda is a teen-aged Australian heiress who has an almost desperate desire to liberate her sex from the confines of the male-dominated culture of the Australia of that time. She buys a glass factory and has a dream of building a church made almost entirely of glass, and then transporting it to the Australian Outback. Oscar and Lucinda meet on a ship going to Australia; once there, they are for different reasons ostracized from society, and as a result "join forces" together. Oscar and Lucinda are both passionate gamblers, and Lucinda bets Oscar her entire inheritance that he cannot transport the glass church to the Outback safely. Oscar accepts her wager, and this leads to the events that will change both their lives... Written by M.E. Nelson
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They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for a scene of sexuality, and for brief violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
31 December 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Oscar og Lucinda See more »Box Office
Budget:
AUD 16,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
DEM 60,842 (Germany) (26 June 1998)Gross:
DEM 60,842 (Germany) (26 June 1998)Company Credits
Production Co:
Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Dalton Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Written by John Sheppard
Performed by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Conducted by Philip Ledger
Courtesy of EMI Records UK and EMI Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
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Oscar & Lucinda race each other in scrubbing a passageway - but in doing so, they crawl over their handiwork. For a clean floor, you scrub going backwards. See more »Soundtracks
"Haec Dies"Written by John Sheppard
Performed by The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Conducted by Philip Ledger
Courtesy of EMI Records UK and EMI Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
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This beautifully made romance has an odd appeal. I only ranked it a seven, because it has some flaws - the complicated story is is not rendered clearly in all its details (I could not figure out what was going on with the Reverend Haslitt, for example) and the style tends towards a gothic/romantic manneredness in places.
All the same, I recommend it for anyone who can tolerate the genre. I love these two actors, Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett. They and the supporting cast, including the bit parts, fill out their roles with life, warmth and poignancy. There are numerous evocative touches in the details of the production - the mysterious moving church in the opening scene, for example, the music, the costumes, and the sets. The story is unique, original, character-based, and there are some unexpected flashes of insight into human nature.