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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

R  132 min  -  Drama | Romance   -  31 December 1997 (USA)
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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... See full summary »

Writers:

Peter Carey (novel), Laura Jones (screenplay)
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations See more awards »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ralph Fiennes ...
Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett ...
Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds ...
Reverend Dennis Hasset (as Ciaran Hinds)
Tom Wilkinson ...
Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh ...
Mr. Jeffries
Clive Russell Clive Russell ...
Theophilus
Bille Brown ...
Percy Smith
Josephine Byrnes Josephine Byrnes ...
Miriam Chadwick
Barnaby Kay Barnaby Kay ...
Wardley-Fish
Barry Otto Barry Otto ...
Jimmy D'Abbs
Linda Bassett Linda Bassett ...
Betty Stratton
Geoffrey Rush ...
Narrator (voice)
Polly Cheshire Polly Cheshire ...
Young Lucinda
Gillian Jones Gillian Jones ...
Elizabeth Leplastrier
Robert Menzies Robert Menzies ...
Abel Leplastrier
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Storyline

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... Written by M.E. Nelson  

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Plot Keywords:

Church | Glass | Australia | Wager | Inheritance  | See more »

Taglines:

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance. See more »

Genres:

Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a scene of sexuality, and for brief violence See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA | Australia | UK

Language:

English | French (only a few words)

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Oscar y Lucinda See more »

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$137,163 (USA) (4 January 1998) (7 Screens)

Gross:

$1,508,689 (USA) (15 March 1998)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): 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 »

Quotes

Narrator: In order that I exist, two gamblers, one obsessive, the other compulsive, must meet.
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Connections

Referenced in "Lost in Austen: Episode #1.3" (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, Chorus & Orchestra, Op.80"
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by the Prague Radio Chorus/Prague Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Vaclav Smetacek See more »