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Oscar and Lucinda(Movie, 1997)

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| 2h 12min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 31 votes)

Oscar and Lucinda is a 1997 romantic drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. It is based on the 1988 Booker Prize-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey. In March 1998, the film was nominated at the 70th Academy Awards for the Best Costume Design. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Oscar and Lucinda

2x AACTA Award for Best Cinematography 2x AACTA Award for Best Costume Design 2x AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score 2x AACTA Award for Best Production Design 2x AACTA Award for Best Sound nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design 2x nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2x nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Cinematography 2x nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2x nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Costume Design 2x nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score 2x nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Production Design 2x nominated for: AACTA Award for Best Sound

About Oscar and Lucinda

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.

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Additional Information

Production countries: Australia, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA)

Based on the work of: Peter Carey ("Oscar and Lucinda")

Made by: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Dalton Films

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)

Translated into 18 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 12/31/1997

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Richard Roxburgh, Clive Russell, Tom Wilkinson, Barry Otto, Bille Brown, Linda Bassett, Christian Manon, Leverne McDonnell, Geoffrey Rush, Norman Kaye, Paul Rogers, Lucy Bell, Andrew S. Gilbert, Babs McMillan, Geoff Morrell, Gillian Jones, Chris Haywood, Judi Farr, Lynette Curran, Leslie Dayman, Peter Whitford, Robert Menzies, Barnaby Kay, Ron Blanchard, Sandy Winton, Josephine Byrnes, Marianne Borgo, Steve Rodgers, Matyelok Gibbs

Narrator: Geoffrey Rush

Director: Gillian Armstrong

Producer: Mark Turnbull

Screenwriter: Laura Jones, Peter Carey

Director of Photography: Geoffrey Simpson

Composer: Thomas Newman

Performer: Thomas Newman

Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Oscar et Lucinda"

"Oscar y Lucinda"

Keywords: heiress, anglican priest, woman director, australia, gambling, oxford, wager, 19th century, sydney, australia, inheritance, glass, gambling addiction, minister, based on novel or book

Budget: 16,000,000 USD

Revenue: 1,897,404 USD (= 12%)

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