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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
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Release Date:
31 December 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
A dream. A lie. A wager. Love. more
Plot:
In mid-1800's England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel...
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 9 wins
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5 nominations
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The Best Film You Never Seen...
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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 | ... | Theophilus |
| Bille Brown | ... | Percy Smith |
| Josephine Byrnes | ... | Miriam Chadwick |
| Barnaby Kay | ... | Wardley-Fish |
| Barry Otto | ... | Jimmy D'Abbs |
| Linda Bassett | ... | Betty Stratton |
 | Geoffrey Rush | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Polly Cheshire | ... | Young Lucinda |
| Gillian Jones | ... | Elizabeth Leplastrier |
| Robert Menzies | ... | Abel Leplastrier |
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Rated R for a scene of sexuality, and for brief violence.
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Runtime:
132 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:14 |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Germany:6 (bw) |
Mexico:B |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Based on the 1988 Booker Award winning novel by Australian Peter Carey.
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Quotes:
[In his letter to Lucinda]
Oscar: I dare not hope, and yet I must that through this deed I gain your trust.
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Oscar: I dare not hope, and yet I must that through this deed I gain your trust.
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Soundtrack:
Motet - Os Justi
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Based on Australian novelist, Peter Carey's award-winning book, Oscar and Lucinda, this is a faithful period piece about iconoclasts and their attempt to find love and purpose in strait-laced society despite their fears and obsessions.
Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett have glorious, quirky chemistry in the title roles. Ralph Fiennes is such a mercurial actor that while watching this film, it's hard to believe this is the same man that played Amon Goeth in Schindler's List and Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show.
Cate Blanchett was discovered by Director Shekhar Kapur and awarded the title role in Elizabeth as a result of her natural, unforced acting in this little-seen Gillian Armstrong film. Brilliantly adapted, visually stunning, and (above all) extremely well-acted this is a film that it would be sad to miss.