Oscar and Lucinda / a Dalton Films production ; Fox Searchlight Pictures presents in association with the Australian Film Finance Corporation and the New South Wales Film and Television Office ; screenplay by Laura Jones ; produced by Robin Dalton and Timothy White ; directed by Gillian Armstrong.

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Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Oscar and Lucinda (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Australian Film Finance Corporation
New South Wales Film and Television Office
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Other Authors: Armstrong, Gillian, 1950-
Fiennes, Ralph
Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
Hinds, Ciarán, 1953-
Wilkinson, Tom, 1948-2023
Jones, Laura, 1951-
Dalton, Robin
White, Timothy
Carey, Peter, 1943-
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or Spanish with optional English, Spanish, or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004]
Edition:Widescreen edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Carey, Peter > Film adaptations.
Glass manufacture > Drama.
Gamblers > Drama.
Young women > Drama.
Clergy > Drama.
Australia > Drama.
Vidrios > Industria y comercio > Teatro.
Juegos de azar > Teatro.
Jóvenes (Mujeres) > Teatro.
Romance > Feature.
Melodrama.
Motion pictures, Australian.
Carey, Peter.
Clergy.
Gamblers.
Glass manufacture.
Young women.
Australia.
Feature films > Australia.
Feature films > United States.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature.
Romance
Feature films
Feature films.
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance, chance and fate that changes their lives forever.
Note:Video release of a motion picture produced in 1997.
Based upon the novel by Peter Carey.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CL4 D0044404 VideoDVD
Credits:Director of photography, Geoffrey Simpson ; film editor, Nicholas Beauman ; music, Thomas Newman.
System Details:DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital surround.
Cast:
Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh, Clive Russell, Bille Brown.