Oscar and Lucinda (film)
| Oscar and Lucinda | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Gillian Armstrong |
| Produced by | Robin Dalton Timothy White Mark Turnbull |
| Screenplay by | Laura Jones |
| Based on |
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Simpson |
| Edited by | Nicholas Beaumon |
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| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Release date
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31 December 1997 |
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Running time
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132 minutes |
| Country | United States Australia United Kingdom |
| Language | English French |
| Budget | A$16 million |
| Box office | $4,953,510 |
| Oscar and Lucinda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Film score by Thomas Newman | |
| Released | 9 December 1997 |
| Recorded | 1997 |
| Genre | Contemporary classical |
| Length | 55:26 |
| Label | CBS Masterworks Records |
| Producer | Thomas Newman, Bill Bernstein |
Oscar and Lucinda is a 1997 British-Australian-American 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 Academy Awards for the Best Costume Design.
As a child living in Australia, Lucinda Leplastrier is given a Prince Rupert's Drop which sparks a lifelong obsession with glass.
Lucinda's parents die and she is left a wealthy heiress after her guardians sell off the vast farmland that was her family's home. She buys a glass factory with her money and takes to gambling after her accountant introduces her to it.
Meanwhile, a young Oscar is being raised as a Plymouth Brethren by his father but after receiving a sign from God he decides to join the Anglican faith. While studying he is introduced to gambling and becomes massively successful, using his winnings to fund his studies and giving the rest to the poor. He earns a scholarship to study in New South Wales. On the boat over he meets Lucinda and hears her confess to gambling which he denies is a sin. They play cards together until Oscar becomes panicked at the sight of a storm.
In New South Wales Oscar loses his scholarship after he is unable to stop gambling. He goes to live with Lucinda who allows him to work in her glass factory. Inspired by a model of a glass church she shows him he asks her to make a real life replica to send to their mutual friend the Revered Dennis Hasset, betting that he can deliver it by Good Friday. Lucinda decides that they will each bet their inheritance.
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