Oscar and Lucinda Movie Review 1997

A priest and a glassworks heiress are united by a shared passion for gambling; together they attempt to transport a glass church through 1860s Australian wilderness. Fiennes' performance as the vulnerable and flailing Oscar is particularly good. Narrated by Geoffrey Rush. Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Peter Carey.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 131 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Adventures, Down Under, Gambling, Nuns & Priests, Flashback, Period Piece: 19th Century

Screenplay

Laura Jones

Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh, Clive Russell, Bille Brown, Josephine Byrnes, Barnaby Kay, Barry Otto, Linda Bassett

Cinematography

Geoffrey Simpson

Director

Gillian Armstrong

Music

Thomas Newman

Other

Geoffrey Rush

Producer

Robin Dalton, Timothy White, Australian Film Finance Corp., New South Wales Film Corporation, Dalton Films, Meridian Films, Fox Searchlight

Awards

Australian Film Inst. 1998: Cinematog., Score.