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Oscar and Lucinda| Director: | Gillian Armstrong | | Writer: | Laura Jones | | Director of Photography: | Geoffrey Simpson | | Editor: | Nicholas Beauman | | Music: | Thomas Newman | | Production Designer: | Luciana Arrighi | | Producers: | Robin Dalton and Timothy White | | Fox Searchlight; R; 131 minutes | | Release: | 12/97 | | Cast: | Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson | | Based on the novel by Peter Carey |
A quaint film with one of the most offbeat plots in recent memory, Oscar and Lucinda works on many levels — visual, metaphysical, spiritual. Its main flaw lies in the script, which is burdened with in-your-face symbolism. Shy Oscar Hopkins (Fiennes) sacrifices a career as a clergyman for his gambling habit. He finds a soulmate in spunky Lucinda Leplastrier (Blanchett), an heiress who's obsessed with glass and gambling. Their ultimate roll of the dice comes when Oscar tries to deliver a fragile glass church across Australia to a friend of Lucinda's (Hinds).
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