Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Barnaby Kay, Barry Otto, Bille Brown, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds ... (see more) , Clive Russell , Josephine Byrnes , Linda Bassett , Ralph Fiennes , Richard Roxburgh , Tom Wilkinson
In mid-1800's England, Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and his faith and join the Church of England. Lucinda (Cate... (read more) In mid-1800's England, Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and his faith and join the Church of England. Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) is a teenage Australian heiress who has an almost desperate desire to liberate women from the confines of the male-dominated culture of the Australia of that time. She buys a glass factory and has a dream of building a church made almost entirely of glass, and then transporting it to the Australian Outback. Oscar and Lucinda meet on a ship going to Australia. Once there, they are for different reasons ostracized from society, and as a result "join forces" together, which leads to the events that will change both their lives forever.
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Gillian Armstrong
Release Date: Dec 31, 1997
DVD Release Date: Jan 11, 2005
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I greatly enjoyed this film. I love most of the roles Ralph Fiennes tends to pick. They're each very different from one another. Here he plays an eccentric bright red-headed priest, Oscar, who adopts a gambling problem. What starts out as a means to ... (read more) I greatly enjoyed this film. I love most of the roles Ralph Fiennes tends to pick. They're each very different from one another. Here he plays an eccentric bright red-headed priest, Oscar, who adopts a gambling problem. What starts out as a means to an end. Winning bets, keeping only the amount he needs and donating the rest to the poor; turns into an addiction. Despite Oscar's phobia for the ocean, he meets Lucinda (played by Cate Blanchett) on a ship; who is equally obsessed with gambling. They become good friends and eventually a final wager is made as to whether or not Oscar would be able to transport and put together a glass church for one of Lucinda's friends, who is also a priest working in a location that doesn't have a proper church.
Oscar and Lucinda, starring Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes.Both are superb actors and i was excited to see them together in a movie. But they would have picked a better one.This movie was so slow and boring that it was not a good choice for their a... (read more) Oscar and Lucinda, starring Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes.Both are superb actors and i was excited to see them together in a movie. But they would have picked a better one.This movie was so slow and boring that it was not a good choice for their acting career.Simple an odd movie. I can't say more.
Cate Blanchett has her first real starring role here next to the brilliant Ralph Feinnes. This whimsical, romantic, gambling, religious, Australian period piece is truly enchanting. I dare you not to like these two characters.
(p.s. the score is ... (read more) Cate Blanchett has her first real starring role here next to the brilliant Ralph Feinnes. This whimsical, romantic, gambling, religious, Australian period piece is truly enchanting. I dare you not to like these two characters.
(p.s. the score is haunting and stands well on its own - I've been listening to it for many years now...)
Meandering and bizarre, but well acted. An odd concept overall, I'm sure the book has to be better and more defined. Certainly it will have less blank stares than the film (mostly on the part of Fiennes).
Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes make this movie really special. Don't know why the info said he was from a Pentecostal family - quite clear it was Plymouth Brethren!!
I loved this movie. It is not the ordinary love story but beautifully done. The ending caught me off guard.
One of my all time favourite movies. A young Cate Blanchett stars in a perfectly acted role opposite a delightful Ralph Fiennes. A stunning and quirky Australian movie.
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