Oscar and Lucinda
1997/12/31 (US) | Drama, Romance
They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Gillian Armstrong
Director
Laura Jones
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Ralph Fiennes
Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett
Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds
Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh
Mr. Jeffries
Christian Manon
Mr. Tomasetti
Clive Russell
Theophilus
Budget
$ 16,000,000
Revenue
$ 1,897,404
Status
Released
Production Company
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Dalton Films
- Australian Film Finance Corporation
Crews
Aron Walker
Grip
Steve Wells
Grip
Ray Brown
Key Grip
Sally Eccleston
Focus Puller
Ian Bird
Best Boy Grip
Bede Haines
Clapper Loader
Martin Fargher
Grip