Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Overview
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $16,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $1,897,404.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.2438 |
Directed By
Gillian Armstrong
Crew
Gillian Armstrong
Sally Eccleston
Ian Bird
Ray Brown
Martin Fargher
Bede Haines
Aron Walker
Steve Wells
Peter Carey
Victoria Mielewska
Graeme Crowther
Douglas 'Rocky' McDonald
Robin Dalton
Mark Turnball
Timothy White
Luciana Arrighi
Janet Patterson
Geoffrey Simpson
Jane Johnston
Laura Jones
Tom Nursey
John Wingrove
Sally Campbell
Paul Ghirardani
John Ralph
Peter Owen
Kirsten Veysey
Cheryl Williams
Gethin Creagh
Terry Isted
Rick Lisle
Ben Osmo
Wayne Pashley
Jane Paterson
Ted Swanscott
John Simpson
Andrew Plain
Alison Barrett
Kathleen Mackie Higgins
Thomas Newman
Nicholas Beauman
TOP 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
Barnaby Kay
Wardley-Fish
Linda Bassett
Betty Stratton
Geoffrey Rush
Narrator (voice)
Basil Clarke
Elderly Parishoner
Andrea Moor
Miss Shaddock
Bille Brown
Percy Smith
Josephine Byrnes
Miriam Chadwick
Barry Otto
Jimmy D'Abbs
Polly Cheshire
Young Lucinda
Gillian Jones
Elizabeth Leplastrier
Robert Menzies
Abel Leplastrier
Adam Hayes
Young Oscar
Matyelok Gibbs
Mrs. Williams
Sonia Ritter
Fanny Drabble
Will Barton
College Student
Jonathan Markwood
College Student
Nicholas Tennant
College Student
Sam Newman
George Loxwood
Nicholas Fordham
College Student
Peter Whitford
Mr. Ahearn
Lynette Curran
Mrs. Ahearn
Ron Blanchard
Steamer Captain
Colin Taylor
Frazer
Michelle Doake
Hotel Maid
Karen Vickery
Society Gossip
Elspeth MacTavish
Society Gossip
Leverne McDonnell
Miss Malcolm
Geoff Morrell
Charley Fig
Douglas Hedge
Dog Pit Caller
Tobias Saunders
Belgian Boy
Marianne Borgo
Belgian Grandmother
Vanessa Seydoux
Belgian Mother
Leslie Dayman
Glassworks Foreman
Lucy Bell
Miss Mary Hasset
Kim Hillas
Publican's Wife
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