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Film based on Peter Carey's acclaimed, Booker-prize winning novel,
Oscar and Lucinda

 

OPENING DATES

December 31, 1997: LA, NYC
January 23, 1998: Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Boston
Other dates: Remaining markets

 

Watch for the video available for rental in the U.S. after May '98

A tale of romance, religion, and gambling set against the Victorian Era of
England and Australia


Enhance the experience with Ralph Fiennes performing the audiobook, Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey -- distributed through Random House

 

LOVE

"I dare not hope,
And yet I must
That through this deed
I gain your trust."

Chapter 93 (Doggerel)

  

FAITH

"Dear God, if it is your desire that your flock eat pudding in celebration of Thy birth as man, then show Thy humble supplicant a sign."

Chapter 5 (A Prayer)


CHANCE

"Our whole faith is a wager, Miss Leplastrier. We bet...that there is a God. We bet our life on it...I cannot see that such a God, whose fundamental requirement of us is that we gamble our mortal souls, every second of our temporal existence... It is true! We must gamble every instant of our allotted span. We must stake everything on the unprovable fact of His existence."

Chapter 57 (Confession)


THE CAST

Oscar Hopkins.................................Ralph Fiennes
Lucinda Leplastrier...........................Cate Blanchett
Reverend Dennis Hasset...................Ciaran Hinds
Hugh Statton...................................Tom Wilkinson
Mr. Jeffris.......................................Richard Roxburgh
Theophilus......................................Clive Russell
Percy Smith. ..................................Bille Brown
Miriam Chadwick............................Josephine Byrnes
Wardley-Fish..................................Barnaby Kay
Jimmy D'Abbs................................Barry Otto
Betty Stratton..................................Linda Bassett

THE FILMMAKERS

Directed by..............................Gillian Armstrong
Produced by.............................Robin Dalton
..............................................Timothy White
Music by.................................Thomas Newman
Costume Designed by................Janet Patterson
Film Editor...............................Nicholas Beauman
Production Designer..................Luciana Arrighi
Director of Photography............Geoffrey Simpson, A.C.E.
Original Novel by......................Peter Carey
Screenplay by...........................Laura Jones



Janet Patterson was nominated for Best Costume Design at the
70th Annual Academy Awards but lost out to "Titanic" instead. :-(

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Photos as shown on Hollywood Reporter magazine. Thanks to the people from Fiennes-Fans mailing list for all your help! Animated O&L gif provided by our talented Laurin McNiff.

 

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