Oscar and Lucinda (film)

Oscar and Lucinda
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gillian Armstrong
Produced by	Robin Dalton Timothy White Mark Turnbull
Screenplay by	Laura Jones
Based on	Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
Starring	Ralph Fiennes Cate Blanchett
Narrated by	Geoffrey Rush
Music by	Thomas Newman
Cinematography	Geoffrey Simpson
Edited by	Nicholas Beaumon
Production company	AFFC Dalton Films Meridian Films
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates	31 December 1997
Running time	132 minutes
Country	United States Australia United Kingdom
Language	English French
Budget	A$16 million
Box office	$4,953,510^[1]

Oscar and Lucinda is a 1997 British-Australian-American romantic drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong and starring Cate Blanchett, Ralph Fiennes, Ciarán Hinds and Tom Wilkinson. It is based on the 1988 Booker Prize-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey.^[2] In March 1998, the film was nominated at the Academy Awards for the Best Costume Design.

Plot

As a child living in Australia, Lucinda Leplastrier is given a Prince Rupert's Drop which sparks a lifelong obsession with glass.

Lucinda's parents die and she is left a wealthy heiress after her guardians sell off the vast farmland that was her family's home. She buys a glass factory with her money and takes to gambling after her accountant introduces her to it.

Meanwhile, a young Oscar is being raised as a Plymouth Brethren by his father but after receiving a sign from God he decides to join the Anglican faith. While studying he is introduced to gambling and becomes massively successful, using his winnings to fund his studies and giving the rest to the poor. He earns a scholarship to study in New South Wales. On the boat over he meets Lucinda and hears her confess to gambling which he denies is a sin. They play cards together until Oscar becomes panicked at the sight of a storm.

In New South Wales Oscar loses his scholarship after he is unable to stop gambling. He goes to live with Lucinda who allows him to work in her glass factory. Inspired by a model of a glass church she shows him he asks her to make a real life replica to send to their mutual friend the Revered Dennis Hasset, betting that he can deliver it by Good Friday. Lucinda decides that they will each bet their inheritance.

Because he fears water, Oscar takes the church over land in an expedition led by Mr. Jeffries. He witnesses Jeffries murdering and raping Indigenous Australians and eventually kills him in self-defence after Jeffries attacks him.

He is successful in delivering the church. Weakened upon arrival, he is left in the care of a woman named Miriam Chadwick, who rapes him. Fearing that he will have to marry Miriam, and in love with Lucinda, Oscar enters the glass church to pray. He falls asleep and is drowned inside when the church, which had been resting on a barge in the water, sinks.

As Miriam is pregnant with Oscar's child, Hasset burns the papers confirming the wager, not wanting Lucinda's money to be inherited by her. She dies shortly after her son, Oscar, is born and the child is raised by Lucinda.

Cast

Ralph Fiennes as Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett as Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds as the Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh as Mr. Jeffries
Clive Russell as Theophilius
Bille Brown as Percy Smith
Josephine Byrnes as Miriam Chadwick
Barnaby Kay as Wardley-Fish
Barry Otto as Jimmy D'Abbs
Linda Bassett as Betty Stratton
Peter Whitford as Mr Ahearn
Geoffrey Rush as Narrator

Production

Gillian Armstrong had long wanted to film Peter Carey's novel but the rights were originally bought for John Schlesinger. However, after several years they could not come up with a script anyone was happy with; Schlesinger dropped out, Armstrong became involved and she brought in Laura Jones.^[3]

Filming

Filming took place in Sydney (as well in the Sydney suburbs of Glebe and Randwick) and all around New South Wales. Scenes were also filmed in Hobart, Tasmania, and some others in Cornwall, south-west England.

Music

The soundtrack to Oscar and Lucinda was released by CBS Masterworks Records on 9 December 1997 in Australia and the United States, it was recorded by Thomas Newman and the Bruckner Orchestra. The soundtrack was completely recorded at Paramount Scoring Stage and at The Village Recorder, in Los Angeles, California on 9–30 June 1997.^[4]^[5]

Oscar and Lucinda: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film score by Thomas Newman
Released	9 December 1997 (1997-12-09)
Recorded	1997
Genre	Contemporary classical
Length	55:26
Label	CBS Masterworks Records
Producer	Thomas Newman, Bill Bernstein

All music composed by Thomas Newman.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prince Rupert's Drop"	02:37
2.	"Throwing Lots"	00:48
3.	"Dutch Hazards"	00:50
4.	"Sydney Harbor"	01:57
5.	"Rumors"	01:26
6.	"The High Downs And The Sea"	01:52
7.	"Forgive Me"	01:02
8.	"Bruckner: On Justi"	04:39
9.	"Six Rivers To Cross"	01:14
10.	"Two Gambers"	02:22
11.	"The Murder Of The Blacks"	01:42
12.	"Never Never"	01:16
13.	"Floorwashing"	00:40
14.	"Cards And Dogs"	01:02
15.	"One Obsessive"	01:09
16.	"The Church Of Glass"	03:50
17.	"Letters On The mantel"	01:25
18.	"Odd Bod"	01:05
19.	"Prayer Wounds"	02:11
20.	"Leviathan"	01:08
21.	"Magic Boxes (White Man's Dreaming)"	01:49
22.	"The Other Compulsive"	01:02
23.	"A Broken Thing"	00:59
24.	"The Seduction Of Mrs. Chadwick"	02:31
25.	"Wesley: Blessed Be The God And Father"	01:19
26.	"Aqua"	04:10
27.	"The Caul"	01:22
28.	"Oscar And Lucinda"	02:49
29.	"Excerpt From The Random House Audio book"	05:10
Total length:		55:26

Release

Box office

Oscar and Lucinda grossed $1,768,946 at the box office in Australia,^[6] which is equivalent to $2,458,835 in 2009 dollars. The film grossed $4,953,510 between USA, Australia, UK and Germany.^[7]

Awards

Group	Award	Recipients	Result
70th Academy Awards	Academy Award for Best Costume Design	Janet Patterson	Nominated
AACTA Awards	Best Achievement in Cinematography	Geoffrey Simpson	Won
	Best Achievement in Costume Design	Janet Patterson	Won
	Best Achievement in Production Design	Luciana Arrighi	Won
	Best Achievement in Sound	Andrew Plain Gethin Creagh Ben Osmo	Won
	Best Original Music Score	Thomas Newman	Won
	Best Actress	Cate Blanchett	Nominated
	Best Adapted Screenplay	Laura Jones	Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Most Promising Actress	Cate Blanchett	Nominated
San Diego Film Festival	Best Cinematography	Geoffrey Simpson	Won
Motion Picture Sound Editors	Best Sound Editing	Thomas Newman	Nominated
Australian Screen Sound Guild	Best Achievement in Dialogue Editing for a Feature Film	Libby Villa Wayne Pashley	Won
Australian Screen Sound Guild	Best Achievement in Mixing for a Feature Film	Gethin Creagh Martin Oswin	Won
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards	Best Cinematography	Geoffrey Simpson	Won
	Best Actress	Cate Blanchett	Nominated
	Best Music Score	Thomas Newman	Nominated

Awards shown here are those detailed by the Internet Movie Database.^[8]

References

↑ "Oscar and Lucinda (1997) – Box office / business". IMDb. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
↑ "Oscar and Lucinda (1997)". IMDb. Amazon.com. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
↑ (4 September 1998). "Interview with Gillian Armstrong". Signis.net. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
↑ "Oscar And Lucinda Soundtrack CD". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
↑ "Oscar And Lucinda- Soundtrack details - SoundtrackCollector.com". soundtrackcollector.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
↑ "Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office". Retrieved 23 August 2013.
↑ "Oscar and Lucinda (1997) – Box office / business". IMDb. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119843/awards?ref_=tt_ql_4

External links

Oscar and Lucinda at the Internet Movie Database
Oscar and Lucinda at AllMovie
Oscar and Lucinda at Rotten Tomatoes
Oscar and Lucinda at Box Office Mojo

AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

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2001–present	The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001) Rabbit-Proof Fence – Peter Gabriel (2002) Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003) Somersault – Decoder Ring (2004) The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (2005) Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey (2006) The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos (2007) Unfinished Sky – Antony Partos (2008) Mao's Last Dancer – Christopher Gordon (2009) Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty (2010) The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011) Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma (2012) The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong (2013) The Railwayman – David Hirschfelder (2014) Mad Max: Fury Road – Tom Holkenborg (2015)

Films directed by Gillian Armstrong

The Singer and the Dancer (1977) My Brilliant Career (1979) Starstruck (1982) Mrs. Soffel (1984) High Tide (1987) Fires Within (1991) The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992) Little Women (1994) Oscar and Lucinda (1997) Charlotte Gray (2001) Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2006) Death Defying Acts (2007) Women He's Undressed (2015)

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