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Title:

Oscar and Lucinda [videorecording] / a Dalton Films production ; Fox Searchlight Pictures presents in association with the Australian Film Finance Corporation and the New South Wales Film and Television Office ; screenplay by Laura Jones ; produced by Robin Dalton and Timothy White ; directed by Gillian Armstrong.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

Widescreen ed.

Publisher:

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

1 videodisc (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Feature films--Australia.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.
Closed captioning.

Other Authors:

Armstrong, Gillian, 1950-
Fiennes, Ralph.
Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
Hinds, Ciaran.
Wilkinson, Tom, 1948-
Jones, Laura, 1951-
Dalton, Robin.
White, Timothy.
Carey, Peter, 1943- Oscar and Lucinda.
Roxburgh, Richard.
Russell, Clive.
Brown, Billie.
Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Australian Film Finance Corporation.
New South Wales Film and Television Office.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Notes:

Based upon the novel by Peter Carey. Video release of a motion picture produced in 1997. Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh, Clive Russell, Bille Brown.

Summary:

Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance, chance and fate that changes their lives forever.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57479559

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)