Oscar and Lucinda (film)

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film romantic drama film

"Oscar and Lucinda" is a 1997 Australian romantic drama film, based on Peter Carey's novel, about two eccentric gamblers who embark on a risky venture to transport a glass church across the Australian outback in the 19th century.

Aliases (2)

Oscar and Lucinda ×48
Oscar and Lucinda (novel) ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film → romantic drama film →
adaptationOf	Oscar and Lucinda (novel) →
authorOfSourceWork	Peter Carey →
awardNomination	Academy Award for Best Costume Design →
basedOn	Oscar and Lucinda (novel) →
castMember	Cate Blanchett → Christian Manon → Ciarán Hinds → Clive Russell → Ralph Fiennes → Tom Wilkinson →
cinematographer	Geoffrey Simpson →
composer	Thomas Newman →
costumeDesigner	Janet Patterson →
countryOfOrigin	Australia →
director	Gillian Armstrong →
distributor	Fox Searchlight Pictures →
editor	Nicholas Beauman →
filmingLocation	New South Wales → Tasmania →
genre	drama film → period film → romantic drama →
hasTheme	faith → gambling → love → risk →
language	English →
leadActor	Cate Blanchett → Ralph Fiennes →
mainCharacter	Lucinda Leplastrier → Oscar Hopkins →
medium	feature film →
narrationBy	Geoffrey Rush →
novelAuthor	Peter Carey →
novelPublicationYear	1988 →
outbackJourney	transporting a glass church across the Australian outback →
plotSummary	Two eccentric gamblers undertake a dangerous mission to transport a glass church across the Australian outback. →
producer	Timothy White →
productionCompany	Fox Searchlight Pictures →
releaseDate	1997-12-31 →
releaseYear	1997 →
runtimeMinutes	132 →
screenwriter	Laura Jones →
setInCountry	Australia →
setInPeriod	19th century →
settingFeature	glass church →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oscar and Lucinda ("Oscar and Lucinda (novel)") →	adaptationOf
Oscar and Lucinda ("Oscar and Lucinda (novel)") →	basedOn
Gillian Armstrong →	directorOf