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8.5
Forrest Gump
1994
“They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.”
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
December 31, 19972h 12mEN
6.4
79 votes
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.
Director
Gillian ArmstrongWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$16.0M
Revenue
$1.9M
Production Companies
Fox Searchlight PicturesDalton FilmsAustralian Film Finance Corporation
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CinemaSerf
6.0This is a wonderfully good looking film with two strong performances from Ralph Fiennes ("Hopkins") and Cate Blanchett ("Lucinda"). The former is a bit of a loner being raised by his rather puritanical Pentecostal father. He absconds into the care of Anglican "Stratton" (Tom Wilkinson) who arranges for him to obtain an university education. Thing is, this brightly red haired lad doesn't really fit in, and is soon far more focussed on his rather effective system of gambling. Meantime, the latter, an Australian, has inherited a substantial fortune and invested it in a glass making factory (glass…
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