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Oscar And Lucinda [1997] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Gillian Armstrong Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £2.23 as of 21/11/2009 12:43 GMT details You Save: £10.76 (83%) New (13) Used (5) from £2.15 Seller: fastdvd2006 Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 15718 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 126 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5039036022873 ASIN: B0009YVCTK Theatrical Release Date: 1997 Release Date: August 15, 2005 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: The only boy who could ever reach me, was the son of a preacher man February 21, 2008 Gerry O'neill (Morrisville, NC United States) 9 out of 11 found this review helpful The only boy who could ever reach me, was the son of a preacher man, February 21, 2008 br /By jingles_sunderland (Morrisville, NC United States) - See all my reviews br / br / br /I watched this again recently having last seen in on VHS some years ago. What was an excellent film then is even better now, particularly the sound which is a revelation where the tinking glass is concerned. br / br /The technique of using a narrator does not always work but is it is most apt, and in particular at the end. One leaves after watching this film much as one does after a gourmet meal...extremely satisfied with what you have consumed but not wishing to eat another morsel and yet this continues over time so that you do not feel the need to return. br / br /I was transfixed throughout by the "action" within the film. There is certainly much to think about or to delve into afterwards to get the entire picture. The story seems to be without any obvious flaws and the casting is superb with the main players clearly complemetary to each other and the cinematography is superb. br / br /One thing that I had not paid too much attention to during my first viewing was the appalling and barbaric treatment of the indigenous population. Clearly the scene of the massacre is a solitary tale of man's inhumanity to man but the subsequent scene of the abuse of the aboriginal woman in the inn is a more subtle but nevertheless graphic reminder of the way in which settlers have behaved throughout the world. This point carries with it greater poignancy given the recent apology without compensation by the new Australian Prime Minister to the indigenous people for past abuses such as described above. br / br /All in all a feat for the eyes despite the sad and tragic ending clearly reminiscent of the conclusion of Breaking the Waves. Not a good movie without a good story. November 2, 2007 Darin Alan Chadwick (Tromsø, Norway) 6 out of 8 found this review helpful Even mediocre filmaking can produce a movie we like if there is a strong and original story. But this is not mediocre filmaking, and it certainly is a strong story. This is one of the few films that really doesn't remind me of any other film. The obsessive and compulsive gamblers strong personalities are brilliantly played by two up and coming actors, that have since proven their talents. A tantalizing glimpse into greater futures to come for Blanchett and Fiennes. The scenes of shattering glass, and floating the glass church up the river are not to be missed. br / br /An off note, far off, in a dusty little down in Baja Mexico, there is a very similar portable church designed by Gustaff Eiffel of, you know, the tower. There is a spooky resemblence to the church in the film. Coincidence? Or did someone do some extra research? Rushed July 14, 2007 G. Dunford 9 out of 12 found this review helpful You'll have to excuse me but I'm going to be one of those bores who say "it isn't as good as the book". Being a bit of a weighty tome the book was always going to be a bit tricky to translate onto the screen and this adaptation suggests that a lot of the original scenes were cut out. If I hadn't read the novel, and therefore known the plot, I would have been thinking to myself "what the hell's going on" at the start of the film. That aside, it's still a marvelous story and Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett provide almost the same Oscar and Lucinda that my imagination had conjured up. The main reason why I've marked the film down is that the original ending has been changed. We are let down gently rather than having to suffer the full force of life's injustice slapped across our face. A compromise has been made to cater for a crowd pleasing (fairly) happy ending. The Glass Ceiling? May 6, 2008 ianrmillard 0 out of 1 found this review helpful This, for me, was a less spectacular Fitzcarraldo, but where the magnificent obsession in that film was triumphantly brought off by Klaus Kinski, in this film the half-crazy idea of transporting the glass church did not quite have the same plausibility, perhaps because the necessity for overland travel was by reason of the Reverend's dislike of the sea, yet he had already travelled to Australia that way, so... br / br /The basic story is of a boy who defects from some Protestant sect, I think the Plymouth Brethren (infamous amumni and earlier defectors: the blacl magician Aleister Crowley and the 1940's acid-bath murderer, Haigh) to join the Church of England, being then raised by a vicar and his wife in what is said to be 19th Century Devon but looks much more like Cornwall. He becomes a gambler with great success at University, giving away most of the winnings. He then goes to Australia and his obsessions get the better of him. br / br /The film is well made and all the acting very good, but for me it just did not have any real staying power.

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