Oscar and Lucinda
1997 · 132 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 7,312 VOTES · DIR. Gillian Armstrong
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,054 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:18 I would have no story to tell you...
00:07:15 Here.
00:11:23 I am called.
00:16:13 - What is a "flutter"? - It is to do with the racetrack.
00:19:29 Dear girl, with a fortune such as this, you'll be married in a jiffy.
00:23:20 The glassworks that are for sale in Darling Harbor...
00:27:00 Miss.
00:29:55 He said things about you that are scurrilous.
00:33:31 Look at your togs.
00:38:32 Oscar knew it was only superstition...
00:43:15 You must excuse me for not coming earlier.
00:46:19 We bet that there is a God. We bet our life on it.
00:51:18 I hear that your glass lady has returned.
00:55:05 Mrs. Chadwick.
01:00:09 You may leave.
01:06:30 But then when I had all my needs paid for, I still could not stop...
01:11:48 You may approach. It is not sacred.
01:15:13 - I cannot leave the works. - But you wouldn't...
01:17:44 It is like thrusting your bare hand into a beehive.
01:23:37 As you wish.
01:29:14 He forced his medicine upon me. I had no fit.
01:35:07 - Out. - I warn you.
01:45:15 Then it is my pleasure, sir...
01:54:20 Help me!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,054
Dialogue density8.0 lines / min
First line00:02:18
Final line01:54:20
Production Record
DirectorGillian Armstrong
LanguageEnglish
Budget$16,000,000
Revenue$1,897,404
IMDb votes7,312