Oxford Blues
- See also Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, often known as the "Oxford Blues".
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| Directed by | Robert Boris |
| Produced by | Elliott Kastner Cassian Elwes |
| Written by | Robert Boris |
| Starring | Rob Lowe Ally Sheedy Amanda Pays |
| Music by | John Du Prez |
| Cinematography | John Stanier |
| Editing by | Patrick Moore |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA) 20th Century Fox (UK) |
| Release date(s) | August 24, 1984 |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $8,793,152 |
Oxford Blues is a 1984 film written and directed by Robert Boris and starred Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and Amanda Pays. It is a remake of the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film A Yank at Oxford.
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Plot [edit]
Oxford Blues is the story of Nick Di Angelo (Rob Lowe) who is working in a Las Vegas casino to earn enough money to pursue the woman of his dreams — Lady Victoria Wingate (Pays) — to Oxford where, he believes, the only way to win her is to get into Oxford University and join the rowing team. After spending the night with a beautiful older woman (Gail Strickland), he gets enough money to make the trip across the pond and arrives at Oxford with his small sporty car — which promptly gets stuck between two walls in a very narrow street. And so begin the troubles of an American in Britain. Di Angelo is accepted into Oriel College, Oxford, and consequently large parts of the film are set in the college itself.
To help him along, the coxswain of the rowing team that Di Angelo joins is also an American, Rona (Sheedy). Di Angelo quickly finds Lady Victoria but also finds that she is deeply involved with another Oxford rower Colin Gilchrist Fisher (Sands) of Christ Church, Oxford.
Nick comes to learn not only the value of friendship, and love, but also the importance of keeping promises to teammates and to oneself as well as the importance of thinking beyond oneself.
Production details [edit]
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Cast list [edit]
- Rob Lowe as Nick Di Angelo
- Amanda Pays as Lady Victoria Wingate
- Julian Sands as Colin Gilchrist Fisher
- Ally Sheedy as Rona
- Julian Firth as Geordie Nevitts
- Alan Howard as Simon Rutledge
- Gail Strickland as Las Vegas Lady
- Michael Gough as Doctor Ambrose
- Aubrey Morris as Doctor Quentin Boggs
- Anthony Calf as Gareth Rycroft
- Cary Elwes as Lionel
- Bruce Payne as Peter Howles
Reception [edit]
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The movie received poor reviews.[1] [2] [3]
References [edit]
- ^ "FILM: 'OXFORD BLUES' OPENS". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- ^ "OXFORD BLUES". Variety. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- ^ "MOVIE REVIEW:'OXFORD BLUES': AN UGLY AMERICAN IN ENGLAND". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
External links [edit]
- Oxford Blues at the Internet Movie Database
- Oxford Blues at Rotten Tomatoes
- Oxford Blues at Box Office Mojo
- Oxford Blues at AllRovi
- Oxford Blues at Yahoo! Movies
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