Oxford Blues
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| Directed by | Robert Boris |
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| Written by | Robert Boris |
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| Music by | John Du Prez |
| Cinematography | John Stanier |
| Edited by | Patrick Moore |
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Release dates
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August 24, 1984 |
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Running time
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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 starring Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy and Amanda Pays. It is a remake of the 1938 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film A Yank at Oxford.
Plot
Nick Di Angelo (Rob Lowe) is working in a Las Vegas casino to earn enough money to pursue the woman of his dreams – Lady Victoria Wingate (Amanda Pays) – to Oxford, England, 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 collects enough money to make the trip and arrives at Oxford in his small sporty car – which promptly gets stuck between two walls along a very narrow street. Thus begins Di Angelo's troubles in Britain.
Di Angelo is accepted into Oriel College; consequently, large parts of the film are set in the college itself.
To help him along, the cox of the rowing team that Di Angelo joins is also an American: Rona (Ally Sheedy). Di Angelo quickly finds Lady Victoria but also finds that she is deeply involved with another Oxford rower, Colin Gilchrist Fisher (Julian Sands), a member of Christ Church college.
Di Angelo 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
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Cast list
- 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
- Richard Hunt as Larry
Reception
The movie received poor reviews.[1][2][3]
References
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- Pages with broken file links
- English-language films
- Articles using small message boxes
- 1984 films
- 1980s comedy films
- British films
- British teen films
- Directorial debut films
- British film remakes
- Films directed by Robert Boris
- Films set in Oxford
- Films set in the Las Vegas Valley
- Films shot in England
- Films shot in the Las Vegas Valley
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Rowing films
- Rowing at the University of Oxford
- University of Oxford in fiction
