Oxford Blues (Original title)
Date: 1984 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Robert Boris
Synopsis: Romantic drama. Las Vegas casino parking valet Nick Di Angelo tricks his way into Oxford University in order to woo Lady Victoria Wingate, a member of the British Royal family, who is studying there, and with whom he is obsessed. Victoria falls for him too but is torn between him and her boyfriend, Colin. Colin and Nick also row for the university, and Nick is pursued romatically by the coxen, an American called Rona, who makes no secret of her affection for him.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subjects: University of Oxford, Oxford University Rowing Club, Rowing
Releases
Date: 1984not specifiedRelease type: UnknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins 00 secs - Length: 9184 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1984Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 97 mins 00 secs - Length: 8764 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 97 mins 00 secs - Length: 8764 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins 30 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Guild Home Video
Title: [Ciné-Revue - n32 6 Aug 1987: no known title]Language: French
Description: Note.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v53 n634 November 1986 Pages: 339-340
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v53 n634 November 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: City Limits n263 16 Oct 1986 Page: 27
Title: [City Limits - n263 16 Oct 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 22 Aug 1984 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 22 Aug 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v283 n16 20 Aug 1984 Page: 4
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v283 n16 20 Aug 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v35 n10 October 1984 Pages: 17-18
Title: [Photoplay - v35 n10 October 1984: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-659356
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-659369
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-659386
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1984BFI identifier: N-658213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1984 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Robert Boris
Synopsis: Romantic drama. Las Vegas casino parking valet Nick Di Angelo tricks his way into Oxford University in order to woo Lady Victoria Wingate, a member of the British Royal family, who is studying there, and with whom he is obsessed. Victoria falls for him too but is torn between him and her boyfriend, Colin. Colin and Nick also row for the university, and Nick is pursued romatically by the coxen, an American called Rona, who makes no secret of her affection for him.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subjects: University of Oxford, Oxford University Rowing Club, Rowing
Releases
Date: 1984not specifiedRelease type: UnknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins 00 secs - Length: 9184 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1984Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 97 mins 00 secs - Length: 8764 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 97 mins 00 secs - Length: 8764 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins 30 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Guild Home Video
Credits
(35)
Production Company: Winkast Film Productions, Production Company: Baltic Industrial Finance Company, Producer: Cassian Elwes, Producer: Elliott Kastner, Associate Producer: Peter Kohn, Associate Producer: David Wimbury, Production Co-ordinator: Valerie Craig, Production liaison: Mark Bentley, Production liaison: Rupert Walters, Lionel Wigram, Unit/location manager: Matthew Binns, Assistant Director: Peter Kohn, Assistant Director: Debbie Vertue, Script: Robert Boris, Photography: John Stanier, Camera Operator: Chic Waterson, Graphic designer: Maurice Binder, Editor: Patrick Moore, Additional editor: James R. Symons, Production Designer: Terry Pritchard, Costumes: Pip Newbery, Wardrobe assistant: Janty Yates, Mary Ellis, Make-up: Peter Frampton, Title opticals: National Screen Service Ltd., Music composed and conducted: John Du Prez, Additional music: George Romanis, Music performed: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sound Recording: Chris Munro, Sound Re-recording: John M. Hayward, Sound Re-recording: Richard H. Langford, Sound Re-recording: Michael A. Carter, Sound Editor: Vernon Messenger, Rowing sequence adviser: Daniel Topolski
Cast
(24)
Rob Lowe (Nick Di Angelo), Ally Sheedy (Rona), Amanda Pays (Lady Victoria Wingate), Julian Sands (Colin), Julian Firth (Geordie), Alan Howard (Simon Rutledge), Gail Strickland (Las Vegas lady), Michael Gough (Dr Ambrose), Aubrey Morris (Dr Boggs), Cary Elwes (Lionel), Bruce Payne (Peter), Anthony Calf (Gareth), Pip Torrens (Ian), Richard Hunt (Larry), Peter Jason (Father), Peter-Hugo Daly (Malcolm), Carrie Jones (Sandra), Sonia Smyles (Rita), Richard Pescud (1st male secretary), Jeffrey Perry (2nd male secretary), Charles Grant (student photographer), Laura Francis (girl in T-shirt), Aimée Delamain (Lady Belmore), Hugh Morton (butler)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Ciné-Revue n32 6 Aug 1987 Page: 43Title: [Ciné-Revue - n32 6 Aug 1987: no known title]Language: French
Description: Note.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v53 n634 November 1986 Pages: 339-340
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v53 n634 November 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: City Limits n263 16 Oct 1986 Page: 27
Title: [City Limits - n263 16 Oct 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 22 Aug 1984 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 22 Aug 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v283 n16 20 Aug 1984 Page: 4
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v283 n16 20 Aug 1984: no known title]Language: English
In: Photoplay v35 n10 October 1984 Pages: 17-18
Title: [Photoplay - v35 n10 October 1984: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-659356
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-659369
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm MagneticBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: N-659386
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1984BFI identifier: N-658213
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film