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											Ralph Fiennes | As: Oscar Hopkins | 
																											 
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											Cate Blanchett | As: Lucinda Leplastrier | 
																											 
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											Ciarán Hinds | As: Reverend Dennis Hasset | 
																											 
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											Tom Wilkinson | As: Hugh Stratton | 
																											 
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											Richard Roxburgh | As: Mr. Jeffries | 
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance. | 
| Certification: | R | 
Cast
																							 
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												 Ralph Fiennes  | 
										
											 Oscar Hopkins  | 
									
																							 
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												 Cate Blanchett  | 
										
											 Lucinda Leplastrier  | 
									
																							 
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												 Ciarán Hinds  | 
										
											 Reverend Dennis Hasset  | 
									
																							 
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												 Tom Wilkinson  | 
										
											 Hugh Stratton  | 
									
																							 
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												 Richard Roxburgh  | 
										
											 Mr. Jeffries  | 
									
																							 
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												 Christian Manon  | 
										
											 Mr. Tomasetti  | 
									
																							 
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												 Clive Russell  | 
										
											 Theophilus  | 
									
																							 
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												 Barnaby Kay  | 
										
											 Wardley-Fish  | 
									
																							 
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												 Linda Bassett  | 
										
											 Betty Stratton  | 
									
																							 
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												 Geoffrey Rush  | 
										
											 Narrator (voice)  | 
									
																							 
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												 Basil Clarke  | 
										
											 Elderly Parishoner  | 
									
																							 
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												 Andrea Moor  | 
										
											 Miss Shaddock  | 
									
																							 
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												 Bille Brown  | 
										
											 Percy Smith  | 
									
																							 
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												 Josephine Byrnes  | 
										
											 Miriam Chadwick  | 
									
																							 
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												 Barry Otto  | 
										
											 Jimmy D'Abbs  | 
									
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												 Polly Cheshire  | 
										
											 Young Lucinda  | 
									
																							 
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												 Gillian Jones  | 
										
											 Elizabeth Leplastrier  | 
									
																							 
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												 Robert Menzies  | 
										
											 Abel Leplastrier  | 
									
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												 Adam Hayes  | 
										
											 Young Oscar  | 
									
																							 
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												 Matyelok Gibbs  | 
										
											 Mrs. Williams  | 
									
																							 
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												 Sonia Ritter  | 
										
											 Fanny Drabble  | 
									
																							 
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												 Will Barton  | 
										
											 College Student  | 
									
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												 Jonathan Markwood  | 
										
											 College Student  | 
									
																							 
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												 Nicholas Tennant  | 
										
											 College Student  | 
									
																							 
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												 Sam Newman  | 
										
											 George Loxwood  | 
									
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												 Nicholas Fordham  | 
										
											 College Student  | 
									
																							 
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												 Peter Whitford  | 
										
											 Mr. Ahearn  | 
									
																							 
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												 Lynette Curran  | 
										
											 Mrs. Ahearn  | 
									
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												 Ron Blanchard  | 
										
											 Steamer Captain  | 
									
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												 Colin Taylor  | 
										
											 Frazer  | 
									
																							 
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												 Michelle Doake  | 
										
											 Hotel Maid  | 
									
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												 Karen Vickery  | 
										
											 Society Gossip  | 
									
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												 Elspeth MacTavish  | 
										
											 Society Gossip  | 
									
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												 Leverne McDonnell  | 
										
											 Miss Malcolm  | 
									
																							 
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												 Geoff Morrell  | 
										
											 Charley Fig  | 
									
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												 Douglas Hedge  | 
										
											 Dog Pit Caller  | 
									
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												 Tobias Saunders  | 
										
											 Belgian Boy  | 
									
																							 
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												 Marianne Borgo  | 
										
											 Belgian Grandmother  | 
									
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												 Vanessa Seydoux  | 
										
											 Belgian Mother  | 
									
																							 
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												 Leslie Dayman  | 
										
											 Glassworks Foreman  | 
									
																							 
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												 Lucy Bell  | 
										
											 Miss Mary Hasset  | 
									
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												 Kim Hillas  | 
										
											 Publican's Wife  | 
									
Directed By
																											 
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														 Gillian Armstrong  | 
												
													 Director  | 
																					
Writing Credits
																											 
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														 Peter Carey  | 
												
													 Novel  | 
																					
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														 Laura Jones  | 
												
													 Screenplay  | 
																					
Production Crew
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														 Mark Turnball  | 
												
													 Associate Producer  | 
																					
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														 Timothy White  | 
												
													 Producer  | 
																					
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														 Robin Dalton  | 
												
													 Producer  | 
																					
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														 Alison Barrett  | 
												
													 Casting  | 
																					
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														 Kathleen Mackie Higgins  | 
												
													 Casting  | 
																					
Edited By
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														 Nicholas Beauman  | 
												
													 Editor  | 
																					
Costume and Makeup
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																											 | 
												
														 Janet Patterson  | 
												
													 Costume Design  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Jane Johnston  | 
												
													 Costume Supervisor  | 
																					
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														 Cheryl Williams  | 
												
													 Hair Supervisor  | 
																					
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														 Peter Owen  | 
												
													 Hairstylist  | 
																					
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														 Kirsten Veysey  | 
												
													 Makeup Artist  | 
																					
Sound
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														 Ted Swanscott  | 
												
													 ADR Mixer  | 
																					
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														 Andrew Plain  | 
												
													 Sound Designer  | 
																					
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														 John Simpson  | 
												
													 Foley Artist  | 
																					
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														 Wayne Pashley  | 
												
													 Dialogue Editor  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Ben Osmo  | 
												
													 Sound Recordist  | 
																					
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														 Jane Paterson  | 
												
													 Sound Effects Editor  | 
																					
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														 Gethin Creagh  | 
												
													 Sound Re-Recording Mixer  | 
																					
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														 Terry Isted  | 
												
													 ADR Mixer  | 
																					
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														 Rick Lisle  | 
												
													 ADR Recordist  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Thomas Newman  | 
												
													 Original Music Composer  | 
																					
Visual Effects
Camera
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														 Aron Walker  | 
												
													 Grip  | 
																					
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														 Steve Wells  | 
												
													 Grip  | 
																					
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														 Ray Brown  | 
												
													 Key Grip  | 
																					
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														 Sally Eccleston  | 
												
													 Focus Puller  | 
																					
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														 Ian Bird  | 
												
													 Best Boy Grip  | 
																					
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														 Bede Haines  | 
												
													 Clapper Loader  | 
																					
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														 Martin Fargher  | 
												
													 Grip  | 
																					
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														 Geoffrey Simpson  | 
												
													 Director of Photography  | 
																					
Lighting
Art Department
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														 Luciana Arrighi  | 
												
													 Production Design  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 John Wingrove  | 
												
													 Art Direction  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Paul Ghirardani  | 
												
													 Art Direction  | 
																					
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														 Sally Campbell  | 
												
													 Set Decoration  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 Tom Nursey  | 
												
													 Art Direction  | 
																					
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																											 | 
												
														 John Ralph  | 
												
													 Art Direction  | 
																					
Other Crew
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														 Graeme Crowther  | 
												
													 Stunt Coordinator  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Douglas 'Rocky' McDonald  | 
												
													 Stunt Coordinator  | 
																					
																											 
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														 Victoria Mielewska  | 
												
													 Dialogue Coach  | 
																					
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