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Oxford Blues 
Theatrical release posterDirected by Robert Boris Produced by Elliott Kastner
Cassian ElwesWritten by Robert Boris Starring Rob Lowe
Ally Sheedy
Amanda PaysMusic by John Du Prez Cinematography John Stanier Editing by Patrick Moore Release date(s) August 24, 1984 Running time 97 min. Country 
United KingdomLanguage 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 MGM film A Yank at Oxford.
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Plot
Oxford Blues is the story of Nick Di Angelo (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).
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
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
- Cary Elwes as Lionel
- Bruce Payne as Peter Howles
Reception
References
External links
- 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
Films directed by Robert Boris Oxford Blues (1984) • Buy & Cell (1987) • Steele Justice (1987) • Frank & Jesse (1995) • Backyard Dogs (2000)Members Films Categories:- 1984 films
- Directorial debut films
- English-language films
- Films set in Oxford
- Films set in Las Vegas
- Films shot in England
- Films shot in Las Vegas
- Rowing films
- Rowing at the University of Oxford
- University of Oxford in fiction
- 1980s comedy film stubs
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