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{{Short description|1984 film by Robert Boris}}
{{about|the 1984 movie|the ice-hockey club nicknamed the "Oxford Blues"|Oxford University Ice Hockey Club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Oxford Blues
|image = Oxford blues.jpg
|caption = Theatrical release poster
|director = [[Robert Boris]]
|producer = {{ubl|[[Elliott Kastner]]|[[Cassian Elwes]]}}
|writer = [[Robert Boris]]
|starring = {{Plainlist|
*[[Rob Lowe]]
*[[Ally Sheedy]]
*[[Amanda Pays]]
}}
|music = [[John Du Prez]]
|cinematography = John Stanier
|editing = Patrick Moore
|studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
|distributor = {{ubl |[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM/UA Entertainment Co.]] (United States)|[[20th Century Fox]] (United Kingdom)}}
|released = {{film date|df=y|1984|8|24}}
|runtime = 97 minutes
|country = United Kingdom
|language = English
|budget = under $1.8 million<ref>Bart p. 221.</ref>
|gross = $8,793,152
}}

'''''Oxford Blues''''' is a 1984 British [[Comedy film|comedy]]-[[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[sports 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]]'' and was Lowe's first starring role in a feature.

==Plot==
Nick Di Angelo is working in a [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] casino to earn enough money to pursue the woman of his dreams, Lady Victoria Wingate, to [[Oxford]], [[England]]. He believes the only way to win her is to get into [[Oxford University]] and join the rowing team. After [[One night stand|spending the night with]] a beautiful older woman, he collects enough money to make the trip and arrives at Oxford in his 1955 [[Ford Thunderbird]], 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, Oxford|Oriel College]]; consequently, large parts of the film are set in the college itself.

The [[Coxswain (rowing)|coxswain]] of the rowing team that Di Angelo joins, Rona, is also an American. Di Angelo quickly finds Lady Victoria but also finds that she is deeply involved with another Oxford rower, Colin Gilchrist Fisher, a member of [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]] college.

Eventually, 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.

==Cast==
* [[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 (actor)|Alan Howard]] as Simon Rutledge
* [[Gail Strickland]] as Las Vegas Lady
* [[Michael Gough]] as Dr. Ambrose
* [[Aubrey Morris]] as Dr. Quentin Boggs
* [[Anthony Calf]] as Gareth Rycroft
* [[Cary Elwes]] as Lionel
* [[Bruce Payne]] as Peter Howles
* [[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]] as Larry
* [[Charles Grant (actor)|Charles Grant]] as Student Photographer
* [[Chad Lowe]] as Computer Hacker (uncredited)
* [[Pip Torrens]] as Ian

==Production==
The film was financed independently by [[Elliot Kastner]]. Kastner told Robert Boris he had between $2–3 million available to make a film in England and wanted to know if Boris had any projects which might be suitable. Boris pitched him the movie and Kastner paid him to develop a script. Kastner liked the script and financed the film, although he did not give Boris the funds the director requested to shoot additional films.<ref>Bart p. 223-225.</ref>

Lowe suggested [[Princess Stephanie of Monaco]] for the role of Lady Victoria as he had a crush on her. Enquiries were made but no response was received.<ref>Lowe p. 176.</ref>

The film was almost entirely shot on location in Oxford.

MGM paid $6 million for the rights to distribute the movie even though the film only cost $1.8 million. Kastner was also entitled to a $1 million fee at the discretion of [[Frank Yablans]] then head of MGM. Peter Bart, an executive at MGM at the time, called the deal unprecedented.<ref>Bart p. 222.</ref>

==Reception==
The film received poor reviews.<ref>{{cite news|last=Van Gelder|first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Van Gelder|title=Film: 'Oxford Blues' Opens|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 August 1984|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Oxford Blues|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/1983/film/reviews/oxford-blues-1200426015/|date=31 December 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Sheila|authorlink=Sheila Benson|title=Movie Review:'Oxford Blues': An Ugly American in England|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date= August 24, 1984|page=1}}</ref>

It opened eighth at the box office grossing $2.4 million in its first weekend. This was considered a major disappointment.<ref>Eastwood Walks to Number One on 'Tightrope'
''[[Philadelphia Daily News]]'' 29 August 1984: 48.</ref>

"For some reason my movies do real well in Canada," said Lowe shortly after the film came out. "Oxford Blues is doing well here. It's making no money in the southern United States. In the suburbs I do well, in the cities not so well. " A colleague of his said at the same time "Rob was very hurt about the critical reaction to Oxford Blues, because he really thought it would work. But he's tough and realistic. He knows it was a failure, and he knows it wasn't his fault. That last scene, where he strips and changes clothes like a paper doll – he fought against doing that, let me tell you."<ref>[[Jay Scott|Scott, Jay]]. Rob Lowe has more on his mind than hordes of squealing girls. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' 28 September 1984: E.3.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
*{{cite book|first=Pete|last=Bart|title=Fade Out|year=1990}}
*{{cite book|first=Rob|last=Lowe|title=Stories I Only Tell My Friends|year=2011}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0087866}}
*{{mojo title|oxfordblues}}
*{{Amg movie|36977}}

{{Robert Boris}}

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