This article is about the 1984 movie. For the ice-hockey club nicknamed the "Oxford Blues", see Oxford University Ice Hockey Club.
Oxford Blues
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Robert Boris
Written by
Robert Boris
Produced by
Elliott Kastner
Cassian Elwes
Starring
Rob Lowe
Ally Sheedy
Amanda Pays
Cinematography
John Stanier
Edited by
Patrick Moore
Music by
John Du Prez
Production company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by
MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (United States)
20th Century Fox (United Kingdom)
Release date
24 August 1984 (1984-08-24)
Running time
97 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
under $1.8 million[1]
Box office
$8,793,152
Oxford Blues is a 1984 British comedy-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.
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pompous prosecuting barrister. In 1984, he was cast alongside Rob Lowe in OxfordBlues as Lowe's Oriel College roommate and confidant, providing inside information...
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band Modern Romance and has since written several film scores including OxfordBlues (1984), Once Bitten, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), and the final...
a location for each of the films OxfordBlues (1984) and The Madness of King George (1994). Debating at the Oxford Union takes two forms: competitive...
began his film career appearing in supporting roles in films, including OxfordBlues (1984) and The Killing Fields (1984). He also had a cameo as a Greek...
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his University for the very first time. The 2010/11 season saw the Oxford Women's Blues join their Cambridge counterparts in Division 3 South, and in 2012...
made international headlines in 1993 as the first woman to represent the Oxford University men's basketball team in The Varsity Game against Cambridge University...