Oxford Murders (The)
- Director: Álex de la Iglesia
- Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría; Álex de la Iglesia
- Producer: Álvaro Augustín; Priscilla Bertin
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An absolute train wreck of a film.
It looks good...but, the writing and acting are genuinely bad - despite the impressive cast list!
The 'cult' that is Iglesia is - with this - rapidly becoming a very bad joke.
A huge budget - a huge disaster.
You don't get more disappointing than this!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Martin, a PhD student in mathematics, enrolls at Oxford in the hope of meeting his mentor, Professor Seldom. The young man manages to find lodging at Mrs. Eagleton's but in this house a stifling atmosphere prevails due to the landlady's attitude. Indeed Mrs. Eagleton, who happens to be a friend of Seldom's, is a haughty and unsympathetic woman who also stifles her daughter Beth. At the university, things do not fare much better as Martin is put in his place by his idol during one of Seldom's lectures. But his private life changes for the best as he starts an affair with Lorna, a beautiful girl he met during a game of squash. One night Seldom and Martin who find themselves at Mrs. Eagletons's discover her dead body. They are interrogated by the police. Soon afterwards they decide to lead their own private investigation...
Cast & Characters
Elijah Wood as Martin;
John Hurt as Arthur Seldom;
Leonor Watling as Lorna;
Julie Cox as Beth;
Jim Carter as Inspector Petersen;
Alex Cox as Kalman;
Burn Gorman as Yuri Podorov;
Dominique Pinon as Frank;
Anna Massey as Mrs. Eagleton;
Danny Sapani as Scott;
Alan David as Mr. Higgins;
Tim Wallers as Defense Lawyer;
James Weber Brown as Doctor;
Ian East as Howard Green;
Charlotte Asprey as Howard Green's Wife