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. Plot Nick Di Angelo is working in a 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 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; consequently, large parts of the film are set in the college itself. The 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 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 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 as Larry 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. Lowe suggested Princess Stephanie of Monaco for the role