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Features: DVD
Bob Hoskins in the once-in-a-lifetime role that earned him an Oscar nomination and won both the Cannes Film Festival and British Academy Awards for Best Actor stars as George, a brutish mob soldier in the London underworld who has just been released from prison. Anxious for work, he s given the job of chauffeuring elegant prostitute Simone (Cathy Tyson, in her stunning film debut) by gangster boss Mortwell (an unforgettable performance by Michael Caine). What follows is the film CBS Morning News calls "vivid and astonishing," a remarkable combination of uncommon love story and shocking thriller that remains one of the most startling dramas of the decade. Robbie Coltrane(OCEAN S TWELVE), Clarke Peters (THE WIRE) and Sammi Davis (HOMEFRONT) co-star in this internationally acclaimed smash directed and co-written by Neil Jordan that was nominated for 6 British Academy Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direction and Best Film. System Requirements:Running Time 104 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE
Editor's Note
This critically acclaimed English film is about a high class prostitute and her ex-con chauffeur who falls in love with her. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Bob Hoskins.
Plot Summary
Ex-con George, expecting to be repaid after taking a fall for his crime boss, is reduced to driving classy call girl Simone to her jobs at London's finer hotels. Despite their differences (he's a poorly-educated, unattractive, and unsophisticated bigot; she's a beautiful, elegant, and intelligent black woman), George falls in love with her and agrees to help locate one of her old friends, a junkie still working the streets for a dangerously violent pimp.
| Features | Keep Case | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Widescreen - 1.85 | | Audio:
| (unspecified) - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Theatrical Trailer | | Additional Products:
| 8-Page Collectible Booklet |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 9/3/2007 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1986 | | Catalog ID: 12343 | | UPC: 00013131234398 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Cannes (1986) |  | Bob Hoskins, Winner, Best Actor |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Hoskins relishes the role and his relish is infectious..." 09/01/1986 p.286-7New York Times
"...High style....Vividly realized characters behaving in unexpected ways..." 06/13/1986 p.C23 Los Angeles Times
"...Rueful and funny; brutal, beautiful and lushly romantic, MONA LISA finds gallantry and real heroism among the most unlikely surroundings..." 06/13/1986 p.C1 |
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