Moonlighting (film)
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Moonlighting is a 1982 British drama film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
. It is set in the early 1980s at the time of the Solidarity protests in Poland. It stars Jeremy Irons
as Nowak, a Polish builder leading a team working illegally in London.
, where it won the award for Best Screenplay
.
Roger Ebert
gave it four stars out of four and included it in his list of Best Movies of 1982. Gene Siskel
called it his favorite movie of 1982. Allmovie gave Moonlighting four out of five stars. The New York Times called Moonlighting "immensely rewarding" and one "of the best films ever made about exile".
Jerzy Skolimowski
Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor. A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź, Skolimowski has directed more than twenty films since his 1960 début Oko wykol...
. It is set in the early 1980s at the time of the Solidarity protests in Poland. It stars Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons
Jeremy John Irons is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the...
as Nowak, a Polish builder leading a team working illegally in London.
Cast
- Jeremy IronsJeremy IronsJeremy John Irons is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the...
as Nowak - Eugene Lipinski as Banaszak
- Jirí Stanislav as Wolski
- Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz as Kudaj
- Edward Arthur as Immigration Officer
- Denis Holmes as Neighbor
- Renu SetnaRenu SetnaRenu Setna is a Pakistani actor, perhaps best known for his appearance as the shopkeeper Mr. Kittel in In Sickness and in Health.Setna made an appearance in the british BBC Sictom Only Fools And Horses, in the episode "Cash and Curry", where he played a con-artist who cons Del and Rodney out of Two...
as Junk Shop Owner - David CalderDavid Calder (actor)David Calder is a British actor.Calder was born in Portsmouth, England, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His most high profile TV roles include Det. Insp...
as Supermarket Manager - Judy Gridley as Supermarket Supervisor
- Claire Toeman as Supermarket Cashier
- Catherine Harding as Lady Shoplifter
- Jill JohnsonJill JohnsonJill Anna Maria Johnson, , is a Swedish country- and pop-singer and songwriter. She performed the Melodifestivalen 1998 winning song Kärleken är, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she again entered Melodifestivalen...
as Haughty Supermarket Customer - David SquireDavid SquireDavid Squire is an English actor who appeared in several series of Rumpole of the Bailey as a South London villain, Peanuts Molloy. David Squier lived in Adak, Alaska for over a year. He has also appeared in many other roles.-Notes:...
as Supermarket Assistant - Michael Sarne as Builders' Merchant (as Mike Sarne)
- Lucy Hornak as Wrangler Shop Assistant
Reception
It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival1982 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Giorgio Strehler *Jean-Jacques Annaud *Suso Cecchi d'Amico *Geraldine Chaplin *Gabriel García Márquez *Florian Hopf *Sidney Lumet *Mrinal Sen...
, where it won the award for Best Screenplay
Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Screenplay Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival...
.
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
gave it four stars out of four and included it in his list of Best Movies of 1982. Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
Eugene Kal "Gene" Siskel was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted the popular review show Siskel & Ebert At the Movies from 1975 until his death....
called it his favorite movie of 1982. Allmovie gave Moonlighting four out of five stars. The New York Times called Moonlighting "immensely rewarding" and one "of the best films ever made about exile".