MONA LISA

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• Release Year: 1986
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: 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.
• Cast: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Zoë Nathenson, Sammi Davis, Rod Bedall, Joe Brown, Pauline Melville, Hossein Karimbeik, John Darling, Bryan Coleman, Robert Dorning, Raad Rawi, David Halliwell, Stephen Persaud, Maggie O'Neill, Gary Cady, Donna Cannon, Perry Fenwick, Dawn Archibald, Richard Strange, Alan Talbot, Geoffrey Larder, Helen Martin, Kenny Baker, Jack Purvis, Bill Moore, Richard Ashton, Jeremy Hardy, Derek Lyons, Zoot Money, Mandy Winch, Neil Jordan
• Director: Neil Jordan
• Runtime: 1:44
• Company: Starz / Anchor Bay
• Media Format: movie