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1988 Certificate 15
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Writer-director Mike Figgis's remarkably understated first feature concerns a young man named Brendan (Sean Bean) who becomes involved in the seedy underworld politics of small Newcastle, England. Brendan takes a job at a local nightclub run by a man named Finney; he also meets Kate, a cocktail waitress. Both Finney and Kate .. Read more

Starring Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting
Director Mike Figgis
Genres Drama

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Stormy Monday

Writer-director Mike Figgis's remarkably understated first feature concerns a young man named Brendan (Sean Bean) who becomes involved in the seedy underworld politics of small Newcastle, England. Brendan takes a job at a local nightclub run by a man named Finney; he also meets Kate, a cocktail waitress. Both Finney and Kate are struggling with an American business tycoon called Frank Cosmo, who is trying to develop Newcastle at the expense of local businesses. Brendan's only half-knowledgeable involvement, the role of coincidence in shaping the ensuing action, the woman with a past--all the elements of film noir are at play here, accompanied by darkly lit streets and the reds and blues of night-club neon. Figgis indulges his taste for jazz as well; he scored the film and a jazz band even figures in the story. Bean and Griffith are believably entwined, but the standout in the cast is Sting, whose soulful Englishness is perfectly counterpoised with Jones's brash American bravado. In fact, 'Stormy Monday's interest in English culture versus American culture is an appropriate beginning for a director whose career would continue on both sides of the Atlantic.

Starring Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting
Director Mike Figgis
Studio ELEVATION
Run time DVD: 1 hr 33 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released Production year: 1988

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      Writer-director Mike Figgis's remarkably understated first feature concerns a young man named Brendan (Sean Bean) who becomes involved in the seedy underworld politics of small Newcastle, England. Brendan takes a job at a local nightclub run by a man named Finney; he also meets Kate, a cocktail ...

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