Mona Lisa Movie Review 1986

Jordan's wonderful, sad, sensitive story of a romantic, small-time hood who gets personally involved with the welfare and bad company of the high-priced whore he's been hired to chauffeur. Hoskins is especially touching and Caine is chilling as a suave gangster. Fine film debut for Tyson. Brilliantly filmed and critically lauded.

Distribution

Anchor Bay Entertainment, 1699 Stutz Dr., Troy, MI 48084, Phone: (248)816-0909, Toll-free: 800-786-8777, Fax: (248)816-3335, URL: http://www.anchorbayentertainment.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Oldest Profession, Rabbits

Screenplay

David Leland, Neil Jordan

Cast

Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Robbie Coltrane, Zoe Nathenson, Sammi Davis, Rod Bedall, Joe Brown, Pauline Melville

Cinematography

Roger Pratt

Director

Neil Jordan

Music

Michael Kamen

Producer

Handmade Films, Island Pictures

Awards

British Acad. 1986: Actor (Hoskins); Cannes 1986: Actor (Hoskins); Golden Globes 1987: Actor--Drama (Hoskins); L.A. Film Critics 1986: Actor (Hoskins), Support. Actress (Tyson); N.Y. Film Critics 1986: Actor (Hoskins); Natl. Soc. Film Critics 1986: Actor (Hoskins).