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Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting, Sean Bean, Prunella Gee ... see more see more... , James Cosmo , Mark Long , Alison Steadman , Brian Lewis , Derek Hoxby , Heathcote Williams , Guy Manning , Caroline Hutchison , Fiona Sloman , Tony Bluto , Andrzej Borkowski , Catherine Chevalier , Keith Edwards , Roderic Leigh , Elizabeth Mason , Al Matthews , Terry Day , Czeslaw Grocholski , Mick Hamer , Dulice Liecier , John Tong Ying , Pam Rack , Deborah Brown , Mary Selway , Clive Curtis , Richard Hawley

Stormy Monday is a four-person character study in which style is all that matters. This tautly constructed, deftly executed crime thriller is set in economically depressed Newcastle England. Sting pla... read more read more...ys Finney, a relatively honest Newcastle jazz-club owner who crosses the path of crass American gangster Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones). Flaunting his wealth at every opportunity, Cosmo wants to involve Finney in a land development deal -- if only he'll give up his club. Both men are enamored of Kate (Melanie Griffith), who becomes a pawn in their ongoing one-upsmanship. Kate and her lover (Sean Bean) try to prevent Finney from corrupting his own sense of values by wallowing in the gutter with Cosmo. Stormy Monday, the first feature-length directorial effort of former jazz musician Mike Figgis, who also wrote the script and composed the score, tells its story using subtle shadings of character and a vivid evocation of its Newcastle setting rather than through violent action. Figgis's moody direction of his excellent screenplay is quietly effective and brimming with visual nuance and irony -- particularly in its perceptive take on love, money, jazz, and economic necessity. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Mike Figgis

Release Date: May 1, 1988

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DVD Release Date: September 17, 2002

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  • fmcc49
    November 4, 2006
    fmcc49
    A GOOD MOVIE ABOUT THE REBUILDING OF A BRITISH CITY THAT HAS BEEN DEVASTED BY THE LOSS OF IT'S MAIN INDUSTRY AND THE PREDATORS THAT TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

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Rich Cline
June 12, 2004
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall

Atmospheric.

Blake Davis
October 7, 2003
Blake Davis, KFOR Channel 4 News

A strong exercise in mood early in Mike Figgis's career.

March 26, 2009
Variety

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Janet Maslin
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times

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Rita Kempley
January 1, 2000
Rita Kempley, Washington Post

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 1, 2000
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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Desson Thomson
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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Roger Ebert
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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Emanuel Levy
June 19, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Daniel M. Kimmel
August 7, 2004
Daniel M. Kimmel, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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