Mona Lisa

Theatrical Release Date: 1986 06 13 (USA)

UPC: 014381663655

Studio: Image

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Not For Children]

Summary: Bob Hoskins plays George, a tough but basically goodhearted British mob flunky, recently released from prison, where he'd served a term to cover up for his gangster boss (Michael Caine). Still willing to be everyone's doormat, George agrees to act as chauffeur for Simone (Cathy Tyson), a haughty, high-priced call girl. They don't like each other at first, but George begins to fall for her and take a protective interest. She implores him to help her find her only truly friend, a prostitute named Cathy (Kate Hardie). Touched by this devotion, George locates the girl, only to be chagrined to learn that Simone and Cathy are lovers. Hoskins is used and abused by so many people in Mona Lisa that when the worm finally does turn, you feel like cheering--even though it doesn't make him any happier. Director Neil Jordan cowrote this study of underworld mores with David Leland. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Picture – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actress – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Editing Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Screenplay – null Best Supporting Actress – null Best Screenplay – null Best Actor – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actor – Cannes Film Festival Best Foreign Film – Independent Spirit Awards Best Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Screenplay – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Actor – National Society of Film Critics

Features: Theatrical trailer

Mona Lisa

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 08/24/2010

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null

Runtime: 104 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: English

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Dan Jardine

Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa takes the audience on a journey through the paradoxically grimy yet elegant world of London's Soho district. The characters conflict in similar ways to the setting, as classy call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson) and boorish George (Bob Hoskins) are constantly at each other's throats. In an interesting twist on the fish-out-of-water theme, Simone tries to teach George how to behave in polite society, while he tries to show her the truth about her lifestyle. The slimy world of King's Cross is appropriately and convincingly presented through George's empathetically innocent eyes. Eventually, the pair's differences seem less important than the loneliness and desperation that they share. Their doomed love is made all the more poignant by their shared sense of isolation from the worlds that they inhabit. Mona Lisa is elevated by a keen, cutting script that is brutally honest in its character revelation and scorching dialogue. Jordan makes intelligent use of camera angles and lighting to demonize Michael Caine's character, the underworld boss Mortwell. Simone is distant, elusive, enigmatic, and well played by Tyson. Hoskins embraces this complex role with a delicacy and range that must make him the envy of working actors everywhere. There are echoes of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver in the prostitution-and-redemption themes of the King's Cross scenes, as well as in Hoskins' brave and urgent performance. ~ Dan Jardine, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Kenny Baker  Actor 
David Halliwell  Actor 
Gary Cady  Actor 
Stephen Persaud  Actor 
Joan Darling  Actor 
Helen Martin  Actor 
Jack Purvis  Actor 
Jeremy Hardy  Actor 
Robert Dorning  Actor 
G.B. "Zoot" Money  Actor 
Richard Strange  Actor 
Bryan Coleman  Actor 
Hossein Karimbeik  Actor 
Donna Cannon  Actor 
Raad Raawi  Actor 
Geoffrey Larder  Actor 
Dawn Archibald  Actor 
Perry Fenwick  Actor 
Bill Moore  Actor 
Alan Talbot  Actor 
Maggie O'Neill  Actor 
Mandy Winch  Actor 
Chris Brown  Producer 
Patrick Cassavetti  Producer 
Ray Cooper  Producer 
George Harrison  Executive Producer 
George Harrison  Producer 
Neil Jordan  Director 
Neil Jordan  Screenwriter 
Michael Kamen  Composer (Music Score) 
David Leland  Screenwriter 
Stephen Woolley  Producer 
Denis O'Brien  Executive Producer 
Denis O'Brien  Producer 
Bob Hoskins  Actor 
Cathy Tyson  Actor 
Michael Caine  Actor 
Robbie Coltrane  Actor 
Kate Hardie  Actor 
Clarke Peters  Actor 
Sammi Davis  Actor 
Zoe Nathenson  Actor 
Rod Bedall  Actor 
Joe Brown  Actor 
Pauline Melville  Actor 

Country: UK,Ireland