Moonlighting (film)

Moonlighting
Directed by	Jerzy Skolimowski
Produced by	Mark Shivas Jerzy Skolimowski Michael White
Written by	Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring	Jeremy Irons Eugene Lipinski Jirí Stanislav Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz
Music by	Stanley Myers
Distributed by	Miracle Films (UK) MK2 Diffusion (France)
Release date(s)	26 September 1982
Running time	97 mins.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English Polish

Moonlighting is a 1982 British drama film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It is set in the early 1980s at the time of the Solidarity protests in Poland. It stars Jeremy Irons as Nowak, a Polish builder leading a team working illegally in London.

Cast

• Jeremy Irons as Nowak
• Eugene Lipinski as Banaszak
• Jirí Stanislav as Wolski
• Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz as Kudaj
• Edward Arthur as Immigration Officer
• Denis Holmes as Neighbor
• Renu Setna as Junk Shop Owner
• David Calder as Supermarket Manager
• Judy Gridley as Supermarket Supervisor
• Claire Toeman as Supermarket Cashier
• Catherine Harding as Lady Shoplifter
• Jill Johnson as Haughty Supermarket Customer
• David Squire as Supermarket Assistant
• Michael Sarne as Builders' Merchant (as Mike Sarne)
• Lucy Hornak as Wrangler Shop Assistant

Reception

It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay.^[1]

Roger Ebert gave it four stars out of four^[2] and included it in his list of Best Movies of 1982. Gene Siskel called it his favorite movie of 1982. Allmovie gave Moonlighting four out of five stars.^[3] The New York Times called Moonlighting "immensely rewarding" and one "of the best films ever made about exile".^[4]

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Moonlighting". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1578/year/1982.html. Retrieved 2009-06-12. 
2. ^ Moonlighting at rogerebert.suntimes.com
3. ^ Moonlighting at allmovie.com
4. ^ Moonlighting at New York Times

External links

• Moonlighting at the Internet Movie Database
• Moonlighting at AllRovi
• Moonlighting at Rotten Tomatoes
• Moonlighting at Box Office Mojo