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The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)

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A writer displays a troubling streak of opportunism in his personal and professional lives in this British drama. As the Falkland Islands war rages, journalist and aspiring historical writer James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) is working on a book that will examine the 1965 Suez crisis in a manner compatible with the current political climate. James is also pursuing Susan Barrington (Charlie Dore), a documentary filmmaker whose mother Ann (Rosemary Harris) is a noted expert on the Suez crisis and an

R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Drama

Sep 13, 2005

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I love Tim Curry, which is the reason I thought this might be a decent movie, but it's so slow and boring, I couldn't watch the whole thing, and Curry's only got a scene here and there. The story is very political and talky, I didn't find anything interesting since I don't know much of anything about politics.

March 2, 2011
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