The Ploughman's Lunch

Name: The Ploughman's Lunch
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008-04-16T15:02:14-07:00

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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 outspoken leftist. While James has assured his publisher that his book will take a conservative view, he tells Susan and Ann that he's a socialist and that his book will reflect that position as he attempts to glean information from them. James also sleeps with Ann as his relationship with Susan hits a rough patch, but he isn't especially forgiving when he discovers that Susan has had a fling with Jeremy Hancock (Tim Curry), a tabloid journalist who has worked with both of them. The Ploughman's Lunch includes a sequence where the characters attend the 1982 Conservative Party conference, which was shot at the actual event (and includes a speech Margaret Thatcher delivered to the assembled Tories). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating:

R
Genre:

Drama
Directed By:

Richard Eyre
Written By:

Ian McEwan
In Theaters:

Oct 19, 1984 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Sep 13, 2005
Runtime:

107 minutes

Cast

Jonathan Pryce
as James Penfield

Tim Curry
as Jeremy Hancock

Rosemary Harris
as Ann Barrington

Frank Finlay
as Matthew Fox

Charlie Dore
as Susan Barrington

David de Keyser
as Gold

Bill Paterson
as Lecturer

Polly Abbott
as Gold's Assistant

Peter Birch
as Barman

Vivienne Chandler
as Mom in Commercial

Bob Cortland
as Editor

Tim Cuny
as Jeremy Hancock

Ken Drury
as Young Man at Poetry Reading

Christopher Fulford
as Young Journalist

Paul Jesson
as Journalist

William Maxwell
as Journalist

Andy Rashleigh
as Journalist

Ken Shorter
as Squash Coach

Simon Stokes
as Edward

Clare Sutcliffe
as Jill

Sandra Voe
as Carmen

Peter Walmsley
as Bob Tuckett

Orlando Wells
as Tom Fox

Anna Wing
as Woman at Poetry Reading

Allan Mitchell
as Junior Minister

Pearl Hackney
as Mrs. Penfield

Cecily Hobbs
as Carol

Nat Jackley
as Mr. Penfield

David Lyon
as Newsreader

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Mar 02, 2011

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. Overall, I did not like this movie.

Aj V Super Reviewer