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Stormy Monday - Un lundi trouble

Original title: Stormy Monday
  • 1988
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
4.8K
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Tommy Lee Jones, Melanie Griffith, and Sting in Stormy Monday - Un lundi trouble (1988)
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A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall i... Read allA crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.

  • Director
    • Mike Figgis
  • Writer
    • Mike Figgis
  • Stars
    • Melanie Griffith
    • Tommy Lee Jones
    • Sting
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    4.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mike Figgis
    • Writer
      • Mike Figgis
    • Stars
      • Melanie Griffith
      • Tommy Lee Jones
      • Sting
    • 48User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Melanie Griffith
    Melanie Griffith
    • Kate
    Tommy Lee Jones
    Tommy Lee Jones
    • Cosmo
    Sting
    Sting
    • Finney
    Sean Bean
    Sean Bean
    • Brendan
    James Cosmo
    James Cosmo
    • Tony
    Mark Long
    • Patrick
    Brian Lewis
    Brian Lewis
    • Jim
    Ying Tong John
    • 1st Heavy
    Mick Hamer
    • Pianist
    Ian Hinchcliffe
    • Man at Record Shop
    Andrzej Borkowski
    • Andrej
    Caroline Hutchison
    • Finney's Secretary
    Les Wilde
    Les Wilde
    • Customs Officer
    Desmond Gill
    • Man in Airport Lounge
    Benny Graham
    • Passport Officer
    Scott Hoxby
    Scott Hoxby
    • Bob
    • (as Derek Hoxby)
    Catherine Chevalier
    Catherine Chevalier
    • Cosmo's Secretary
    Brendan P. Healy
    Brendan P. Healy
    • Airport Official
    • (as Brendan Philip Healy)
    • Director
      • Mike Figgis
    • Writer
      • Mike Figgis
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    7AZINDN

    Sting, Sean, and Tommy Lee In Newcastle for Profit

    Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones) is an American businessman with lots of connections, most under the table, who arrives in Newcastle on Tyne to seal deals. The celebration of "America Week" in England announces the malling of Great Britain as American monies of dubious sources invaded while the Thatcher government turned its head. Into this cesspool, Kate (Melanie Griffith) a local waitress and formerly an "escort" for Cosmo is recruited to play nice to business associates he sends her way. Rolling over the small business owners like Finney (Sting) a jazz club owner, Cosmo has no qualms about getting what he wants whether by legit or illegitimate means.

    A sub-storyline to the economic takeover by Cosmo is the love story between Kate and Brendan (Sean Bean), an Irish laborer who cleans toilets in Finney's club, but over hears the plans of two London seedy types who discuss how to make sure Finney sells the Kit Kat Klub to Cosmo. After informing Finney of their intentions, Brendan's loyalty is rewarded by his elevation to a go-for babysitting a progressive jazz band, the Krakow Jazz Ensemble who need to be picked up at the airport for a weekend gig. While Brendan carts the band around town, he falls in love with Kate. During their time together, Kate and Brendan are jumped and beaten by the roughs who surround Cosmo. The drama is predictable until a surprise twist and unexpected negotiation change the dynamic, and saves the film.

    The story line entwine to provide worthwhile entertainment for an hour and forty minutes, and the actors all provide solid performances. The soundtrack is a nice mix of 80s Brit sounds and cerebral jazz tunes with Sting doing a solo bass bit mid-film although he does not sing. Tommy Lee Jones is wonderful with an evil yet subtle humor to his business dealings and the sight of a young, buff and naked Sean Bean is delightful.

    A good afternoon film for a rainy day, if only for the performances by actors not usually cast together, and for director, Mike Figgis, an underrated early film worth checking out.
    6mjneu59

    narcissistic neo-noir

    These days a romantic thriller usually means sex, violence, and lots of neon lights, but underneath the typically sultry mood of this latter-day film noir there's a cool intelligence at work. Writer director Mike Figgis combines several strands of plot which otherwise have little in common, involving a moody nightclub owner, a dangerous American entrepreneur, his part-time mistress, and her new, younger boyfriend, all of them in an industrial British seaport dressed up for a hands-across-the-water civic promotion. A movie so self-absorbed with mood and imagery shouldn't work as well as this, but what sets the film apart from other neo-noir facsimiles is the unusual trans-Atlantic blend of talent and the emphasis on cross-cultural confusion, best expressed by a free-jazz rendition (by the Krakow Jazz Ensemble) of the Star Spangled Banner. The atmospheric visual style isn't enough to camouflage the shortcomings of the script, but Figgis maintains the drama at an admirably low-key level, and the location photography in the city of Newcastle takes excellent advantage of an appropriately gritty urban environment.
    6SnoopyStyle

    jazzy Brit noir

    Brendan (Sean Bean) gets a job at a jazz club working for Finney (Sting) in England. Corrupt Texan businessman Francis Cosmo (Tommy Lee Jones) recruits escort Kate (Melanie Griffith) for a mysterious job. He arrives in town trying to buy up the area including the club. Brendan starts going out with Kate who is a waitress at a restaurant. Finney turns out to have a darker side with a criminal past.

    The first half is a bit of a muddle keeping some central mysteries. It does go down some good dark noir alleys. There is plenty of jazzy brass music. It's rainy and moody. I guess the plot can be seen as a bit jazzy. These are interesting characters. I would like the story to be clearer.
    6stills-6

    A tale of two Figgi

    I'm not sure if the screenwriter Figgis and the director Figgis ever met or were even in the same room together for any length of time for this movie. The script, scene-by-scene, is no great effort and does not deserve the intense and captivating directing job given to it.

    I enjoyed the romance story - Melanie Griffith is not my favorite actress, but she didn't annoy me which is, I guess, saying something. Sean Bean is really good playing an understated "cleaning" guy, he works well with Sting's Sociopath-with-a-Heart.

    The movie loses me with all the gangster stuff. There are major holes in the plot and character inconsistencies that we are supposed to believe are rich thug eccentricities, but it just doesn't fly. I enjoyed the America in England bit - a little depressing to see the kind of malling that has paved over large parts of the U.S. already. But the best scenes have to do with the Polish jazz band, a great bunch of guys whose artistic potential in this movie was never realized.

    I just wish a lot more importance could have been given to character development, so that once the scene between Griffith and Bean on the roof comes along we can appreciate it more.
    6gavin6942

    A Forgotten Film

    A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex-lover (Melanie Griffith) fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.

    The production was initially a low-budget project funded by Channel 4 and British Screen. When the film attracted American financing, it was suggested that the film be recast with American actors. Both Melanie Griffith's and Tommy Lee Jones' careers were in a dip at the time, and they agreed to take parts at a lower fee. Griffith never fully recovered, though Jones still had bright years ahead of him. Interestingly, some people who auditioned but failed to make the cut were Tim Roth and Kyle MacLachlan. Ultimately, the film was financed for less than $2 million by Atlantic Entertainment Group, perhaps best known for "Valley Girl" or "Night of the Comet". This would be one of their final films.

    The DP is the legendary Roger Deakins, who had worked with Figgis on his prior made-for-TV film "The House" (1984). Aside from the bigger names in the cast, it is Deakins who elevates the film from a low-budget independent to the big-looking film it is. The use of neon lighting and visual references to the classic paintings of Edward Hopper are evident. Allegedly, the Coen Brothers made Deakins their regular DP after seeing his work on "Stormy Monday". (As of 2017, Deakins has been nominated for 13 Oscars but has not yet won.)

    Figgis is a musician, which explains his inclusion of so many musical situations. A jazz club is central to the plot, but it not just exists in the background... the music is very much an important part of the film, almost a character in itself. The soundtrack is some of the finest jazz and blues, and even the film's title is taken from a T-Bone Walker song, "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)", which plays over the credits.

    Writer-director Mike Figgis continued to make films, though other than "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995) and possibly "Internal Affairs" (1990) he has never really been seen as an A-list director. Is it time for critics to start looking at his career again? With this release, cinephiles can get a better handle on a less-celebrated director.

    The Arrow Video Blu-ray is not packed, but is comfortably filled with some bonus material. We have a very informative audio commentary with Mike Figgis, moderated by critic Damon Wise. The commentary humorously mentions how Christopher Walken was in the running for the Jones role, but he was too terrifying. There is a new video appreciation by critic Neil Young, including a "then and now" tour of the film's Newcastle locations (33 minutes). This is a must-see, putting the film in the proper context of the geography, time period (including the 1970 corruption trial of mayor T. Dan Smith) and its relation to the Mike Hodges' film "Get Carter" (1971).

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    • Trivia
      Melanie Griffith's character Kate says that she is from New Ulm, Minnesota, which happens to be the birthplace of her real-life mother, actress Tippi Hedren.
    • Goofs
      The single Brendan is seen wearing a wedding ring.
    • Quotes

      Brendan: Did you mean what you said?

      Kate: What did I say?

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Shakedown/Stormy Monday/Sunset/Two Moon Junction/White Mischief (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      I've Been Loving You Too Long
      Performed by Otis Redding

      Words and Music by Otis Redding and Jerry Butler

      Used by permission of Greenwich Music Limited

      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.

      by arrangement with Warner Special Products

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    • Release date
      • October 5, 1988 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Stormy Monday
    • Filming locations
      • Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Atlantic Entertainment Group
      • British Screen Productions
      • Film Four International
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,791,328
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $44,734
      • Apr 24, 1988
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,791,328
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 33m(93 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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