Fresh from a 7-year prison term, a naive small-time hood falls in love with the prostitute he is hired to chauffeur. RELEASED IN THE USA
June 13, 1986 VIDEO/DVD A Criterion Collection DVD of MONA LISA was released in the US on March 13, 2001. This DVD includes a commentary audio track with Bob and writer/director Neil Jordan. If Pennies from Heaven and The Long Good Friday put Bob on the international acting map, Mona Lisa brought him before an even wider audience and solidified his standing as a leading man, no matter how little he may look the part. Neil Jordan tailored the character of George especially for Hoskins, and the result is one of his most touching and complex performances. A remarkable combination of innocence and street-smarts, tenderness and violence, ignorance and chivalry, George becomes a reluctant White Knight for Simone as he searches through London's seedy underworld for her missing friend. The film works well as a noirish thriller, but ultimately it is the relationship between George and Simone, both struggling to retain their humanity in a savage world, that makes this Mona Lisa unforgettable. LINKS INTERVIEWS
REVIEWS from the Movie Review Query Engine COMMENTS ON BOB'S PERFORMANCE "Hoskins is one of the very best new British actors, and this is a great performance." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "Unsurprisingly, Hoskins dominates the film, fulminating with moral outrage, energy pouring from him as though from a cast-iron stove." - Los Angeles Times "Always a dynamic performer, Bob Hoskins reaches his peak in Mona Lisa" - Associated Press "His talent makes you forget there are other actors in the film." - Houston Chronicle AWARDS Winner - Best Actor, 1986 Cannes Film Festival Winner - BAFTA Film Awards, Best Actor Winner - Golden Globe, Best Actor, Motion Picture - Drama Best Actor - National Society of Film Critics Best Actor - New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actor - Boston Society of Film Critics Nominated - Academy Awards, Best Actor FILM FESTIVALS World Premiere - 1986 Cannes Film Festival
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