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The Ploughman's Lunch is a 1983 British drama film written by Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre, starring Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry and Rosemary Harris. The film examines the mass media in Margaret Thatcher 's Britain around the time of the Falklands War.
With Jonathan Pryce, William Maxwell, Paul Jesson, Andy Rashleigh. James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) has made a career out of journalism. Now bankrupt, he finds himself with a group of other writers in the middle of the dispute-ridden British homeland at the time of the Falklands War.
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- Drama
- Richard Eyre
- 1983-05
Journalist James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) starts working on a book about the 1956 Suez Crisis while he also begins pursuing TV reporter Susan Barrington (Charlie Dore). Unable to attract her ...
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- Jonathan Pryce
Sep 10, 2012 · Film. The Ploughman's Lunch. Monday 10 September 2012. Written by RR. Time Out says. Ian McEwan must have whooped for joy when the Falklands war erupted, transforming his script from an...
As England begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.
The Ploughman's Lunch. Ian McEwan's sharply-observed 80s drama starring Jonathan Pryce. An ambitious & manipulative journalist who is researching a book on Suez gets caught up in the Falklands crisis. 1983. 32 IMDb 6.2 1 h 42 min 1983. Drama.
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Oct 19, 1984 · ''The Ploughman's Lunch,'' the first theatrical film to be written by Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre, is a witty, bitter tale of duplicity and opportunism...