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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
Jul 17, 2009 · 14 years ago. Reporter James Penfield makes his money rearranging the facts, a talent he ruthlessly exploits in his friendships and love affairs. A political drama, set against the turbulent...
- 4 min
- 9K
- GOLDCRESTFILMS
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...
- Richard Eyre
The Ploughman's Lunch. Rent The Ploughman's Lunch on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Journalist James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) starts working on a book about the 1956 Suez...
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- Richard Eyre
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- Jonathan Pryce
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 is a film directed by Richard Eyre with Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry, Rosemary Harris, Frank Finlay .... Year: 1983. Original title: The Ploughman's Lunch. Synopsis: James Penfield has made a career out of journalism.
