Moonlighting (1982) RATING: By Shawn McKenna A great movie! Moonlighting is a complex, slow, but moving tale of one man's loneliness. Jeremy Irons (Nowak) plays the central character who is one of four Polish men illegally sent to work remodeling a London flat. He is the only one who speaks English and is in charge of the other three men. Everything goes according to plan until social upheavel end of Solidarity) in Poland cuts off the communication between the Polish official who bought the flat and the four workers. He keeps this secret from the workers so he can direct them to finish the condo. Why does he keep this a secret from them? Nowak says at one point in the movie that no one believed that he could finish anything that he started. But why is this movie about loneliness? Nowak tries to take the role as saviour by doing all he can to help the other workers: manage money, buy a television, steal food when they are low on cash, and try to shield them from knowing about what happened in Poland. He is seen by them as a tormentor for trying to push them to finish the project. He speaks their language but is never able to connect to them in any other way. There is also a funny, yet sad, scene in which he tries to pick up an English girl but is totally unsuccessfull. Nowak does not connect to the Western ways either. Moonlighting (1982) Jeremy Irons Nowak Eugene Lipinski Banaszak Jiri Stanislav Wolski Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz Kudaj Director: Jerzy Skolimowski Screenplay By: Jerzy Skolimowski Music By: Stanley Myers Produced By: Mark Shivas and Jerzy Skolimowski Running Time: 97 minutes Rated: PG Other Critics Roger Eberts Rating **** Leonard Maltin's Rating **** Awards, Facts, and Oddities 1982 Cannes Film Festival winner (Best Screenplay) 'M' BACK TO MY HOMEPAGE