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Half Moon Street
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0043396013285
Format: NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 23, 1994
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1986
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Rating: - A Daring Intellectual Caught up in International Intrigue
Half Moon Street in London contains posh flats, many of which belong to prominent Arabs, and is situated near Piccadilly. It is close to Victoria Station, Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly Circus.
Sigourney Weaver arrives in London to work for an Arab-Anglo institute. A brilliant intellectual with a doctorate at Harvard in the field of Chinese economics, having spent a good deal of time in China researching her subject, she is multi-lingual and has a sharp mind for movie details. She ... Read More
Rating: - Gratuitous Female Nudity=Mediocre Film?
Michael Caine plays the part of an English nobleman who hopes to bring about an agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Since when did the Palestinians ever want to live in peace with their Jewish neighbors? Never for a moment does the film deal with the unrelenting Jew hatred of the Arabs. And for some reason a number of people desire to murder the Caine character for his efforts. Who and why is left unclear. At best, I guess it has to do with those who presumably manipulate the world's ... Read More
Rating:  - Not much of interest here
Dr. Lauren Slaughter (Sigourney Weaver), an underpaid political analyst, turns to high-end prostitution in order to make ends meet, thereby encountering an influential British politician, Lord Bulbeck (Michael Caine), who is trying to broker a Middle East peace deal. Before long, she is imperiled by an attempt to assassinate Bulbeck and derail the negotiations.
This implausible film doesn't know what it wants to be. Its best moments are the scenes between Weaver and Caine, but unfortunately ... Read More
Rating: - What was the point?
Not having read the slim Theroux book first (or any of his stuff), but on a Sigourney Weaver high (Aliens came out the same year) I gave this movie a try. Weaver is the ominously named Dr. Slaughter, a brilliant and beautiful is somewhat depraved expert on the study of petroleum exporting countries in the mideast. Eking out a miserable existence in a London flat cursed with perpetually frozen plumbing, Slaughter leanrs to make ends meet when she becomes a high-priced escort. Her two lives - analyst and call ... Read More
Rating:  - For Sigourney Weaver & Michael Caine Fans
This movie got soundly trashed when it was released in 1986 but I really liked it for a couple reasons.
The first, I loved the Paul Theroux book on which it's based. In the book, there are actually two stories. The movie takes its story from "Dr. Slaughter." (The other story, "Doctor DeMarr", is about a twin who foolishly resumes his brother's medical practice after finding him dead from a drug overdose).
The second, I had been really wanting to see Sigourney Weaver in a sexy role after battling the ... Read More
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