Atlantic ReleasingReportedly needing a coffer-boosting part, the gravelly Texan famous from his turns in The Fugitive and Men In Black headed for the Tyne in 1988 to play the villain in thriller Stormy Monday. A fusion of Get Carter and The Long Good Friday, it starred a young Sean Bean as a man who gets in over his head helping his jazz club owner boss tackle gangsters. Jones was US businessman Cosmo, who used Melanie Griffith as a sexy negotiating tool in his shady manoeuvring. Meanwhile the club proprietor vacancy got filled by a very familiar face - Sting, who returned to his roots for the Channel 4 production. Stormy Monday became the debut feature of writer/director Mike Figgis, who like Sting spent his formative years in the city. Figgis went on to forge a lasting career as the helmer of Internal Affairs, Leaving Las Vegas and innovative all-star, multi-screen drama Timecode.
I am a journalist and comedian who enjoys American movies of the 70s, Amicus horror compendiums, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, Naomi Watts and sitting down. My short fiction has been published as part of the Iris Wildthyme range from Obverse Books.
