Mr. Jones
- 2019
- 1h 59m
A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.A Welsh journalist breaks the news in the western media of the famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 13 nominations
Olena Leonenko
- Hotel receptionist
- (as Olena Leonenko-Glowacka)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaOn the April 1st, 2022 installment of "The Lawfare" podcast, screenwriter Andrea Chalupa reports how during the course of filming "Mr. Jones", they reached out to the New York Times for permission to quote directly from Walter Duranty's article that denied a famine had taken place in Ukraine, but the Times refused to grant permission.
- GoofsAfter the main character returns to Britain, he meets George Orwell in a restaurant. In this scene, at the very beginning, a modern cash register is visible, with a flat LCD monitor.
- Quotes
George Orwell: [Shaking hands with Gareth Jones] Eric Blair.
Gareth Jones: Gareth Jones
Leonard Moore: But you won't find Eric Blair on the bookshelves. You'll have to look for Orwell, George Orwell, after the river.
- Crazy credits"With special thanks and in loving memory of Dr. Margaret Siriol Colley, the niece of Gareth Jones and Nigel Colley, his great-nephew for their tireless research and tending to his legacy.
Thanks to the estate of the late Sonia Brownell Orwell for the use of quotations from Animal Farm by George Orwell."
- Alternate versionsThere are two versions available. Runtimes are: "1h 59m (119 min) (United States theatrical)" and "2h 21m (141 min) (festival)".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sunday AM: Episode dated 9 February 2020 (2020)
- SoundtracksChoo-Choo
Music by Matty Malneck (as Matt Malneck) and Frank Trumbauer
Arranged by Marcin Masecki
Performed by Marcin Masecki (piano), Jerzy Rogiewicz (drums), Jan Emil Mlynarski (banjola, vocal)
Featured review
The Allies had to Eat a Lot of Crow while Looking the Other Way and Knowingly Suppress the Willful Starvation of Millions by Stalin.
A Sociopathic Dictator that was as Evil as Anything Humanity had to Endure.
To Win the Fight Against the Nazis and Japan for World Dominance, it was Decided to Allow Stalin to do What Stalin Did Without Interference.
This is the Story of a Naive but Brave Journalist, Gareth Jones, who Ended-Up Paying the Ultimate Price for being a Truth-Teller.
And His Uncovering First-Hand the Deliberate Starvation of Millions in and around Ukraine in the Soviet Union.
He Tries to Get Someone, Anyone to Believe what He has Seen to get the World to Oppose such Mass Murder.
Politics, Greed, and Self-Preservation were Opposing His Every Effort and the Movie Tells His Story in a Personal and Compelling Montage of Boardrooms, Trains, and Captivity.
The Enormous Human Toll is so Devastating and Horrendous, the Story-Telling can Never Really Capture the Heart-Breaking Suffering of the Population.
But it has to be Attempted Now and Then to Remind the World of the Evil Around Us and to Shed Light on the Darkest Deeds Done Right Before Our Eyes and the Consequences of Doing Nothing.
The Film is Captivating, Consuming, and Frustrating with an All-Too-Real-Feel that Brings the Story Home for Us to See a Relatively Unknown Event and is only so, because We Let it Be Unknown.
Sadly, Almost a Century After it Should Have Been Known.
A Sociopathic Dictator that was as Evil as Anything Humanity had to Endure.
To Win the Fight Against the Nazis and Japan for World Dominance, it was Decided to Allow Stalin to do What Stalin Did Without Interference.
This is the Story of a Naive but Brave Journalist, Gareth Jones, who Ended-Up Paying the Ultimate Price for being a Truth-Teller.
And His Uncovering First-Hand the Deliberate Starvation of Millions in and around Ukraine in the Soviet Union.
He Tries to Get Someone, Anyone to Believe what He has Seen to get the World to Oppose such Mass Murder.
Politics, Greed, and Self-Preservation were Opposing His Every Effort and the Movie Tells His Story in a Personal and Compelling Montage of Boardrooms, Trains, and Captivity.
The Enormous Human Toll is so Devastating and Horrendous, the Story-Telling can Never Really Capture the Heart-Breaking Suffering of the Population.
But it has to be Attempted Now and Then to Remind the World of the Evil Around Us and to Shed Light on the Darkest Deeds Done Right Before Our Eyes and the Consequences of Doing Nothing.
The Film is Captivating, Consuming, and Frustrating with an All-Too-Real-Feel that Brings the Story Home for Us to See a Relatively Unknown Event and is only so, because We Let it Be Unknown.
Sadly, Almost a Century After it Should Have Been Known.
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- Ngài Jones
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- Budget
- €10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,855,316
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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