From humble beginnings, john mackenzies the long good friday has soared in reputation and is now regarded as one of the best british films ever made. A look at the long good friday behind the scenes crew and production team. Harold bob hoskins, a prosperous english gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. He inhabits the role of harold shand with such passion that we are completely swept along with him. It really is to no surprise that over the years many filmlovers have had the nerve to call john mackenzies the long good friday the british godfather.
Valentines day massacre, the reference is a very fitting one. Everything you need to know about the long good friday movie. The neighbourhood was london in the late seventies, the idea a terrorism and gangsters movie. John mackenzie s stylish thriller is a marriage of gangster flicks from both sides of the atlantic. The long good friday soundtrack from 1982, composed by various artists, francis monkman.
The following weapons were used in the film the long good friday. The long good friday is certainly one of the few british thrillers that can stand up against the best from the us, as gangland boss harold shand bob hoskins is unwittingly caught up in shady deals with the ira. Bob hoskins, in his breakthrough film role, stars as a london racketeer fast losing control of his gangland empire. The long good friday is a british gangster film starring bob hoskins and helen mirren. The title was just an expedient they fell on when the original working title, the paddy factor, was felt to be giving too much of the plot away. The long good friday wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Bob hoskins, in his breakthrough role, stars as a london racketeer fast losing control of his gangland empire. The long good friday watch full episodes and clips. And i have rarely seen a movie character so completely alive. This film is well done from its start to its memorable conclusion and is highly recommended. The storyline weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including midlevel political and police corruption, ira fundraising, displacement of traditional british industry by property development, uk. It is mainly observed by christians during holy week as part of the paschal triduum. This is due to the way the story is executed and the way a certain degree of suspense is held throughout. Oct 25, 2016 the long good friday original soundtrack recording licensed to youtube by.
Movie the long good friday full episode video dailymotion. The long good friday the scene is set theme duration. Jun 12, 2001 the long good friday soundtrack from 1982, composed by various artists, francis monkman. The scriptwriter and playwright, best known for penning the gangster film starring bob hoskins and helen mirren, died in london after a short. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. When thinking back over the decades of british gangtser films, the long good friday stands out in memory. The long good friday featuring bob hoskins and helen mirren is streaming with subscription on the criterion channel. With a bravura performance by a thenunknown bob hoskins as harold, an ambitious small time gangster trying to ruthlessly.
The long good friday whats it about highliving london gangster harold shand hoskins is the roughandtumble king of the waterfront, and life is about to get a lot sweeter once a mobfinanced real estate deal goes through. In the nineteenth century there was a genre of socialproblem fiction that came to be known as the conditionofengland novel. Official theatrical movie poster for the long good friday 1982. Everything you need to know about long good friday movie. When pierce brosnan pops up from the front passenger seat, he looks toward the vacant right rear passenger seat pointing his gun in that direction rather than at hoskins. John mackenzies masterfully directed british crime drama features a starmaking performance by bob hoskins as. John mackenzie, the film director who died on june 8 aged was best known for the long good friday starring bob hoskins and helen mirren, a bloodsoaked. The story is satisfyingly complex and, i admit, it took one or two viewings for me to recognise who was who and for all the narrative pieces to click into place thats more my at the time nineteen year olds fault than the movie.
Released by dressed to kill in 2001 containing music from the long good friday 1982. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the long good friday near you. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl. It was completed in 1979, but because of release delays, it is generally. The long good friday 1980 full movie video dailymotion. Apr 30, 2014 the long good friday is so firmly embedded in the era in which it was made that it is impossible to imagine it any other way. The godfather and the long good friday both are superb but the lgf shows exactly what we can do on much smaller budgets.
The long good friday is a superb example of fine feature film craft in all aspects of production. Plot wise, the long good friday is a lesson in under taxing the audience, simplicity in structure and forgoing thunder in the name of telling a solid story. The long good friday, which is a masterful and very tough piece of filmmaking, eventually does answer these questions. Image entertainment brings the long good friday to highdefinition on a bd25 bluray disc housed inside a standard blue keepcase. Good friday also holy friday or great friday is a religious holiday commemorating the crucifixion and death of jesus christ at calvary golgotha. Just reading his selfdescription from a terrific interview in the guardian makes me miss bob hoskins and miss his voice if you can believe this insanity, at one point hoskins voice was going to be dubbed for the long good friday and the movie overedited and dumped on tv. Long good friday, the internet movie firearms database. Check also the date of good friday in 2021 and in the following years. The long good friday brings together john mackenzie, barrie keeffe, barry hanson, actor derek thompson, casting director simone reynolds to. I cant help thinking of this as a conditionofengland film.
Jan 11, 2016 the actual time scheme seems a bit plastic, and its not clear how long after good friday the later events are occurring. If, like me, you actually remember that era, the films visuals and context will likely give you a pang. But the point of the film isnt to analyze harold shands problems. In the late 1970s, cockney crime boss harold shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the american mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of london into the possible venue for a future olympic games. The long good friday is a 1980 british gangster film directed by john mackenzie the fourth protocol,the last of the finest and stars bob hoskins, helen mirren, bryan marshall and derek thompson. With his othellolike disintegration, bob hoskins debuts in style. The leisure suits, the wide lapels, the feathered hair, the sideburns, the pornstache. It was voted at number 21 in the british film institutes list of the 100 favourite british movies of the 20th century.
Very rarely is the 1980 john mackenzie film the long good friday ever mentioned. The burgeoning of thatcherite britain, the dawn of the greedis good. For those who enjoy thrillers, the long good friday has everything a film could want in terms of story, characters, acting, and directing. Not only was it a breakthrough role for bob hoskins, the film also featured many young actors who went onto greater fame, such as pierce brosnan, daragh omalley, dexter fletcher and. The long good friday, class of 1984, lola, pink floyd the.
If, like me, you actually remember that era, the film s visuals and context will likely give you a pang. The long good friday was a film raging at what was about to happen to the country, the story of gangsterism thatcherism captialism coming facetoface with terrorism idealism. The long good friday final scene plus end credits duration. The 25 best crime films of all time the long good friday. Jun 29, 2015 voulezvous effacer les recherches recentes. Francis monkman the long good friday original motion. A superb script and great turns from bob hoskins and helen mirren are the making of john mackenzie. The long good friday now streaming on filmstruck bob hoskins, in his breakthrough film role, stars as a london racketeer. If i was you, id run for cover and close the hatch, cause youre gonna wind up on one of those meat hooks, my son.
The storyline bowls you along as does the wonderful music, the acting is superb hoskins deserved an oscar and the. The long good friday trailer 1982 trailer for the long good friday. The film was actually finished a year before it was released, as rights issues held it up. A marriage of gangster flicks from both sides of the atlantic, john mackenzies noirish thriller crackles with electricity. The long good friday is heralded as one of the best british gangster films of all time, starring academy award. The long good friday original soundtrack recording. It was completed in 1979 1 but, because of release delays, it is generally credited as a 1980 film. Originally funded by lew grades black lion films, the long good friday fell into the lap of handmade films when grade, who had taken exception to the ira plotline, ordered his own recut for television, which added up to what producer barry hanson called about 75 minutes of film. It has an echo of chandler, but it builds the expectation that its all going to take place over the course of a single day, which doesnt happen. Though its plot contains much thats new, the long good friday is a swift. Camus and slarek team up to pay tribute to a favourite film and arrows superb new bluray release. The long good friday, class of 1984, lola, pink floyd the wall, 1982 january 28, 2019 january 28, 2019 firstmagnitude 1466 views 2 comments 1982, class of 1984, homework, lola, pink floyd the wall, the long good friday. I have rarely seen a movie character so completely alive. Although the long good friday is firmly rooted in a very different era early 1980s britain is another country entirely the film still feels fresh and uncompromisingly tough.
The long good friday 1980 watch on the criterion channel or. The long good friday 1982 rotten tomatoes john mackenzies masterfully directed british crime drama features a starmaking performance by bob hoskins as harold shand, a successful london. Hes such a character, such an overcompensating cockney, sensitive to the. But in 1980 the long good friday arrived and gave british crime movies a new, for the uk anyway, edge. Bent law can be tolerated for as long as theyre lubricating, but you have become definitely parched. Set in miami, a crime boss meets his match and his world crumbes over an easter weekend, when his buildings are bombed and his men are murde. Good friday 1982 friday, april 9 photo by aaron burden. As much as such similes often miss the point, mislead future viewers and stand as an offense to the uniqueness of movies, with mackenzies 1979 thriller it seems obvious that were dealing with an amazing gangster film fully capable. The storyline bowls you along as does the wonderful music, the acting is superb hoskins deserved an oscar and the use of faces from the east end is a brilliant touch. May 04, 2015 but in 1980 the long good friday arrived and gave british crime movies a new, for the uk anyway, edge.
Though its plot contains much thats new, the long good friday is a swift, sharpedged gangster story in a classic mold. The long good friday is hoskins break out performance and its no surprise as to why. Released in 1980, the long good friday, directed competently by john mackenzie, conveys all the turmoil, fears and aspirations of seventies london. Image entertainment brings the long good friday to highdefinition on a bd25 bluray disc housed inside a.
May 22, 2007 the long good friday is in development. Criterion presents the long good friday in an exclusive widescreen transfer. A good heart and a good nature are two different issues, a good heart can win many relationships, but a good nature can win an sustain life long relationship guriya butt 0. Generally, the first third of the movie exposed the heros childhood and his fights to become the boss, the second third exposed his struggle to stay the boss and the last third his irresistible fall. The long good friday is a british gangster picture that owes more to the paul mu. Madtv renting a movie with larry michael mcdonald duration. Hearkening back to the era of the kray twins british organized crime era of the 1960s, the long good friday is a brutally violent look inside the world of british gangsters. The long good friday 1979 the criterion collection.
Good friday in 1982 is on friday, april 9 second friday of april. Directed by john mackenzie 1979 united kingdom bob hoskins, in his breakthrough film role, stars as a london racketeer fast losing control of his gangland. Goofs in the last scene of the movie, bob hoskins gets into the left rear passenger seat of the car. Guy ritchie, 1998, but for many the long good friday represents the highwater mark of the british gangster film, its reputation resting not just on a startling central performance from bob hoskins, but on its nearprophetic illustration of emerging 1980s values. Apr 23, 2018 a good heart and a good nature are two different issues, a good heart can win many relationships, but a good nature can win an sustain life long relationship guriya butt 0. Toggle navigation toggle search box 12 months a year, day by day.
Twenty years on, the long good friday is a british classic. The long good friday is so firmly embedded in the era in which it was made that it is impossible to imagine it any other way. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the americans are in town. In the late 1970s, cockney crime boss harold shand bob hoskins, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the american mafia to bankroll his transformation of. Starring bob hoskins, helen mirren, paul freeman, dave king. The long good friday 1980 plot summary 2 an upandcoming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat. Because easter is a moveable feast its date depends on. John mackenzie, the films director, has plenty of flair for etching disturbing portraits of rich. Helen mirren and bob hoskins in the long good friday 1980 helen mirren in the. He runs the london docks and he wants to put together the biggest real estate deal in europe. John mackenzies stylish thriller is a marriage of gangster flicks from both sides of the atlantic.
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