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The Long Good Friday (1979)

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Reviews Counted: 17 Fresh: 16  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.8/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Synopsis: London underworld gangster Harold Shand controls a criminal empire built on every vice except narcotics. Even his gun moll, Victoria, is a vision of class. For his next racket, Shand plans to buy up moribund London dock yards and redevelop them for the 1988 olympics. Yet on Good Friday when... London underworld gangster Harold Shand controls a criminal empire built on every vice except narcotics. Even his gun moll, Victoria, is a vision of class. For his next racket, Shand plans to buy up moribund London dock yards and redevelop them for the 1988 olympics. Yet on Good Friday when Shand meets with an American Mafia chief to seal their financial partnership, somebody kills two of his right-hand men, attempts to murder his mother, and blows his favorite pub to high heaven. Directed by John Mackenzie and written by Barrie Keefe, this engaging complicated melodrama shows a man trying to control his animal urges and to act like a civic minded business man. He detests anarchy and tries to use violence only as a tool. Eventually he is doomed because his brand of capitalism can't defend itself against the terrorism of the IRA. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Eddie Constantine, Dave King, Bryan Marshall

Director: John Mackenzie
Screenwriter: Barrie Keeffe
Producer: Barry Hanson
Composer: Francis Monkman

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 4, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

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9/10

Its representation of Christ's modern-day doppelganger as a grubby little crimelord is certainly compelling.

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09/20/07
Tim Brayton
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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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John Mackenzie directs this cornerstone of the British gangster genre with a minimum of flash and a dash of grim realism.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Explosive and original.

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06/29/05
Emanuel Levy
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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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Janet Maslin
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Daniel M. Kimmel
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03/19/04
Jake Euker
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10/17/03
Carol Cling
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Walter Chaw
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01/15/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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4.5/5

British crime-drama pivots on Bob Hoskins' great performance.

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
Netflix
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08/01/02
Bob Grimm
Las Vegas Mercury
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Hoskins sometimes manages to elevate the picture’s generally diffuse drama to Shakespearean levels.

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03/05/02
Jeremy Heilman
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Christopher Null
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