Entrepreneurial mob boss Harold Shand (Academy Award-nominee Bob Hoskins, Mona Lisa) runs an underworld empire but his dreams are much bigger. A London that has gone forever. This 25th Anniversary edition also boasts an excellent 50-minute 'Making Of' called Bloody Business. Helen Mirin is completely convincing as an upper class wife of a vicious gangster and she is central to the success of her husband's business plans with the Mafia. item 2 The Long Good Friday (DVD, 2006) 2 - The Long Good Friday (DVD, 2006) $25.00.

So all this time later this film has become an interesting documentary of London architecture - the camerawork is excellent and The Long Good Friday is also the spectacular drama it set out to be.. Great British gangster film with very good extras on this 2-disc SE, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2019. Rival gangsters? Learn more about the program. John MacKenzie (Director) | Barry Hanson (Producer) | Barrie Keefe (Writer) | Francis Monkman (Music The Long Good Friday DVD Free shipping over £20 Very clever. Why on earth they could not have done a decent job and got them all on the same disc baffles me but in the end I will watch this US release for the wider picture, the better audio and the subtitles. Get this great gangster classic-British crime drama at its best!! I have compared this with the UK release and there are several significant differences: This is 1.85:1 whereas the UK release is cropped to 1.66:1. Free shipping for many products! Bob Hoskins has never been better as Harold Shand the kingpin of an East end firm who is about to do business with the Americans. Good friday.

Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. These plans go awry when Jeff, one of Harry Shand's (Bob Hoskins) closest advisors, allows a member of the "Corporation", Colin - a noted gay man, to travel to Belfast to make a pay-off to the IRA on behalf of Councillor Harris who employs mainly Irishmen on his building sites. Made in 1979, this film still stands up very well today.

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An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat. Bob Hoskins (as London gangster Harold Shand) and Helen Mirren (his partner who is every bit his equal) are both superb in this British gangster film that also boasts a great script and action sequences. Directed by John Mackenzie. He was real London - a totally natural actor who everyone took to their hearts. Once in Belfast, Colin takes a dip of £5,000.00 from the pay-off which is then delivered to the IRA in a remote farmhouse. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2018. Rival gangsters?

There's a problem loading this menu right now. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. She has been to an upper class private school and sometimes the accent is public school and sometimes it slips down into London to be sympathetic with the Londoners she is with. Good friday. Bob Hoskins (as London gangster Harold Shand) and Helen Mirren (his partner who is every bit his equal) are both superb in this British gangster film that also boasts a great script and action sequences. However things start to go wrong when one of Harold's men foolishly helps himself to some money and the IRA get involved. These items are dispatched from and sold by different sellers.

How did this pass a quality check? From a purely personal point of view the actors in this film are perfect, even down to the smaller parts.

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This is one of my favorite movies. If I'm very enthusiastic about THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY, I'm forced to admit that two trailers as extra features don't deserve a loud applause. She has been to an upper class private school and sometimes the accent is public school and sometimes it slips down into London to be sympathetic with the Londoners she is with. Top of the heap though are Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirin, two of my favourite actors, though sadly, Bob Hoskins is no longer with us. Bob Hoskins has never been better as Harold Shand the kingpin of an East end firm who is about to do business with the Americans. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 July 2020. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. And in this film we see the disintegration of his empire in one day. Barrie Keeffe's original screenplay keeps the viewer a step ahead of Shand, providing us with a telling but teasingly incomplete glimpse of the misstep by his underlings that has set chaos loose.

One of the best British gangster films ever made originally for TV but deemed too violent at the time ( 1979).

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This is one top movie , if you haven't already seem it what are you waiting for!!.

The Long Good Friday is heralded as one of the best British gangster films of all time, starring Academy Award® nominee Bob Hoskins (Mona Lisa) in his career-making role as London crime boss Harold Shand and Academy Award® winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) as his classy moll Victoria. But that is the name of this game. However things start to go wrong when one of Harold's men foolishly helps himself to some money and the IRA get involved.

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I've seen a few formats over the years. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Once in Belfast, Colin takes a dip of £5,000.00 from the pay-off which is then delivered to the IRA in a remote farmhouse. This was a terrible transfer.

Two story buildings, the cranes - it is a London I can identify with before they built the oversized strange shaped buildings that dominate now. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2020. Even from a Criterion point of view. The American release also has subtitles - God knows who did them, but not a London Cockney for sure - and despite many errors they will be a great help to the hearing impaired. Please try again.

These plans go awry when Jeff, one of Harry Shand's (Bob Hoskins) closest advisors, allows a member of the "Corporation", Colin - a noted gay man, to travel to Belfast to make a pay-off to the IRA on behalf of Councillor Harris who employs mainly Irishmen on his building sites. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Very clever. Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2008. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. This is one top movie , if you haven't already seem it what are you waiting for!!. I've seen a few formats over the years. The IRA pay-off is to guarantee that there will be no strikes.

A shame. Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (The Criterio... War and Peace (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray], A Hard Day's Night (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray + DVD), The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection [Blu-ray]. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Storyline is: who is (literally) trying to blow up Harold's life on the day that he is trying to put together his biggest ever crooked business deal? Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads.

From a purely personal point of view the actors in this film are perfect, even down to the smaller parts.