The Long Good Friday (1980)
Country: GB
Technical: col 105m
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Eddie Constantine, Derek Thompson, Paul Freeman, Pierce Brosnan
Synopsis:
Poised to clinch a property deal for the transformation of the London docklands with American financial participation, London crime boss Harold Shand finds himself pitted against the IRA over a trivial lapse of judgement on the part of one of his lieutenants.
Review:
This brutal, ironic thriller itself marked the end of a long twilight for British cinema lasting the whole of the Seventies. It looks a bit dated in places now but still packs a punch thanks to the performances and an opening half hour that has a real sense of forboding. Oddly prophetic, too.
Country: GB
Technical: col 105m
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Eddie Constantine, Derek Thompson, Paul Freeman, Pierce Brosnan
Synopsis:
Poised to clinch a property deal for the transformation of the London docklands with American financial participation, London crime boss Harold Shand finds himself pitted against the IRA over a trivial lapse of judgement on the part of one of his lieutenants.
Review:
This brutal, ironic thriller itself marked the end of a long twilight for British cinema lasting the whole of the Seventies. It looks a bit dated in places now but still packs a punch thanks to the performances and an opening half hour that has a real sense of forboding. Oddly prophetic, too.
Country: GB
Technical: col 105m
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Eddie Constantine, Derek Thompson, Paul Freeman, Pierce Brosnan
Synopsis:
Poised to clinch a property deal for the transformation of the London docklands with American financial participation, London crime boss Harold Shand finds himself pitted against the IRA over a trivial lapse of judgement on the part of one of his lieutenants.
Review:
This brutal, ironic thriller itself marked the end of a long twilight for British cinema lasting the whole of the Seventies. It looks a bit dated in places now but still packs a punch thanks to the performances and an opening half hour that has a real sense of forboding. Oddly prophetic, too.