Rent The Long Good Friday (1980)
3.9 of 5 from 281 ratings
1h 49min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- In the savage and deadly world of the gangland king, the man at the top is ruler, only for as long as he controls everything in his territory. For that man, the rewards can be infinite, but so are the dangers. Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is enjoying the height of his powers, and he is on the verge of something that would make his current 'arrangements' small fry. But stronger forces than even he can control have moved in and taken over. Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror, an Easter Good Friday, he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.
- Actors:
- Paul Freeman, Leo Dolan, Kevin McNally, Patti Love, P.H. Moriarty, Derek Thompson, Bryan Marshall, Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Ruby Head, Charles Cork, Olivier Pierre, Pierce Brosnan, Daragh O'Malley, Dave King, Karl Howman, Brian Hall, Alan Ford, Dave Ould, Paul Kember
- Directors:
- John MacKenzie
- Producers:
- Barry Hanson
- Writers:
- Barrie Keeffe
- Studio:
- Anchor Bay
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Films & TV by topic, Films by Year, Films From: 1980, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Helen Mirren, The Beatles in Film, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, The Film Highlights of 1980, Top 10 Films By Year, Top 100 BFI Films, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/10/2009
- Run Time:
- 110 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- None
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with Director John Mackenzie
- Bloody Business: Making 'The Long Good Friday'
- U.K. and U.S. Theatrical Trailers
- Cockney Slang Glossary
- Poster amd Still Gallery
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 114 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Atmos, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by director John Mackenzie
- Bloody Business, a documentary about the making of 'The Long Good Friday', including interviews with John Mackenzie, stars Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, producer Barry Hanson and cinematographer Phil Meheux
- Hands Across the Ocean, a comparison of the differences between the UK and US soundtracks
- Q&A with Bob Hoskins and John Mackenzie, moderated by Richard Jobson
- Interviews with Barry Hanson, Phil Meheux, writer Barrie Keeffe, first assistant director Simon Hinkly and assistant art director Carlotta Barrow
- Original Trailers
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Reviews (4) of The Long Good Friday
The bees knees - The Long Good Friday review by PT
A classic Brit gangster. Harold Shand is on the verge of sealing a partnership with the Mafia. But trouble starting with the murder of one of his crew escalates into more and more trouble. Shand is oblivious to why this trouble has started against his firm, and he's determined that he must stamp it out quick so as not to put his new Mafia connections off .
"Somebody must know something". Shand is in a race against time to quell this mayhem. Will he get to the bottom of it, will he keep the Mafia deal?
Superb performance from Hoskins, supported brilliantly by his loyal wife Helen Mirren. The dialogue is top notch, with loads of quoteable gems.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
A well-paced British thriller - The Long Good Friday review by Philip in Paradiso
This is a good film, which has become a 'classic' of British cinema. Although it is firmly rooted in the late 1970s/ 1980s, in terms of themes, atmosphere, music, etc., the acting and the story are good. Bob Hoskins' performance is excellent: don't miss the tirade in the Savoy towards the end of the movie -- if only for that scene, the film would be worth watching!
The film mixes tension, ambiguity, violence and humour in a very British way. Highly recommended.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Iconic and Classic British Crime Drama - The Long Good Friday review by GI
One of the finest British gangster films and highly influential. Here you will find the roots of modern British crime stories including Guy Ritchie's Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000). This was the breakout film for Bob Hoskins who plays Harold Shand, the top London crime lord who is wooing the New York mafia to invest in his huge development project. But when his men start being killed Harold has trouble discovering who is attacking him. Helen Mirren is also first class as his wife, and not just the classy bimbo but a more involved and complex character than normally written for such roles. There's a host of British character actors and some gritty scenes. This is a film that looks into the heart of London organised crime, a tale of murder, corruption, ruthless ambition and nasty violence. Interestingly it's a film that looks deeply at the British obsession with its history. Harold is a patriot who sees his crime empire as a symbol of the past British empire and it's not by accident that his downfall is caused by the ambitious younger member of his gang. This is a classic of British cinema and arguably Hoskins best, and definitely most famous, role.
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