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The Long Good Friday (1980)

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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.

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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.

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