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Distributor:
Anchor Bay UK
Region 2 | PAL FORMAT
Available to buy
Release Date 18th September 2006
Extras: Yes
ANYONE
IN IT WE KNOW?
Bob Hoskins,
Helen Mirren
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WHAT’S
IT ABOUT THEN?
"Eric
BLOWN to smithereens, Colin
CARVED up, a BOMB in my casino
and you say nothing's UNUSUAL"
Often
lauded as the best British crime
movie of all time (Empire
magazine readers voted it the
Best British film ever, beating
Withnail and I and Trainspotting),
The Long Good Friday was
released at cinemas in 1981.
Preceeding the height of
Thatcherism, lead character
Harold Shand typifies the early
eighties property tycoon, with a
yacht on the Thames, his fingers
in all the pies,and connections
with the London underground
crime scene . Bob Hoskins in the
role he is probably best known
for, stars as Harold Shand, a
filthy rich gangster with an
ice-cool moll, Victoria, played
by Helen Mirren. Written by
Barrie Keeffe and directed by
John Mackenzie, the film's
theatrical release nearly didn't
happen, partly due to the role
of the IRA in the plot.
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Harold
Shand, a prosperous English
gangster, is about to close a
lucrative new deal to develop
London's Docklands with the
assistance of two shady
Americans, Tony (Stephen Davis)
and Charlie (Eddie Constantine).
On Good Friday, the Americans
are welcomed aboard Shand's
yacht with a champagne
reception, but just as the deal
is proudly announced with much
pomp from Harold, news comes
through that his sidekick, Colin
(Paul Freeman) has been stabbed
in a swimming pool. Over the
course of the Easter weekend, it
becomes clear that Colin's death
was just the start of Harold's
problems, which must be kept
from his American guests at all
costs.
With
Victoria managing to distract
the Americans from Harold's
absence with her charm, while
having to keep Razors' (Derek
Thompson, Charlie in Casualty)
absurd behaviour in check,
Harold goes on the rampage in
London. He's desperately trying
to find the person responsible
for blowing up his Rolls Royce,
his driver and his pub, which
explodes just seconds before he
enters it.
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Once
he does find out, by stringing
up his gangland associates by
their ankles in an abattoir,
bloody mayhem ensues. Can Harold
wipe out his enemy before he
loses everything, even his life?
Special
Features include: Audio
Commentary with Director John
Mackenzie; Bloody Business:
Making The Long Good Friday;
Interview with Director John
Mackenzie & Actor Bob
Hoskins; U.K and U.S Theatrical
Trailers; Cockney Slang
Glossary; Poster & Still
Gallery; Biographies; Film
Notes; Screenplay on DVD-ROM
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