The Long Good Friday
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
Country
Production
Budget
$75 000
Box office
$500 000
Director
Actors
Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Eddie Constantine, Paul Freeman, P.H. Moriarty, Alan Ford, Stephen Davies
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Barry Hanson, George Harrison, Denis O'Brien
Camera operator
Phil Meheux
Composer
Artist
Carlotta Barrow, Glynn Kelly
Audition
Simone Reynolds
Editing
Mike Taylor
Whole Team (45)
Whole Team (45)
Short description
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
What's left behind the scenes
- Pierce Brosnan's role didn’t involve any lines at all, yet he managed to utter a single-word greeting.
- Pierce Brosnan and Bob Hoskins (1942-2014) never worked together on set. Even the scene at the end of the film, where they appear to be sitting next to each other in a car, was filmed with each actor separately.
- The famous final scene of the film was shot first. Director John Mackenzie (1928-2011) was behind the wheel, recounting the film's plot to Bob Hoskins, who was in the passenger seat, while cinematographer Phil Meheux filmed Hoskins' reaction from between them.
- In 1983, three years after the film's release, a sequel was announced, and the opening scene was to be the final scene of this film (Harold Shand's rescue from IRA gunmen). This project never came to fruition.
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