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DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 1, 1998
• R2: 10 Jun 2002
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 54 minutes
Country UK
Studio Associated Communications Corporation, Black Lion Films, Calendar Production, Embassy
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Other Titles
• The Long Good Friday
• Rififi am Karfreitag (1980)
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Gangsters, Suspense, Urban, Murder, Revenge, Cult Classic, Gore
Plot: London underworld gangster Harold Shand controls a criminal empire built on every vice except narcotics. Even his gun moll, Victoria, is a vision of class. For his next racket, Shand plans to buy up moribund London dock yards and redevelop them for the 1988 olympics. Yet on Good Friday when Shand meets with an American Mafia chief to seal their financial partnership, somebody kills two of his right-hand men, attempts to murder his mother, and blows his favorite pub to high heaven. Directed by John Mackenzie and written by Barrie Keefe, this engaging complicated melodrama shows a man trying to control his animal urges and to act like a civic minded business man. He detests anarchy and tries to use violence only as a tool. Eventually he is doomed because his brand of capitalism can't defend itself against the terrorism of the IRA.
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Bob Hoskins
Brazil, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Enemy at the Gates |
 | Helen Mirren
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Gosford Park, Excalibur |
 | Pierce Brosnan
Mars Attacks!, The World Is Not Enough, Die Another Day |
 | | | | Eddie Constantine
Europa, Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution, Cléo de 5 à 7 | |
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