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	The Long Good Friday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Long Good Friday (1980) is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren.
		The film was directed by John Mackenzie from a script by Barrie Keefe.
		This page was last modified 07:26, 14 February 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Long_Good_Friday (136 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Good Friday
		From the earliest times the Christians kept every Friday as a feast day; and the obvious reasons for those usages explain why Easter is the Sunday par excellence, and why the Friday which marks the anniversary of Christ's death came to be called the Great or the Holy or the Good Friday.
		It is curious to note in these very old Good Friday prayers that the second part is omitted in the prayers for the Jews, owing, it is said, to their having insulted Christ by bending the knee in mockery before Him.
		These prayers were not peculiar to Good Friday in the early ages (they were said on Spy Wednesday as late as the eighth century); their retention here, it is thought, was inspired by the idea that the Church should pray for all classes of men on the day that Christ died for all.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06643a.htm (2274 words)

	The Long Good Friday
		As he tears about the city in search of his hidden assailants, Hoskins is brought face to face with the path to his success which he views without apparent irony, but which the audience, familiar with the conventions of the genre, will see on quite a different level.
		The film was eerily prescient in 1980 and now seems as pointed a commentary on the Thatcherite 1980s as anything made during and after Thatcher's actual period in office (the film was made before her election).
		Though it has plenty of gallows humour and works hard to generate a measure of affection for its 'likely lad' central character, it is a classic gangster film in that the gangster's villainy is firmly rooted in the society which has produced him in the first place.
	homepage.eircom.net /~obrienh/lgf.htm (753 words)

	DVD Times: Region 1 Reviews: The Long Good Friday
		He is man of vision who sees a future ripe for exploitation by good businessmen such as himself, especially in partnership with America.
		He isn't afraid to show the confused human being behind the front he puts on for his audience, and his silences are as eloquent as his lengthy rants.
		The film ends with a long, wordless close-up of his face, and you know in an instant what is going to happen next, once we leave Harold to his fate.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /reviews/region1/longgoodfriday.html (990 words)

	Long Good Friday, The - Music from the Movies
		Along with Roy Budd's Get Carter, The Long Good Friday - by SKY band member Francis Monkman stands tall as one of the coolest, most effective gangster film scores ever written.
		This new disc brings back good memories of Monkman's contribution and a good time to look back at the soundtrack album.
		On the surface his score seems deceptively simple and considering Monkman was no film scorer then or now, he managed to provide an effectively edgy dramatic score.
	www.musicfromthemovies.com /review.asp?ID=1460 (311 words)

	The Long Good Friday
		A violent gangland crime thriller set over the course of a Good Friday weekend, directed by John Mackenzie from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe.
		Harold (Bob Hoskins) is on the verge of cobbling together a deal that would unite the English and American underworld in a massive London waterfront development.
		A gritty character study in the guise of a gangster film, The Long Good Friday is the film that launced Bob Hoskins career.
	www.showcasecinemas.co.uk /films/longgoodfriday.fhtml (179 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Long Good Friday, The
		His call for a “new London” wickedly echoes the Christian call for a “new Jerusalem.” Yet on the very Good Friday that Shand meets with an American Mafia chief to seal a financial partnership, somebody kills two of his right-hand men, attempts to murder his mother, and blows a favorite pub to smithereens.
		Directed by John Mackenzie and written by Barrie Keeffe, The Long Good Friday is a rabidly engaging, complex melodrama, brimming over with moxie.
		Unlike classic gangster heroes like Little Caesar, who fought their way out of the faceless mob and were punished for brutality and ambition, Harold Shand struggles to control his animal urges and to act like a civic-minded businessman.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=26&eid=39§ion=essay (349 words)

	Dissensus - the Long Good Friday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Saw Long Good Friday twice in the theatre, loved it so much.
		As for the Long Good Friday, my burning memory from that film is Pierce Brosnan's face as he holds the pistol in the car at the end.
		LGF was recently voted "Londoner's favourite London film" by Robert Elm's listeners and granted a special screening at the NFT.
	www.dissensus.com /showthread.php?t=324 (1104 words)

	BBC - London - Entertainment - Film - Close up on The Long Good Friday, BBC London readers and listeners favourite ...
		The Long Good Friday now has the mythical qualities suggested by its title: an almost religious, reverential event as legendary as American gangsters considering the St Valentine's Day massacre (indeed, it was based on Mervyn LeRoy's 1931 Little Caesar, starring Edward G Robinson).
		It's got a truly great script (by Barrie Keeffe) full of long good speeches and language that has the ring of authenticity, and, in Harold Shand, little Bob Hoskins creates a monumental, monstrous London figure, one we all know and one we hate and admire in equal measure.
		The Long Good Friday is as monumental as any London landmark and achieves what the best London films should: a sense of time and place with characters that are precise and yes, timeless.
	www.bbc.co.uk /london/entertainment/films/long_goodfriday_071204.shtml (524 words)

	Long Good Friday - Review - Have a better day than this one!
		It would appear that Harold?s empire is not as secure as he thought, as he finds himself involved in a struggle with people who represent a far greater threat than he could ever imagine.
		She is an upper-class woman who enjoys the good life, but she isn?t overly central to the story, and thus her character isn?t fully developed, nor does it need to be.
		This film is the debut for a man who is nowadays known for being a good guy.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-l/long-good-friday/441962 (1031 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Long Good Friday at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He's enjoyed peace for so long that he's come to despise violence, the violence erupting around him and the rage within himself that he's previously been able to control, and which we are seeing errupt in raw colours as he falls apart.
		This was the first breakthrough role for Bob Hoskins, and he seemed perfectly suited fot the part which would briefly mark him as gritty British cinema's leading humorous thug antihero of the 80's, taking over from Michael Caine in the 70's and destined to be outdone by Robert Carlyle in the 90's.
		The action takes place on a Good Friday -when Harold reveals his betrayer he refers to him as a "Judas"- and there is some religious symbolism to it all, particularly in the first deaths.
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	Amazon.co.uk: The Long Good Friday [1981]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Straddling two decades, The Long Good Friday is a gangster film with a thoughtful and provocative core.
		Director John Mackenzie controls tension impressively over the 109-minute span and if the IRA angle now seems a tad contrived, the prolonged final image of Shand coming to terms with defeat is breathtaking; heightened by Francis Monkman's punchy synths and saxes score.
		On the DVD The Long Good Friday is presented on disc in a 16:9 full-frame picture that reproduces well, and is enhanced by stereo and 5.1 Dolby surround sound options.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067NQM (916 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: The Long Good Friday (xhtml) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY, which is a masterful and very tough piece of filmmaking, eventually does answer these questions.
		There are scenes where he hangs his enemies upside down from meat hooks and questions them about the bombings, and other scenes, moments later, where he solemnly kids with the neighborhood juvenile delinquents and tries to soft-talk the American out of his millions.
		THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY tells his story in a rather indirect way, opening with a montage of seemingly unrelated events, held together by a hypnotic music theme.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19810101/REVIEWS/101010344/1023 (531 words)

	Observer \| The Long Good Friday
		Early on Friday morning, the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists went into a long session to try to resolve their dispute over the nature of the assembly.
		Mark Durkan, one of his negotiators, confessed that a number of devout Catholics in his delegation almost unwittingly broke the Good Friday ban on eating meat, when some sausage rolls were brought in after midnight.
		It would be a tragedy if unionists failed to see the wood for the trees and rejected this out of hand.' Son of Sunningdale was born on Good Friday 1998 but an internal unionist coup against Trimble could make it as shortlived as its predecessor 24 years ago.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4286630-102274,00.html (2525 words)

	The Long Good Friday Movie: The Long Good Friday DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		John Mackenzie's rabidly engaging, complex gangster film concerns the demise of a dominant English racketeer, Harold (Bob Hoskins), who is about to change his image and go straight.
		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.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/715515009621IE (337 words)

	The Long Good Friday - Criterion Collection DVD - Michael Weise Productions
		I will say the first 60% of the movie was quite good especially the scene in the meat locker, or let me say the beginning of that scene.
		The ending was pretty good, with the exceptions of "the Americans" whose accent was horrendous and quite un American, and also another example of weak underworld figures.
		The one thing that became evident at the very end however, is that the story should have been about the Irish Mobsters as opposed to their English counter parts.
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Long Good Friday The
		Hoskins, Bob, born in 1942, British character actor, who progressed to fame from a series of supporting roles.
		Good Friday, Friday immediately preceding Easter, celebrated by Christians as the anniversary of Christ's crucifixion.
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	MovieMartyr.com - The Long Good Friday
		The Long Good Friday that sometimes manages to elevate the picture’s generally diffuse drama to Shakespearean levels.
		Howard’s wife and he spend the film catering to the Americans, keeping up appearances, and when the events that are pressuring Howard finally push him out of the realm of good manners and understatement, it results, not surprisingly, in a tragedy.
		Hoskin’s exceptional performance is good enough to make this muck through the genre’s cliches worthwhile, though.
	www.moviemartyr.com /1982/longgoodfriday.htm (503 words)

	The Helen Mirren Appreciation Society - Filmography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bob Hoskins, in his breakthrough role, is at the center of The Long Good Friday.
		This role is considered somewhat a hallmark of Mirren’s film career, a point at which she began to be taken as seriously on film as on stage.
		Though it is really Hoskins’ film, The Long Good Friday is a definite must for Mirren devotees.
	www.helenmirren.com /performance.php3?perfID=21&qs=1 (367 words)

	The All Golden: A Long Good Friday - PopMatters Music Review
		Throughout A Long Good Friday, the All Golden manage to incorporate such influences as My Bloody Valentine, Mercury Rev, and even mid-'60s garage rock.
		It opens with clean, double-tracked vocals and electric guitar before quickly giving way to a high pitched drone wailing away in the background and murky drums that sound like they were recorded down in someone's cellar.
		For a time in music when more psychedelic experiments in rock have taken a back seat, the All Golden and A Long Good Friday is certainly a welcome sound.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/a/allgolden-long.shtml (887 words)

	The Long Good Friday (1980) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bob Hoskins electric and Helen Mirren demure and loyal as the Gangter's moll.
		"The Long Good Friday" reflects the tone of the 80's just as we were entering them in the same way "Get Carter" did with the 70's.
		Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Long Good Friday (1980)
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	Good Friday
		Good Friday, anniversary of Jesus' death on the cross.
		Since the early church Good Friday has been observed by fasting and penance.
		The stock markets are closed today, Good Friday.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/society/A0821267.html (289 words)

	The Long Good Friday News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Long Good Friday News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		'The Long Good Friday' Earlier in the year we asked you to vote for your favourite London film, and following a staggering response the results have been published in this week's Time Out 'London Film Special'.
		In Brosnan's latest film, "Laws of Attraction," he stars as a high-powered divorce attorney who suddenly finds himself in more than just a professional relationship with his opposing...
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	The DVD Maniacs - Forum - The Long Good Friday
		Still as entertaining as ever, the performances are spot on (although some of the characters seem a little cliched now- thank you very much Guy bloody Ritchie!) and the score is a synth gem.
		However, he was good in MONA LISA too: now that's another corker of a movie.
		I agree with you as regards Hoskins in The Long Good Friday Paul, but as for 'Unleashed' (Danny The Dog) I hated it, thought it was terrible.
	www.dvdmaniacs.net /forums/printthread.php?t=12447 (700 words)

	EUFS: The Long Good Friday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Long Good Friday remains one of the best B-movie London gangster flicks available to us today.
		John Mackenzie's London gangland flick remains a masterclass in what seems to now be a sadly defunct genre, and as such it should be treasured and acclaimed as the masterpiece it is.
		This is the original London gangster flick, perhaps not by virtue of age, but certainly by virtue of excellence.
	www.eufs.org.uk /films/the_long_good_friday.html (392 words)

	The long good friday - Vinyl Vulture
		I seem to recall there was a thread about this a while ago but I couldn't locate it.
		How rare is this, what should it go for, and most importantly, is it any good?
		Any info from you good people much appreciated as always.
	www.vinylvulture.co.uk /forum/showthread.php?t=593 (245 words)

	Long Good Friday - VHS - Title L Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Long Good Friday : Have a better day than this one!
		This has to be Bob Hoskins best performance in a film.It was also the film where he made his big breakthrough on the big screen with good support from an underrated cast most people would not of heard of, (apart from Helen Mirren).
		The film itself centers around Harold Shand who is enjoying the height of his rule over the gangland areas of London about to make a big deal...
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-l/long-good-friday (319 words)

	The Long Good Friday (UMD Movie) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		Climaxing in one long and bloody day of terror an Easter Good Friday he is to see his empire begin to crack and crumble.
	www.shopforconsoles.co.uk /p6756_The_Long_Good_Friday_(UMD_Movie).html (150 words)

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