Release date: September 17, 2024
Purchase links: Criterion - DiabolikDVD - Amazon
Price: $39.96 (Criterion) - $34.99 (DiabolikDVD - Amazon)
Director: John Mackenzie
Writer: Barrie Keeffe
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin McNally, P.H. Moriarty
A combustible performance from Bob Hoskins is the fuse that lights this underworld saga, a landmark of British crime cinema. Hoskins plays Harold Shand, an ambitious London mobster who, just as he attempts to close a major real-estate deal with the American Mafia, finds his crime empire rocked by a string of attacks, sending him on a ruthless quest to find out who’s responsible. Abetted by an ice-cool performance from Helen Mirren as Shand’s in-command moll, The Long Good Friday is not only a gripping gangster thriller but also a vivid portrait of late-1970s Britain—a powder keg of cultural and political tensions on the verge of explosion.
Purchase links: Criterion - DiabolikDVD - Amazon
Price: $39.96 (Criterion) - $34.99 (DiabolikDVD - Amazon)
Director: John Mackenzie
Writer: Barrie Keeffe
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Kevin McNally, P.H. Moriarty
- United Kingdom
- 1980
- 114 minutes
- Color
- 1.85:1
- English
A combustible performance from Bob Hoskins is the fuse that lights this underworld saga, a landmark of British crime cinema. Hoskins plays Harold Shand, an ambitious London mobster who, just as he attempts to close a major real-estate deal with the American Mafia, finds his crime empire rocked by a string of attacks, sending him on a ruthless quest to find out who’s responsible. Abetted by an ice-cool performance from Helen Mirren as Shand’s in-command moll, The Long Good Friday is not only a gripping gangster thriller but also a vivid portrait of late-1970s Britain—a powder keg of cultural and political tensions on the verge of explosion.
4K UHD + Blu-ray Special Edition Features
3 Discs Release- New 4K digital restoration, approved by director of photography Phil Méheux, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Audio commentary with director John Mackenzie
- An Accidental Studio (2019), a documentary about the early years of HandMade Films
- Introduction by Criterion Collection curatorial director Ashley Clark
- Documentary about the making of the film featuring interviews with Mackenzie and actors Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren
- Interviews with Méheux and screenwriter Barrie Keeffe
- Program comparing the soundtracks for the UK and U.S. releases
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by critic Ryan Gilbey
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