The Long Good Friday Newly restored back in cinemas. Official UK trailer
The Long Good Friday is back in cinemas June 19th, released as a SteelBook on May 4th and as a Limited Edition boxset May 18th. WHO LIT THE FUSE THAT TORE HAROLDS WORLD APART Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) is a businessman with great ambitions. Spotting the development potential of Londons derelict Docklands area years before the Thatcher government, he tries to broker a deal with his American counterpart (Eddie Constantine) that will make them both millions. But who is killing Harolds other associates and blowing up his businesses and why Universally regarded as one of the greatest British gangster films ever made, The Long Good Friday rocketed Hoskins to international stardom. Hes given sterling support from Helen Mirren (as his uppercrust mistress), Paul Freeman (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Derek Thompson (Casualty), and theres even an early appearance from future James Bond Pierce Brosnan. But its Hoskins film through and through, his towering performance taking on a Shakespearean intensity a
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