The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British crime film directed by John Mackenzie. It stars Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. The crime print is the film debut of actor Pierce Brosnan. ==Story[ Edit] == Harold Shand is an old-fashioned gangster from London. One day he organizes a meeting on his boat for his fellow gangsters and politicians. Also Charlie, an American mafioso, and his lawyer Tony have been traveled to London. With the financial assistance of the Mafia wants to Harold the abandoned Docklands into a possible site for the Olympic Games. But Harolds attempt to convince the American gangsters in his lucrative project to invest, threatening to fail when his faithful friend Colin is killed, escaped an assassination attempt and his mother to one of his casinos is inflated. While his partner Victoria will try their best to reassure the impatient Americans, Harold and his henchmen trying to figure out who is responsible for the attacks.

Eventually discovered Harold that his ambitious henchman Jeff and his faithful friend Colin were involved in a deal with the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The deal was out of control; Jeff had £ 5,000 stolen and several IRA members were killed. In revenge the IRA committed some bomb and assassinations. Harold is furious and killed Jeff.Then he decides to repay the £ 5,000 to the IRA. He speaks with a few members of the IRA, but while they count the money, they are by Harolds henchmen shot. The London gangster thinks his problems off the track, but will get to hear the Americans not planning to invest in the Docklands project. When he leaves the hotel of the Americans, he is kidnapped by members of the IRA. ==Cast[ Edit] == ==Production[ Edit] == The film was completed in 1979, but only went in 1980 in Premiere. The crime to see print was in 1980 on the Cannes film festival, the Edinburgh International film festival and the London film festival. Originally called the film The Paddy Factor, but it was feared that that title – "Paddy" is a mockery name for someone of Irish descent – would reveal too much and so the title was changed to The Long Good Friday, which not only refers to the day on which the story begins (Good Friday), but also to the well-known crime novel The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. Other possible titles were Harold's Kingdom, Citadel Of Blood andHavoc. [1]
 * Bob Hoskins – Harold Shand
 * Helen Mirren – Victoria
 * Dave King – Parky
 * Eddie Constantine – Charlie
 * Paul Freeman – Colin
 * P.H. Moriarty – Razors
 * Derek Thompson – Jeff
 * Stephen Davies – Tony
 * Bryan Marshall – Harris
 * 1st Irishman Pierce Brosnan –