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# The Long Good Friday Facilitated by Robert (US/UK group)
15 June 2025 @ noon Pacific Time
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The Long Good Friday (1980)This is a Zoom discussion group with a different twist as it includes people interested in films from both the US (multiple states) and the UK. If you are interested in films and different points of view, then join us. Please view the film before the discussion. Participants often read/watch/listen to reviews but this is purely optional.
When:
Sunday, 15 June, 2025
Noon Pacific Time 9 am HST 8pm UK 6am Brisbane, AUZoom Link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87880358715?pwd=UUJYNHppTktSYmRhVzA5eGdITTc5dz09
Director
John Mackenzie
Actors
Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand, Helen Mirren as Victoria, Dave King as Parky, Bryan Marshall as Councillor George Harris, Derek Thompson as Jeff, Eddie Constantine as Charlie, Paul Freeman as Colin, P. H. Moriarty as Razors, Stephen Davies as Tony, Brian Hall as Alan, Alan Ford as Jack, Paul Barber as Erroll, and Pauline Melville as Dora Overview
The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British gangster film directed by John Mackenzie from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe. The film, set in London, weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including mid-level political and police corruption and IRA fund-raising.
The film was completed in 1979, but because of delays, it did not have a general release until early 1981. It received positive reviews from critics, and Hoskins was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. It was number 21 on the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films list and provided Hoskins with his breakthrough film role. In 2016, British film magazine Empire ranked The Long Good Friday 19th on its list of The 100 best British films.
Reviews:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081070/reviews/
https://thehobbledehoy.com/2025/04/22/the-long-good-friday-a-gangster-noir-that-saw-the-future/
https://filmforum.org/film/the-long-good-friday-out-of-the-80s
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/02/movies/the-long-good-friday-british-gang-story.html
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-long-good-friday-1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ3a8INP5gw
Please join us to chat about this film.
Ann and Mike (Facilitators)
Please let us know if you have a film suggestion and /or would like to facilitate.
