

The Long Good Friday
Who lit the fuse that tore Harold's world apart?
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $500K
- Language
- French
- london, england
- casino
- england
- gangster
- crime boss
- car bomb
- slaughterhouse
- ira (irish republican army)
- bombing
- neo-noir
- gay theme
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR2 Apr 1982
- PhysicalDVD24 Nov 1998
- PhysicalDVD4 Apr 2006
- PhysicalBlu-ray24 Aug 2010
- PhysicalDVD1 Feb 2011
- PhysicalThe Criterion Collection 4K+Blu-Ray17 Sept 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical181 Nov 1980
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival13 Nov 1980
- PremiereLondon26 Feb 1981
- Theatrical29 Mar 1981
- Theatricalre-release5 May 2000
- PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival27 Jun 2017
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+11 Jun 1981
CanadaCA
- PhysicalDVD21 Jun 2004
- PhysicalThe Criterion Collection 4K+Blu-Ray17 Sept 2024
BrazilBR
- PhysicalDVD1 Jan 2011
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1521 Jan 1983
FinlandFI
- Theatrical10 Jul 1981
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Market17 May 1980
- Theatrical19 Oct 1983
GermanyDE
- Theatrical22 Jan 1987
- PhysicalDVD6 Dec 2004
- PhysicalBlu-ray4 Apr 2015
- Digital / OTT15 Jun 2023
GreeceGR
- PhysicalDVD22 Dec 2004
IcelandIS
- Theatrical17 Dec 1981
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1821 Aug 1981
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The Long Good Friday was released on 1 November 1980.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
5/23/2019
It's not about safety, it's about honour. It's the early 1980s, it's Good Friday, and Harold Shand is waiting to entertain some powerful American muscle. He hopes to get them to help fund his dockside development, but someone is murdering his men, and although Harold has a good idea who is responsible, he isn't quite prepared for the events that follow. Plot wise, The Long Good Friday is a lesson in under tax…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/28/2024
"Harold" (Bob Hoskins) has spent the last ten years building up a business of the back off criminal enterprises and is about to try to go straight with an hude dockside development he hopes to sell on to some Americans. They've arrived in London and he is all set to wine and dine them to seal the deal when things start going quite spectacularly wrong. His best pal "Colin" (Paul Freeman) is killed after seeking a quic…
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