Films at HEART Retrospective: THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY – a landmark British gangster film

Doors 7pm Film 7.15pm

Dir John Mackenzie/1 hr 54 mins/Certificate 18/1980

Watch The Long Good Friday trailer here

Starring: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren and Paul Freeman

Crime drama/dark comedy/thriller

Set in the late 70s Harold Shand, Cockney crime boss played by Bob Hoskins plans to diversify and become a property magnate, using the American Mafia to invest in the transformation of a derelict area of London to build a venue for a future Olympic Games. Shand is convinced he has a traitor in his organisation after his meeting with Americans to seal the deal is ruined by bombs and violence…

Review:

Roger Ebert gave this film 4 stars out of 4 on its release “This movie is one amazing piece of work, not only for the Hoskins performance but also for the energy of the filmmaking, the power of the music, and, oddly enough, for the engaging quality of its sometimes very violent sense of humor.”

Tickets £6.50/£5.50 concessions (students + unwaged)