The Long Good Friday Analysis | The Cutting Room Movie Review

The Long Good Friday was released in 1980 and became acclaimed as a great British film. Directed by John Mackenize, it stars Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand, a Cockney crime boss who becomes embroiled in American Mafia dealings and police corruption when he suspects there's a traitor in his organisation. We're going all in on a British crime classic. Quick links to the main sections: 00:00 | Introduction 03:52 | Synopsis 04:41 | The Director: John Mackenzie 16:31 | The Writing: Barrie Keeffe 25:16 | The Cast: Bob Hoskins as Harold Shand, Helen Mirren as Victoria, and the support cast 35:24 | The Highlight: the abattoir scene, the final scene 42:51 | The Rating To gain access to bonus episodes and our podcast archive, and support what we do, please become an ATRM patron...   / alltherightmovies   Listen to our podcast at https://alltherightmovies.com Follow us on social media for lots of great movie content... Twitter:   / atrightmovies   FilmFrame:   / filmframeatrm   Facebook:   / alltherightmovies   TikTok:   / alltherightmovies   Instagram:   / allthe_rightmovies   Our sponsor for this episode is BetterHelp.com - the online therapist: https://www.betterhelp.com/ATRM All The Right Movies is an online hub for movie lovers everywhere, creating videos, podcasts, and articles on classic and hit films. The Cutting Room is our movie show where we break down films into their key filmmaking parts to discuss what makes them work, and also tell the making of story behind the film. All delviered with some big laughs and opinions. #thelonggoodfriday #movies #atrm