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Movie #2 of 2023: The Long Good Friday

Harold: “Who's having a go at me? Can you think of anyone who might have an old score to settle or something?”

Razors: “Who's big enough to take you on?”

Harold: “Well, there were a few.”

Razors: “Like who?”

Harold: “Yeah, they're all dead.”

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Barrie Keeffe’s screenplay for The Long Good Friday, originally called The Paddy Factor

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handcuffs dude has been ejected

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My Pop Life #178 : It's Up To You - The Specials

My Pop Life #178 : It’s Up To You – The Specials

It’s Up To You   –   The Specials What you gonna do, when morons come for you? They won’t go away, they want the whole world painted grey… The classic version of this song was recorded at The Moonlight Club in West Hampstead on May 2nd 1979, the eve of the United Kingdom General Election which was won by Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party.   It opens with lead singer Terry Hall saying :…

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Heroes of Cult: Michael Elphick

Heroes of Cult: Michael Elphick

Michael John Elphick was born on 19th September 1946 and grew up in Chichester, Sussex, where his family had a butcher’s shop. He was educated at Lancastrian Secondary Modern Boys School in Chichester, where he took part in several school productions including Noah and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He initially considered joining the Merchant Navy and helped out in his local boatyard during school…

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‘The Long Good Friday’ remains a true (British) classic of the crime film genre, “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.” --Roger Ebert

‘Cast and Crew: The Long Good Friday’ brings together John MacKenzie, Barrie Keeffe, Barry Hanson, actor Derek Thompson, casting director Simone Reynolds to discuss the film, its making and its legacy. There are also interviews from Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. Watching Keeffe and MacKenzie around a table together, there is still the crackle of creative tension, as writer and director both lay claim to the film’s success. --‘Cast and Crew’: Documentary on the making of the ‘The Long Good Friday’

Written by Barrie Keeffe, a former journalist who made his name writing political drams for TV and theater, ‘Scribes’ (1976), about newspaper workers during a strike, ‘Gimme Shelter’ (1975–7), a powerful trilogy that dealt with deprivation, frustration and anger of working-class youth, and the tremendous BBC drama ‘Waterloo Sunset,’ starring the legendary Queenie Watts. Keeffe wrote ‘The Long Good Friday’ in three days, over an Easter weekend. Originally called ‘The Paddy Factor,’ the story dealt with East End gangster Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) who plans to go into partnership with the Mafia to redevelop London, only to fall foul of the IRA. The film co-starred Helen Mirren, (who battled to make her character, Victoria, stronger), a young Pierce Brosnan, and Eddie Consantine, as the Mafia don. The script came from all the stories Keeffe heard growing-up and working as a reporter on the Stratford Express, as he told the Arts Desk in 2010. --Paul Gallagher, Dangerous Minds

Screenwriting 101: Barrie Keeffe's screenplay for ‘The Long Good Friday,’ originally called ‘The Paddy Factor.’ (NOTE: For educational purposes only.) As always, thanks to the great folks at Write to Reel.

See also: Flashback -- ‘The Long Good Friday.’ The DVD and Blu-ray of the film are available at Amazon and other online retailers.

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I write plays for people who wouldn't be seen dead in the theatre.

Barrie Keeffe