Born on this day – Bob Hoskins:

Bob Hoskins

Actor

October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (2009); A Christmas Carol: The Video Game (2009); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); American Virgin (1999); And All Who Sail in Her (1973); Balto (1995); Beyond the Limit (1983); Beyond the Sea (2004); Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Brecht and Co (1979); British Gas (1991); British Gas 2 (1991); BT it's Good to Talk (1994); BT it's Good to Talk Surprise Saver (1996); Captain Jack (1999); Cousin Bette (1998); Crown Court (1973); David Copperfield (1999); Den of Lions (2003); Don Quixote (2000); Doomsday (2008); Enemy at the Gates (2001); Felicia's Journey (1999); Flickers (1980); Frasier (2003); Full House (1973); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Go Go Tales (2007); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywoodland (2006); Hook (1991); If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974); In the Looking Glass (1978); Inserts (1975); Jamie T: Sheila (2007); Kate (1972); Lassiter (1984); Last Orders (2001); Let the Good Times Roll (1999); Made in Dagenham (2010); Maid in Manhattan (2002); Mermaids (1990); Michael (1996); Mona Lisa (1986); Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005); Mussolini and I (1985); Neverland (2011); New Scotland Yard (1973); Nixon (1995); Noriega: God's Favorite (2000); Of Mycenae and Men (1979); Omnibus (1973); On the Move (1975); Othello (1981); Outlaw (2007); Outside Bet (2012); Paris, Je T'aime (2006); Parting Shots (1998); Passed Away (1992); Paul Hardcastle: Just for Money (1985); Pennies from Heaven (1978); Performance (1993); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Pinocchio (2009); Play for Today (1972); Rainbow (1995); Rainbow (1995); Rock Follies of '77 (1977); Royal Flash (1975); Ruby Blue (2007); Saturday Night Live (1998); Shattered (1991); Sheppey (1980); Shoulder to Shoulder (1974); Sir Yellow (1973); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Softly Softly: Task Force (1973); Son of the Mask (2005); Sparkle (2007); Spice World (1997); Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981); Stay (2005); Super Mario Bros. (1993); Sweet Liberty (1986); Tales from the Crypt (1996); The Beggar's Opera (1983); The Big Freeze (1993); The Cotton Club (1984); The Crezz (1976); The Dunera Boys (1985); The Englishman's Boy (2008); The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991); The Forgotten Toys (1995); The Good Pope (2003); The Inner Circle (1991); The Last Word Monologues (2008); The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Lost World (2001); The Main Chance (1972); The National Health (1973); The Raggedy Rawney (1988); The Secret Agent (1996); The Sleeping Dictionary (2003); The Street (2009); The Underworld (1994); The White River Kid (1999); The Wind in the Willows (2006); The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985); Thick as Thieves (1974); Three Piece Suite (1977); Thriller (1975); Tube Tales (1999); Tummy Trouble (1989); TwentyFourSeven (1997); Unleashed (2005); Up the Front (1972); Van der Valk (1977); Vanity Fair (2004); Villains (1972); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Where Eskimos Live (2002); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Will (2011); World War II: When Lions Roared (1994); Zulu Dawn (1979).

On this day in movie, screenplay, and book history - The Long Good Friday (1980)

The Long Good Friday

directed by John Mackenzie,

written by Barrie Keeffe,

was released at the Cannes Film Market in France on May 17, 1980.

Music by Francis Monkman.

Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman, Leo Dolan, Kevin McNally, Patti Love, P.H. Moriarty, Derek Thompson, Bryan Marshall, Ruby Head, Charles Cork, Olivier Pierre, Pierce Brosnan, Daragh O’Malley, Dave King, Karl Howman, Brian Hall, Alan Ford, Dave Ould, Paul Kember, Bill Moody, Alan Devlin, Eddie Constantine, Stephen Davies, Bruce Alexander, Nigel Humphreys, Brian Hayes, Georgie Phillips, Mary Sheen, Pauline Melville, Trevor Laird, Paul Barber, Dexter Fletcher, Billy Cornelius, Michael Ryan, Rob Walker, Nick Stringer, Gillian Taylforth, Robert Hamilton, James Ottaway, Roy Alon, Tony Rohr, Tony Clarkin, Tim Condren, George Coulouris, Maxwell Craig, Jim Dowdall, Harry Fielder, Terry Forrestal, Jill Goldston, Peter McNamara, Ralph G. Morse, Terence Plummer, Alan Talbot, Bill Weston.

Recommended reading:

 

The Long Good Friday

screenplay by Barrie Keefe.

Filmed as The Long Good Friday (1980), directed by John Mackenzie.

Published by Methuen Publishing.
Published 2006.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0413722902
ISBN-13: 978-0413722904
 
Description:

The first British thriller to even approach the cracking vitality of the classic 

Hollywood gangster movies ...dazzlingly slick. – Daily Mail.

The best British gangster flick of all time. – Empire.

Barrie Keeffe's acclaimed screenplay for the classic film. Harold Shand has made it from Whitechapel to running his own 'corporation' and owning his own yacht and classy mistress. He has the police and the local authorities in his pocket, is planning a major London property development and forging links with the international Mafia. Everything indeed is coming up roses for Harold until the Easter weekend when enemies unknown embark on a series of lethal outrages against his organization. As the story accelerates to a crazy vortex of violence, Harold discovers he has unwittingly crossed enemies whose connections, expertise and dedication to violence outclass his own.

The Long Good Friday

by Russell Claughton.

Based on the screenplay by Barrie Keeffe.

Paperback.

Published 1981.

Published by Magnum Books.

ASIN: B0DT3YB8MS

On this day in movie history - TwentyFourSeven (1997 / 1998)

TwentyFourSeven

directed by Shane Meadows,

written by Paul Fraser and Shane Meadows,

was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.

Music by Boo Hewerdine and Neil MacColl.

Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Justin Brady, James Hooton, Darren O. Campbell, Karl Collins, Johann Myers, Jimmy Hynd, Mat Hand, James Corden, Frank Harper, Bruce Jones, Jo Bell, Toby, Annette Badland, Krishan Beresford, Anthony Clarke, Dominic Dillon, Ian Smith, Tanya Myers, Tony Nyland, Collin Higgins, Pamela Cundell, Gina Aris, Sammy Pasha, Paul Fraser, Ladene Hall, Dena Smiles, John Baxter, Maureen O'Grady, Shane Meadows, Ben Rothwell, Ron Bissel, Mick Bleakley, Derek Osborne, Derek Groombridge, Liam Walsh, Kevin Wallace, Dave Miller, Ginger Keane, Sun Hand, Sarah Thom.

On this day in movie history - Michael (1996)

 

Michael

directed by Nora Ephron,

written by Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Peter Dexter and Jim Quinlan,

based on a story by Jim Quinlan and Peter Dexter,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1996.

Music by Randy Newman.

Cast:

John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr, Wallace Langham, Joey Lauren Adams, Carla Gugino, Tom Hodges, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Richard Schiff, Calvin Trillin, Donald J. Lee Jr., JoAnn Fregalette Jansen, David Harrod, Jane Lanier, John Hussey, Margaret Travolta, David M. Bernstein, Betsy Sokolow Sherman, Tracey A. Doyle, Blue Deckert, Deborah Nunez, Dell Aldrich, Kay Colvin, James N. Harrell, Peyton E. Park, Dianne Dreyer, Tim Harrison, Daniel Mimura, Mark Nutter, Thomas F. Evans, Jimmy Borto, Stephen Bruton, Dominic Paolo Testa, Tom Woodruff Jr.