The Friends of Eddie Coyle!!

TarPot · 12-05-2009, 8:02 AM

Just looking on dvdtalk and found this.

Peter Yates' (Bullitt) The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, starring Robert Michum and Peter Boyle is out next week. Sound like a good disc from Criterion.

I had no idea this was coming out. I've immediately ordered it. I can't wait.

Anyone else been waiting for this one?

ba' heid · 15-05-2009, 9:17 AM

Superb, if not a feelgood, movie.

I haven't seen it in many a year but Mitchum's downbeat performance is spot on as the middle-tier carreer criminal.

Some of the themes explored here resurface in Donnie Brasco.

Another film from around this time that I like "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" could do with a SE release. Since it has a big name remake out this year I hope it will see an increased interest in the older film.

TarPot · 15-05-2009, 9:32 AM

I totally agree, ba' heid.

I think this makes a good companion piece to another Robert Michum film from the same era, The Yakuza. A great thriller from director Sydney Pollack, written by Leonard Schrader, Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) and Robert Towne (Chinatown).

My Eddie Coyle has been sent and should be here next week. I can't wait. It's been years of waiting for this on dvd.

ba' heid · 18-05-2009, 7:55 PM

Yakuza.

What a fantastic movie, I'm sure the dvd is in the sales just now at around £3, which makes it very tempting to just buy and not mind a double dip if a better release turns up or indeed a bluray (if/when I can afford to go hidef).

ba' heid · 23-05-2009, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by ba' heid

Yakuza.

What a fantastic movie, I'm sure the dvd is in the sales just now at around £3, which makes it very tempting to just buy and not mind a double dip if a better release turns up or indeed a bluray (if/when I can afford to go hidef).

Couldn't resist.

Ordered it from HMV at £2.99

Looking forward too it.