The friends of eddie coyle

The friends of eddie coyle is a 1973 american neonoir crime film directed by peter yates and starring robert mitchum and peter boyle. Though, it is the friends of eddie coyle that adds a layer of pure desperation to mitchums performance. Higgins, the friends of eddie coyle chronicles the last days of a weary bostonbased weapons. The friends of eddie coyle is a tough look at the world of petty crooks and the sleazy side of the underworld. Higgins the friends of eddie coyle is that it directly entered the crimefiction canon upon its 1970 publication. Apr 14, 2015 did you catch what i think is a small homage to elmore leonard, the novelist whose books the series is based on. All three films play on mitchums aged weariness, his faltering ability. One of the best films starring robert mitchum in his late period, he is convincing as a washedup gun dealer about to be sacrificed by his coldblooded criminal associates. The film follows eddie coyle robert mitchum, a small time gun runner for a boston crime family. Nov 21, 2014 watch the friends of eddie coyle film gorillas on dailymotion. In order to escape this fate, he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. The friends of eddie coyle was the debut novel of george v. The friends of eddie coyle is one of the better crime dramas to emerge from the 1970s. The friends of eddie coyle the criterion collection bluray new see more like this.

Eddie coyle robert mitchum doesnt want to serve a life sentence in prison, so he becomes an informant for both the police and the treasury department. The friends of eddie coyle, published in 1970, is the debut novel of george v. The friends of eddie coyle is a 1973 crime thriller directed by peter yates, starring robert mitchum, peter boyle, and alex rocco. Without ever rising to the top, eddie has been employed in organized crime for most of his life. Its a poignant portrait of the inevitable negative conclusion to a life of crime as well as a stunning portrayal of the old adage that, there is no honor among thieves. Writerdirector ben wheatley kill list, down terrace shared his thoughts on the scene here.

Friends of eddie coyle gabe johnson march 15, 2010 a. But the friends of eddie coyle has a rhythm and tonality of its own. In all, the friends of eddie coyle is a beautiful and mature character study of several criminals and their downfall at the hands of the persistent law. Higgins also wrote cogans trade which the 2012 film killing them softly is based on. Watch the friends of eddie coyle movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Although justified is one of the best shows i have ever seen. I remember seeing just a bit of the movie the friends of eddie coyle when my dad was watching it once on tv and doing a complete double take when i saw that the scene was filmed in dedham the town where both my mum and my dad grew up.

As a small time hood, eddie is about to go back to jail. The friends of eddie coyle 1973a peter yates film restored by the criterion collectionincludes booklet never played brand new but not shrink wrapped from my personal collectiona pristine copysame day free shipping. The friends of eddie coyle is a 1973 film about a low level boston gangster who, after his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time. Peter yates directors commentary, the friends of eddie coyle dvd the criterion collection introduction to the friends of eddie coyle by elmore leonard john macrae books george higgins.

Heres a classic rolling stone article on the making of the movie. The friends of eddie coyle movie trailer and videos tv guide. Four minutes from peter yatess the friends of eddie coyle. May 10, 2019 the friends of eddie coyle and the many heists that followed the influence of this boston crime film reaches far and wide. The friends of eddie coyle 1973 peter yates, robert mitchum dvd new. In the world of eddie coyle, the careless and the dumb are either dead or locked up. Synopsis in one of the best performances of his legendary career, robert mitchum plays smalltime gunrunner eddie fingers coyle in peter yatess adaptation of george v. Underrated masterpiece of 70s actionsuspense cinema. Eddie s friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. The friends of eddie coyle 1973 directed by peter yates.

Two worlds coexist in the boston of 1973, and all mitchum and his friends have to do is step from one to the other. Higgins, a boston native who was a new englandbased federal prosecutor as well as a newspaper american proverb eddie is a middleaged, lowlevel mook in bostons irishamerican organized crime of the early 70s. Eddie coyle is the first boston movie with the guts to never be scenic just look at the quincy street coyle lives on, with its row of drab, lookalike houses. In one of the best performances of his legendary career, robert mitchum plays smalltime gunrunner eddie fingers coyle in peter yatess the friends of eddie coyle. Higgins, the friends of eddie coyle chronicles the last days of a weary bostonbased weapons dealer. The teller of bostons stories peter yates biography, world film directors, volume 2 19451985, edited by john wakeham. The classic novel from americas best crime novelist time, with a new introduction by dennis lehanegeorge v. The ingenuity of higginss narrative structure and the laconic bite of his language find their counterpart in a beautifully sustained visual schemevictor kempers cinematography makes a world of melvillean abstraction out of the surfaces of diners, suburban banks. If i had enjoyed this book more, i would likely have read his novel raylan, on which justified was based. In order to escape this fate, he deals information on stolen guns to. The best crime novel ever writtenmakes the maltese falcon read like nancy drew. Fayette street, quincy, massachusetts suspected of having informed on the gang, eddie coyle is taken for one last evening out, before hes unceremoniously left in a car outside boston bowl, 820 william t morrissey boulevard, dorchester. Its central character is the title character eddie coyle, a smalltime criminal and informant.

The friends of eddie coyle and the many heists that followed the influence of this boston crime film reaches far and wide. Hes kind of a utility infielder, ready to trade in some hot guns, drive a hijacked truck, or generally make himself useful. Raylan pulls out a beat up copy of the friends of eddie coyle, by george v. Theres a fine collection of tough guy performances from the cast, which includes the likes of robert. The film follows eddie coyle robert mitchum, a small time gun runner for a. From internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games.

Higgins, then an assistant united states attorney in boston. Once, much earlier in his career, eddie coyle made a mistake. Higginss acclaimed novel the friends of eddie coyle. With robert mitchum, peter boyle, richard jordan, steven keats. Robert mitchum, peter boyle, richard jordan, steven keats. The screenplay by paul monash was adapted from the 1970 novel of the same name by george v. Mar 28, 2012 four minutes from peter yatess the friends of eddie coyle. In one of the best performances of his legendary career, robert mitchum plays smalltime gunrunner eddie fingers coyle in an adaptation by peter yates of george v. He sold a gun to a man, and the gun was traced, and the man went to jail for 15 years. Its a novel set in boston about a criminal being squeezed as an informer for the government. Could you see the friends of eddie coyle being made into a movie or a tv series.

A late career triumph for sleepyeyed noir favorite robert mitchum, who excels as a twotime loser trying to avoid more jail time in 1973 boston. The friends of eddie coyle 1973 the criterion collection. Someone remarks of eddie, about halfway through the friends of eddie coyle, that for a twobit hood, he has fingers in a lot of pies. In its own lowkey, eddieish way, the friends of eddie coyle works to a tragic ending that, hard to believe, makes a change in the story that actually improves upon higgins plot. This film is based on the goerge v higgins novel of the same name. The friends of eddie coyle and the many heists that followed.

The earlytomid 70s gave him one of the best runs of his career. It is based on the book of the same name by george v. The criterion collection a continuing series of important classic and contemporary films. Eddies friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. The friends of eddie coyle shares some irony with the spanish title and the english soundtrack is flawless. In the 45 years that followed, yates movie gained the worldwide recognition as one of the best and toughest crime films of the whole period.

In its eyecatching mix of sunshine and steely grayand oldworld elegance and urban rot the friends of eddie coyle seems to offer its characters a choice. Worldweary and living hand to mouth, coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy boston underworld just to make ends meet. The friends of eddie coyle is a 1973 crime drama directed by peter yates. The friends of eddie coyle feels livedin partially because, as a prosecutor, higgins knew these guys inside and out. Higginss seminal crime novel is a downanddirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of boston. Gritty, realistic and at times shockingly violent, peter yates crime drama never found the audience it deserves. After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for. The novel is a realistic depiction of the irishamerican underworld in boston. Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, the friends of eddie coyle is one of the greatest crime novels ever written. The character dillon appears in both, played by peter boyle the friends of eddie coyle and sam shepard killing them softly. The friends of eddie coyle was filmed in boston and the citys wider area and it was released in june 1973.