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- A. O. Scott looks at Peter Yates's 1973 film, starring Robert Mitchum as a small-time gun dealer in Boston.
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I was an extra in this movie when I was in college. We stayed in a trailer for hours waiting for them to use us. I had to walk by a restaurant, I think it was White Castle) window opposite the Boston Common. I will never forget the thrill of seeing Robert Mitchum and the others performing.
I'm very old and a film buff. And I just saw this one for the first time around now. Very good movie and one of Mitchum's best.
watch "The Hit" if you haven't seen it.
Robert Mitchum was excellent in this film. He deserved an Oscar nomination and maybe even a win. It's absolutely heartbreaking to watch Mitchum as Eddie Coyle. Great film, very underrated.
Tommy Daly saw this many years ago.
He was phenomenal
I think Richard Jordan deserved an Oscar nomination as well. He was magnificent as this smarmy fed.
In 1973 Boston was a weary town and out of gas. Cities like Dallas,Houston, Atlanta and Denver were booming and Boston fell behind. Mitchum's face was perfect for this.
As far as 70's crime thrillers go, this is the film that is in a league of it's own.
I was dispatched in my taxi to pick up mitchum from a South Boston barroom during when this movie was being made. I went in and Mitchum indicated being too inebriated to be able to leave the barstool and walk and he gave me what amounted to a days pay to leave without him. Very generous, cool, and communicative just like in his movie roles without need of much words being said. I always thought he was really not so drunk but was really acting and pretending to be so drunk so to let people leave him alone- and so too he could learn how Boston tough guys talked. This barroom was definitely not one to venture in if you were a stranger. One of the toughest bars in the USA.
So glad you had this experience! Thank you for sharing it! :)))
early 70's Boston, my time, my town, great memories
DonQwantsyou Bobby Orr Boston bruins legend.
There are NO good memories of early 70's Boston!! Oh you liked the bussing race riots?
Maybe you were one of those Irish Bigots!!
The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a classic, at least, where i live. Peter Yates was a very under-appreciated director.(Bullit, Breaking Away). Mitchum in this film is amazing. He seems to be barely acting. But he is all in. A very good supporting cast and many of the roles are filled with non-actors (very Peter Yates!) Solid movie. BIG thumbs up.
Received the video as an xmas gift. Very underrated movie. The Massachusetts accents are not embarrassing. Great shots of 70's Boston-before it became gentrified, homogenized, and dull.
The Bobby Orr observations are so great...
That's some old looking ice in the Garden
I was 12 and watched Mitchum do a scene at the Boston Bowl in Dorchester. The abandoned car in the parking lot was also used in the film. Great experience and amazing movie!
you will never find a better crime film that nails the true essence of a major city crime syndicate than this. You may see great caper films that are more aesthetically appealing and stylized,but none can match the realism of this film. thats because the dialogue and the carrying out of the robberies were written by an ex federal agent from Boston who studied real bank robbers and knew their modus operandi in and out. Every actor in this movie owns their part no matter how small their role may be. And Mitchum and Peter Boyle are nothing short of incredible because they make it look so easy to remain this cool when in fact, thats the hardest job for any actor. Btw , Alex Rocco was from Braintree, so he's literally shooting a scene in the next town over in Weymouth when they rob the bank one block over from the South Shore Hospital. its now been closed,but I used to deliver there back in the late 90s when I discovered this film. Imagine my joy and surprise when i came home that night and watched this movie for the first time. I also live a few towns over from the Sharon train station where they bust Steven Keats (RIP). People still talk about this movie today in these towns. as well they should.
*"Stuck in the middle and, at the Mercy from forces beyond our control"...Now that's Profound!!!*
Eddie Fingers! I couldn’t put down the book, movie is wonderful too. Would be nice someone make a makeover, for the new generations. This is a gem.
This scene no longer exists...
“The Friends of Eddie Coyle” was written by George Higgens who happened to be an Assistant Deputy Attorney General for Massachusetts and Assistant United States Attorney. In other words, he had a front row seat to crime in Boston. Real crime and criminals. Not the guys with politicians and judges in their pockets with great houses and nice cars and beautiful women. He wrote about the guys who actually commit the crimes. The low-life scum. That’s what makes this a great film.
He wrote another book, “Cogan’s Trade” which was made into a movie, “Killing Them Softly” with Brad Pitt. That movie never tells us what city it takes place in, but it could have easily been Boston. It was filmed in New Orleans, but you would never guess it. No French Quarter, no Mississippi River, no Dixieland jazz but instead a run-down dump. It was as bleak and depressing as the scenes in “The Friends of Eddie Coyle”.
Don’t get me wrong, “The Departed” is a masterpiece but it isn’t real. Higgens did something very difficult. He wrote stories that we wanted to read, stories that pulled us in and, most importantly, stories that could have very easily happened in real life.
one of many overlooked gems of 1973..Charley Varrick, Badlands, Cinderella Liberty, Last Detail, etc.
Just watched this & Charley Varrick in a double-bill. I adore both films & they're certainly underappreciated.
The day of the Jackal is another good one
@@ericr5996 just watched. again. totally holds up. tight till the very last frame. BIG thumbs up.
overlooked classic
How was Mitchum not nominated for Best Actor for this role?? What a crime.
Unlike the film's today much is film on location without over the top special effects . A very realistic crime drama .
Greatest fahkin Boston film evah!
Yah,my family us from there.
Hyde Park to be exact.
Excellent cast.
Excellent dialogue.
True to the way it was back then.
All filmed on locations from Sharon to Weymouth,Quincy and good old Cambridge.
Where was the Bar Peter Boyle worked at?
@@alfie9876
It looks like the old Daisy Buchanan’s on Newbury Street
now this is great story telling
Such a great movie
So well done.
I seen this when I was as kid remembering vaguely I thought the bald carachter was Eddie---lol
Character?
This critic claims that the gun runner was dumb. But, he wasn't. He played things smart until Eddie finked on him.
The gunrunner guy (Jackie Brown, played by the criminally underrated Steven Keats) was FAR from dumb! In fact, he might be the SMARTEST character in the movie! A.O. Scott, Christ Bearer yourself.
He got set up! But exactly tho he was careful n smart!...a good quintasensial character actor of the 70's death wish of course!!!!....always loved this one too bad Mitchum n Boyle are both rats ha!! Still dynamite!!!...be good!!...🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬
Agree. Gunrunner dumb? No way.Movie like you feel it. CLASSIC.Book the same!
Yeah I'm not sure what this guy is going on about. His comments are what are "exceptionally dumb".
Agreed.
Jackie Brown wasnt dumb.
Remember the line he says to those punk revolutionaries?
Lifes hard but its even harder when youre stupid.
He was extra cautious,but he got dimed out by Eddie Coyle.
Happens to the best in that business.
@@1977Suspiria mr TalkSport man
I saw this movie and thought it was great.
At the end of this clip when Edie’s in the bar, man you never have your back to a window. That’s street sense 101!
Also in the Marines (per:my Dad)
Rip mitculm ,Boyle and richard Jordan. Good movie. This is why the departed , the sopranos and goodfellas are relevant.
This is the kind of movie Hollywood only made in the '70s.
For another film with good Boston atmosphere, try MYSTIC RIVER.
I also like The Town.
OMG, totally forgot Peter Boyle was in this, the Dad from 'Everybody Loves Raymond!'
And Young Fronkensteen's monster.
Steven Keats!
LateNotes Alex Rocco he went from Moe Greene to a Bank robber.
alex rocco rip.....all the major actors in this film are gone.
Moe Greene was great in eddie coyle all the actors were Joe Santos I think was last to die he was Becker the likeable cop and rockfords friend in Rockford files. I read the book years after seeing the picture. fantastic George Higgens work
that's the same gun dealer from Taxi Driver
No its not. Steven price is the taxi driver gun dealer.
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A tribute project we did for "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" - enjoy!
unusually suave...?