The friends of Eddie Coyle

DVD 2009

World-weary and living hand to mouth, small-time gunrunner Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Mitchum) works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he's forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free.

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ISBN:

9781604651430

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
polychrome
digital
optical
mixed
Dolby
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

MPAA Rating: R
CHVR: NR

Notes:

Based on the novel by George V. Higgins
Special features: New transfer, approved by director Peter Yates; audio commentary featuring Peter Yates; stills gallery; essays "They were expendable" by Kent Jones and "The last celluloid desperado" by Grover Lewis
Videodisc release of the 1973 motion picture by Paramount Pictures Corporation
Producer, Paul Monash ; director, Peter Yates ; screenplay, Paul Monash ; photography, Victor J. Kemper ; editor, Patricia Lewis Jaffe ; music, Dave Grusin
Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Alex Rocco, Steven Keats, Joe Santos, Mitchell Ryan
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital
For private home use only
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Control Number:

676176

UPC:

715515044813

Other Authors:

Boyle, Peter, 1935-2006
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Grusin, Dave
Higgins, George V., 1939-1999. Friends of Eddie Coyle
Jordan, Richard, 1937-1993
Keats, Steven, 1945-1994
Mitchum, Robert
Monash, Paul, 1917-2003
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Rocco, Alex, 1936-2015
Ryan, Mitchell
Santos, Joe
Yates, Peter, 1929-2011

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