British Gangster Film, The Long Good Friday at the BFI Southbank The Restoration Premier- Part of Gentlemans Butler’s iconic Gentlemans Film A balmy summer’s evening at the BFI on London’s Southbank saw the restoration premier of classic 1970’s British gangster film The Long Good Friday. For those unfamiliar with the plot, it’s the story of east-end gangster Harold Shand, played by the brilliant Bob Hoskins, and how on one fateful Good Friday, his empire begins to unravel, with increasingly violent events. Harold is a man with vision who foresaw the re-generation of London’s docklands, integration with the European Union and…