History YMMV / TheLongGoodFriday

** Paul Freeman appears in one of his earliest film roles as Harold's friend and associate Colin. A year later, he appeared as Indiana Jones' main rival Rene Beloq in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', and went on to be a prolific character actor.

** The violence by the IRA came to be ended through a peace accord named the Good Friday Agreement.

** Creator/PaulFreeman appears in one of his earliest film roles as Harold's friend and associate Colin. A year later, he appeared as Indiana Jones' main rival Rene Beloq in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', and went on to be a prolific character actor.
** To some degree Creator/BobHoskins himself, who was a relative unknown prior to this film, other than a modest supporting role in ''Film/ZuluDawn''.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Two of Harold's henchman talking about the chef he's hired: "He's a right awkward ponce." "Well, he's French, innie?"

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB98WQ4SgRk main theme]] by Francis Monkman.

* Creator/PaulFreeman appears in one of his earliest film roles as Harold's friend and associate Colin. A year later, he appeared as Indiana Jones' main rival Rene Beloq in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', and went on to be a prolific character actor.

* Creator/PaulFreeman appears in one of his earliest film roles as Harold's friend and associate Colin. A year later, he appeared as principal antagonist Rene Beloq in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', and went on to be a prolific character actor.

* Creator/PaulFreeman as Harold's friend and associate Colin. A year later, he appeared as principal antagonist Rene Beloq in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* HilariousInHindsight: Two of Harold's henchman later graduated to being the main villains in Creator/GuyRitchie gangster films - P.H Moriarty (Razors) played [[Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels Hatchet Harry]] and Alan Ford (Jack) played [[Film/{{Snatch}} Brick Top]].

** Two of Harold's henchman later graduated to being the main villains in Creator/GuyRitchie gangster films - P.H Moriarty (Razors) played [[Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels Hatchet Harry]] and Alan Ford (Jack) played [[Film/{{Snatch}} Brick Top]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Harold Shand can be considered a generally positive character who is loyal to his friends and is eager to build a new future fot the Britain. It is just that his subordinates mugged the monster who then thwarted his projects and destroyed his empire.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB98WQ4SgRkThe main theme]] by Francis Monkman.

* AwesomeMusic: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB98WQ4SgRkThe main theme]] by Francis Monkman.

** Two of Harold's henchman later graduated to being the main villains in Creator/GuyRitchie gangster films - P.H Moriarty (Razors) played [[Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels Hatchet Harry]] and Alan Ford (Jack) played [[Film/{{Snatch}} Brick Top]].

* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB98WQ4SgRkThe main theme]] by Francis Monkman.

* AwesomeMusic: The main theme by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB98WQ4SgRk Francis Monkman]].

* FightSceneFailure:

* AwesomeMusic: The main theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB98WQ4SgRk.

** Errol the Ponce is Paul Barber aka Denzil from ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''.

** Errol the Ponce is Paul Barber aka Denzil from ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Harold's line "You'd need a million dollar COMPUTER to understand this!" somehow sounds unintentionally funny now (as if he thinks computers can do anything). Also it conjures up humorous mental images of big clunky computers from this era.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of Creator/PierceBrosnan's first film roles was in ''The Long Good Friday'', pretty much as a walk-on. Back when it was made, Brosnan was an absolute nobody. By the time the DVD came out (twenty years later), he had his own segment on the special features, talking about how he got the part.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of Creator/PierceBrosnan's first film roles was in ''The Long Good Friday'', pretty much as a walk-on. Back when it was made, Brosnan was an absolutele nobody. By the time the DVD came out (twenty years later), he had his own segment on the special features, talking about how he got the part.

* RetroactiveRecognition: One of Creator/PierceBrosnan's first film roles was in ''The Long Good Friday'', pretty much as a walk-on. Back when it was made, Brosnan was absolutely nobody. By the time the DVD came out (twenty years later), he had his own segment on the special features, talking about how he got the part.