Perhaps it was cut up into little shops. But as the movie opens, Eddie is in trouble, and it looks like hell have to break the code. Jordan succumbed to a brain tumor in 1994 and Mitchum from lung cancer in 1997, a month shy of his 80th birthday. It remained a bar for many years, mostly of the fern bar variety, until sometime in the 80s I believe. Their friends slammed Eddies fingers in a drawer. Boston crook Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum refused to discuss characterization but responded positively to director input on the set. The The film's finale is one of the bleakest since the heyday of Loser Noir. The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray of The Friends of Eddie Coyle makes a strong impression in HD, with a solid color transfer . "amateurs". Eddie Coyle lives in Wollaston, south toward Quincy, at 236 Fayette Street, between North Central and Elmwood Avenues. Too many, as it turns out. Eddie Fingers finally set free after being beaten around the bush (to save him from serving several years of prison life) by a cunning ATF agent. Afterward, Coyle meets with Foley to discuss his sentencing. I bet there were still many of these neighborhood joints still around in 1973- does this look familiar to anyone? I *thought* that cafeteria was one of the places featured in that Combat Zone exhibit, Cleve! cynical Dave Foley pretends to care about Eddie's problems while encouraging him to turn snitch. Copyright Fandango. Eddie buys some guns from another gunrunner, Jackie Brown (Steven Keats), then gives him up to Foley, but the agent isn't satisfied. I grew up in that neighborhood. That sign was not there when I was growing up, but The Plaza still had plenty of vintage charm. Plot summary Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term "friends" is suspect. hoods. and the The hood drives them to a discreet location, where Dillon shoots Coyle in the head. The Friends of Eddie Coyle 1973 R 1 h 42 m IMDb RATING 7.4 /10 11K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:59 2 Videos 21 Photos Crime Drama After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time. All rights reserved. Thanks for sharing your story Dan. Coming Soon. Refresh your browser window to try again. Im going to break this post into 2 pieces as I know my diner pals will be interested particularly in part 2. C-99m. trade: if Eddie snitches on his friends, will Dave intercede in his case? And they're the only friends Eddie has." 1973's The Friends of Eddie Coyle starring Robert Mitchum and a young Peter Boyle is the lost gem of Boston movies. Were interested in him. The next day, Coyle decides to tip Foley off about Scalise and his crew but is unaware of their arrest. They swap out cars in the parking lot of a bowling alley and leave. Next to where the drive-in was!! by Glenn Erickson. They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld just to make ends meet. The relentless realism and unglamorous nature of the characters in Eddie Coyle was in sharp contrast to some other gangster novels of the era, particularly Mario Puzo 's The Godfather , a more romanticized look at organized crime that . ), but its featured in a great series of photos of the Zone, which you can read about and see here http://thephoenix.com/boston/arts/77601-noir-film/. Its not a high-strung gangster film, it doesnt have a lot of overt excitement in it, and it doesnt go in for much violence. Thanks for posting tons of good information, always good to flesh out the thread. The title is purely ironic: Eddie has no friends. That Rexall was still there when I worked there and if you watch the movie theres a panning shot where you can see the Woolworths there too. Or if you cant wait, you can rent The Friends of Eddie Coyle from Netflix like I did! You felt like you were stepping back in time when you were in there and they really didnt modify it for the movie. Drama. A great source of info on movies shot in Boston, btw, is the book Big Screen Boston by Paul Sherman. Thanks for this post, Ive only been living in Boston for twenty years so it was great to see the 1973 Boston. In the reflection I see that they serve Spanish Omlettes. I only know b/c Im the product of 2 Dedhamites , Br. Seriously! | Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Jurassic Park Movies Ranked By Tomatometer, RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering Mrs. Davis, Weekend Box Office Results: Super Mario Sets Record in Its Second Weekend, The Friends of Eddie Coyle sees Robert Mitchum in transformative late-career mode in a gritty and credible character study. 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. For the past month, Minneapoliss Trylon microcinema has devoted its screen to the films of Robert Mitchumnine of them in total. (Memorial Drive by the Charles River, overlooking Back Bay, Boston), 5 Bryant Street, Dedham, Massachusetts, USA How does that song go? (Rowe Quarry gun purchase scene), Callahan Tunnel, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA The South Shore National Bank, robbed at the beginning of the film, is Citizens Bank, 5 Bryant Street at Eastern Avenue, in Dedham, a few miles to the southwest of Boston (MBTA, Endicott Station). Developed by nickpc. Above average mid period Mitchum drama. At the game, Coyle becomes severely drunk and eventually passes out in the car ride afterward. *I misidentified the scene labeled SOMERVILLE *********************************************************************************************If you're interested in the films and books mentioned in this video I've listed where you can find them in the links below.The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Blu-Ray: https://amzn.to/3OlG9srThe Friends of Eddie Coyle DVD: https://amzn.to/3Mdqfi6The Friends of Eddie Coyle By George V. Higgins (Paperback): https://amzn.to/3814HpS*********************************************************************************************subscribe to the free cinema cities newsletter https://screenspectator.substack.com?sd=pfLike the music? Eddie's only buddy; when the chips are down, Dillon offers to take Coyle to a hockey game. Wed sometimes walk to Dedham Square to get an ice cream cone at Coles Drug Store or see a movie at the Community Playhouse. 10th Chicago Critics Film Fest Features Past Lives, Blackberry, Sanctuary, Theater Camp, and Many More, A Road Paved with Bloodshed: High Plains Drifter Turns 50, Cannes 2023 Line-up Includes Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and Many More, Ebertfest Welcomes Molly Cornyn as its New Project Coordinator. She grew up near Chicago. Mitchum) faces a two-year minimum jail sentence for transporting stolen goods; the Mob has offered him no legal We can get the bank robberies in any summers caper picture. Written on the set of the movie, the article covers the production's Lately, he's been putting bread on The film's grim finale is one of the bleakest since the heyday of Film Noir. Coyle is a stand-up guy but both sides take him for a patsy. Filming took place throughout the Boston area, including Government Center in Boston, and Dedham, Cambridge, Milton, Quincy, Sharon, Somerville, Malden, and Weymouth, Massachusetts. I have a trip planned-out (that I havent taken yet) for Rocky, The Sixth Sense, and The Village filming locations. Saw it as a new release and found a bootleg dvd of it many years ago. fine debut as a cautious hipster who drives an AMC Roadrunner and worries about dealing with unpredictable The Friends of Eddie Coyle Roger Ebert June 27, 1973 Tweet Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch Someone remarks of Eddie, about halfway through "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," that for a two-bit hood, he has fingers in a lot of pies. by Richard Harland Smith His story came right from the files of the US Attorney's Office in Boston. (Hockey game), Dorms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Malden, Massachusetts, USA A descendant of renowned New York jurist Learned Hand, Richard Jordan followed his forebear to Harvard University and made his Broadway debut in 1961. I was a BU student, out on a Saturday night (probably) with two friends from high school, a girl who went to BU w. me and a friend in from Brandeis. . Dillon and Foley meet outside Boston City Hall the next day, where Foley thanks Dillon for giving him Scalise and his crew. Released in United States Summer June 27, 1973. Genre: Once the exchange is finished, Coyle calls Foley from a payphone to tip him off about Jackie's exchange with the hippie couple at the Sharon train station. Cleve! [9], The Criterion Collection released a special edition DVD of the film on May 19, 2009. Casting for a student project recreating a scene from the 1973 crime thriller "The Friends of Eddie Coyle". (where Dillon tends bar - various other businesses since), 747 Providence Highway, Dedham, Massachusetts, USA And this reminds me I need to dig out those old Boston photos of mine! I love this movie! Robert Mitchum Yates also With all of the leading actors gone (even the relatively youthful Richard Jordan and Steven Keats) Criterion Keep up the good work, and again, thank you for your memorable post! carries the hangdog look of a man sick of playing the loser. Very dated in look now but that adds to the feeling of the story. Obituary for Steven Keats, The New York Times, May 1994, The success of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971) launched a wave of crime pictures filmed in Great post, Mod Betty, and great info in the comments! It's one of his very best performances, aided by a Oh, lets bring back the Old Kentucky Tavern, please? It included a director's commentary by Peter Yates, who died less than two years after the DVD came out. My folks grew up in Dedham so I knew a lot of those places, Ive been there recently and while many things have changed Im glad to see the Community theatre still there. But when he finds himself facing a second . The bowling alley, which has unsurprisingly had a bit of a makeover since 1973, is tucked away behind the Candy House store. Home > Films > F > The Friends Of Eddie Coyle. All material Copyright 2023 The Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations The novels failed to sell and Higgins' agent dropped him as a client after reading an early draft of The Friends of Eddie Coyle. I received this email recently and thought it would be good to add to this thread: I cant tell how excited I was to see my familys bakery in your blog 1970s Boston Movie Fun Name That Location! I couple years ago I posted a bunch of screen shots from the film on myDedham.org. [2], During the making of the film, Mitchum was interested in meeting the local gangsters as part of his research. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, hes forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free. The buyers he supplied got caught. Published in January 1973, George V. Higgins' crime novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle was well received by critics and the public, featuring a story of the Boston criminal milieu and its detailed mechanics and intricacies composed by a lawyer and a former Assistant Attorney General turned journalist. But who else is dealing with the feds? Find my playlist with the music I've used here:https://share.epidemicsound.com/l84tue/?playlist=lnvbuebspkgzdtj2g5veg8o96estg9ksAnd, if you sign up to Epidemic Sound through the playlist link, you'll get 1 month for free!I hang out on Twitter so come on over and say hi! Aging Boston gunrunner Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is looking at several years of jail time for a hold-up if he doesn't funnel information to Dave Foley (Richard Jordan), an ATF agent. While unsure at first that he can complete the task, Jackie complies and heads to Rhode Island later that night with an associate to get the guns, which he is successful in doing. Currently, the space once occupied for over 60 years by PJ Pastry Shop is now a personal fitness center called The Body Workshop.. Cast: Robert Mitchum (Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle), Peter Boyle (Dillon), Richard Jordan (Dave Foley), Steven Keats (Jackie Brown), Alex Rocco (Jimmy Scalise), Joe Santos (Artie Van), Mitchell Ryan (Waters), Peter MacLean (Mr. Partridge), Kevin O'Morrison (Bank manager #2), Marvin Lichterman (Vernon), Carolyn Pickman (Nancy). If I didn't know better I would swear that Robert Mitchem Really is a two Bit-er from Dorchester. Director: Peter Yates . Yates. Something went wrong. He is, at heart, just a small businessman; he deals in crime but is profoundly middle class. The uncompromising Eddie Coyle should disabuse viewers of the notion that a life of crime holds In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie Fingers Coyle in an adaptation by Peter Yates of George V. Higginss acclaimed novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. Just like a man He can usually tell you where all those shopping centers and bars were. In order to keep all the interesting stuff on one thread, Im going to repost some of what I found out right here! A good study of the characters and what they gain and lose, and how they lie and cheat each other in order to survive in the criminal underworld. By continuing, you agree to the Privacy Policy and He has always been one of our best screen actors: sardonic, masculine, quick-witted, but slow to reveal himself. By creating an account, you agree to the Director Peter Yates Writers OK Bostonians, what say you? The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American neo-noir[1] crime film starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle and directed by Peter Yates. Yes Sold by: Production Description. I went to the bar many times. Sobre seventies at its best. The feature length Peter Yates commentary track is very informative. Just below that it reads "Ticket Confirmation#:" followed by a 10-digit number. Robert Mitchum gives one of his most impressive understated performances, yet still manages to blend with a pitch perfect ensemble cast, as small-time crook Eddie Fingers Coyle, facing a jail stretch and desperately looking to cut a deal for a reduced sentence. Hes facing a two-year stretch in New Hampshire, and he wants out of it. By using this site, you agree to our updated, Eddie (Robert Mitchum) complains about his sentence to ex-con barkeep Dillon (Peter Doyle), who then meets federal agent Foley (Richard Jordan) outside the Government Center train station in Boston, in, First appearance as the title character by Robert Mitchum, meeting gun seller "Jackie Brown" (Steven Keats) in a metro-Boston cafe, exchanging dialogue from George V. Higgins' original novel, in, Understated and oddly fascinating opening sequence, featuring Alex Rocco casing a bank, from the Boston-based crime drama, Informant Eddie (Robert Mitchum) in a secret meeting featuring oblique dialogue with shady federal agent Foley (Richard Jordan), from Peter Yates', Mesmerizing robbery scene featuring the bank manager (Peter MacLean), his family held hostage, executing instructions from masked thieves (Alex Rocco, Joe Santos), from director Peter Yates'. | Excellent cast of character actors, most of whom were just starting out at the time. (Hockey game), Dorms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Malden, Massachusetts, USA There I am talking like a Bostonian, giving directions based on places that arent there anymore! l know this is fuzzy, but check it out its Lechmere! The bar was located on Mass Ave near Newbury. Born in Harlem in 1917, the son of Rhoda Melrose, a silent film actress who worked with both Vitagraph and Biograph studios, Monash had aspirations of becoming a novelist but first enjoyed great success in live television in the 1950s. And Boston Film Historian Paul Sherman was kind enough to link to a writeup of his own on the movie, http://www.bigscreenboston.com/2008/05/book-excerpt-the-friends-of-eddie-coyle.html from his book Big Screen Boston you can buy it from his site, like I just did! Like watching Spenser For Hire, it was almost more fun to see where things were filmed as it was to follow the story! Filmed in Boston in the fall of 1972, Starring Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Alex Rocco and Steven Keats and directed Peter Yates, and based on the book by George V. Higgins, the movie is considered one of the best of the 1970's neo noir movies, and one the most authentic Boston movies ever made. Moving out to the suburbs, Dedham was featured prominently in the movie, and one of the major bank robberies was filmed at the bank my Grandmother used to go to. Twitter: https://twitter.com/cities1978If you're loving these videos consider supporting the channel at:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cinemaciEmail: CinemaCities1978@gmail.comDisclosure: This video description may contain affiliate links and referral codes, which means I may receive a commission or referral bonus for purchases or sign-ups made through my links. Just the same, it's a beauty compared to original release prints that leaned toward cold, green Peter Yates's crime drama is a haunting, singular experience, brutal and minutely observed, with a remarkably authentic sense of place. Film Editing: Patricia Lewis Jaffe Filling out the ranks of the "friends" of Eddie Coyle, alongside veteran actors Peter Boyle, Mitchell Ryan and Alex Rocco, were relative newcomers Steven Keats and Richard Jordan. What are yours? Stay tuned for part 2- What Diner Is That in the Movie? The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Filming & Production Showing all 21 items Jump to: Filming Locations (20) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations Edit Railway station - Route 27, Sharon, Massachusetts, USA 10 of 10 found this interesting Kentucky Tavern - Massachusetts Avenue and Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA My father, Paul Sivacek, Jr., took it over in the early 1970s with his brother Edward (my uncle) and ran it until the late 80s/early 90s. Condition: This weekend marks the finale in the series, Robert Mitchum: Cheap, Flash, and Brilliant, and the theater is going o, Along with Wholl Stop the Rain and Charley Varrick, I first saw The Friends of Eddie Coyle on late-night TV when I was ten or eleven. Well take a look and remove the review if it doesnt follow our guidelines. Adding verisimilitude to the production were the on-set contributions of an official FBI spokesman, as well as an unnamed "technical advisor" able to attest to the accuracy of the depiction of Boston's criminal element, presumably from personal experience. Because he has better sources of information, the What is claimed instead is that cast member Alex Rocco, who grew up in Somerville, introduced Mitchum to Howie Winter of the Winter Hill Gang. (Eddie Coyle's house), 360 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA The only time I ever heard the word divan was when my grandma used it too! 2023 Turner Classic Movies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Criterion's DVD of The Friends of Eddie Coyle boasts a director-approved enhanced transfer. In order to escape this fate, he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Journalist George Kimball, a sports writer on the Boston Herald at the time, claimed that Mitchum wanted to meet Whitey Bulger and was warned against it by Higgins. World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld just to make ends meet. In one of the best performances of his legendary career, Robert Mitchum plays small-time gunrunner Eddie "Fingers" Coyle in Peter Yates's adaptation of Georg. Jackie then meets with Coyle who requires him to acquire guns for the next day. Ah, Hollywood! And The Friends of Eddie Coyle works so well because Eddie is played by Robert Mitchum, and Mitchum has perhaps never been better. TCM Shopping. The title is purely ironic: Eddie has no friends. But give him a character and the room to develop it, and what he does is wonderful. It really hangs with one. Flights: Logan International Airport, 1 Harborside Drive Boston, MA 02128 (tel: 800.235.6426), Getting around: MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority), Visit: Boston Bowl, 820 William T Morrissey Boulevard, Dorchester, MA 02122 (tel: 617.825.3800), Please send any corrections or additions to info@movie-locations.com. (Eddie left in a car outside this bowling alley - still in business in 2021), Boston Garden - 150 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Over in Back Bay, the bar tended by Dillon stood on the southeast corner of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue, the site now occupied by the Best Buy store. Mitchum is also revealed as an undeveloped poet and writer. Verified purchase: Drama. stewardess -- how about that?!". From gritty urban contemporary 70s landscapes, to the conformists post war suburban shopping malls, \"The Friends of Eddie Coyle,\" shows us a Boston in transition. As a lifelong resident of Boston, it was fun watching the movie and figuring out where all the locations were. Eddie Coyle has no friends. He doesnt want to leave his wife and kids and see them go on welfare. One minor correction tho the Weymouth bank is actually the site of the 2nd robbery, the first is just off Dedham Square, right across the street from a gas station and just down from the intersection where the Tahiti still stands! Its been a long time. Music: Dave Grusin That is why theres that tracking shot of Dedham Square from the credits. During this time, Higgins wrote a succession of crime novels set in and around Boston, which Life had dubbed "the murder capital of America." (Det. Art Direction: Gene Callahan The Kentucky was your typical bar of its time, what would now be classified as a dive but was the type of mens bar you found all over every major city (not many left in Boston). 84 Metascore. The bar where Joe Boyle tends and Mitchum drinks was The Kentucky Tavern, located next to the Auditorium T stop in what is now Au Bon Pain (which, yes, is in the old Tower Records building). Brown buys stolen Army machine guns from unreliable soldiers and resells them to dangerous fugitive radicals. And yes, that is the old Dorchester Bowl-a-Drome. They featured a happy hour where they would serve fifty-cent rail drinks in glasses that were only a bit bigger than a juice glass but still a good deal. I still bowl there, though that sign is long gone, sad to say. any future whatsoever. Foley is largely unconcerned that Dillon cannot tell him who murdered Coyle, leaving the impression that he knows Dillon is involved but likely would not have pursued the killing of Coyle himself. Aging Boston gunrunner Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is looking at several years of jail time for a hold-up if he doesn't funnel information to Dave Foley (Richard Jordan), an ATF agent . 1 hr 42 mins. I also grew up in an inner-city neighborhood in Boston full of guys like this and trust me, these are extremely accurate portrayals of your typical Boston gangster of the 1970's, 1980's in places like South Boston, Charlestown and Dorchesterif you want a fictionalized, hyped up Hollywood version then go buy Departed instead. Higgins' exposure to real life recidivists allowed him to capture with persuasive fidelity tight lipped regional criminalspeak and reveal the humanity of his characters through their flawed syntax and pre-David Mamet reliance on repetition. Coming Soon. I know it wasnt there when I worked at the plaza, but am drawing a blank at what it became. The film tells the story of Eddie Coyle (Mitchum), a small-time career hoodlum in the Irish Mob in Boston, Massachusetts. As a producer, Monash had an unqualified box office hit with George Roy Hill's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and he later scripted Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976) and Tobe Hooper's Salem's Lot (1979), both of which were bestselling novels by horror writer Stephen King. We all (including family & current occupants of Dedham) miss a bakery in the Square! deglamorized view of the criminal life. The best extra is the disc's insert booklet, which contains an essay by critic Kent Jones and a noteworthy World-weary and living hand to mouth, Coyle works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld just to make ends meet. He supplies pistols to a bank robbery crew led by Jimmy Scalise and Artie Van, first obtaining the guns from a fellow gunrunner named Jackie Brown. 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