4 years ago. The scenes inside the restaurant had to be filmed on a set because the real location was too small. Directed by Andrew Birchall. Yes, author Elmore Leonard – a big fan of the original novel – borrowed the name for a character in Rum Punch , and when Quentin Tarantino in turn brought this to the screen, he chose Jackie Brown as the title of the film. Travel guide to filming locations. I thought that it was The Friends of Eddie Coyle, but when I finally rented the video - on VHS - the scene at police headquarters wasn't there. Directed by Peter Yates. With J.P. Giuliotti, D'Angelo Midili, Eric Riedmann. What with the period, the score, the downbeat ending, and the use of real urban working-class locations, there’s a real Get Carter vibe to this film. The screenplay by Paul Monash was adapted from the 1970 novel of the same name by George V. Higgins . Hurts like a bastard." 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. The Friends of Eddie Coyle was filmed in Boston and the city’s wider area and it was released in June 1973. Recast The Friends of Eddie Coyle Today Eddie_Fingers. Directed by Peter Yates. 1. By Geoffrey O’Brien in the March-April 2009 Issue. The Friends of Eddie Coyle, published in 1970, is the debut novel of George V. Higgins, then an Assistant United States Attorney in Boston. Killing Them Softly is a 2012 American neo-noir crime film written and directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, based on George V. Higgins' novel Cogan's Trade (1974). 4 years ago. Edit. Boston locations jonfrum2000. The novel is a realistic depiction of the Irish-American underworld in Boston. An instant classic, George V. Higgins’s 1972 fictional debut The Friends of Eddie Coyle was as much a play as a novel: a sort of La Ronde of crime fiction, elegantly suggesting in a series of interlacing dialogues a dance of exploitation and betrayal never quite spelled out. 0. Notable New England Film Locations These New England film locations are the perfect excuse for a road trip. The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American neo-noir crime film directed by Peter Yates and starring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle.The screenplay by Paul Monash was adapted from the 1970 novel of the same name by George V. Higgins. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Filming & Production. A review of the criterion blu-ray for this film Frank_Caprica. Just like a man snapping a shingle. 24. I remember seeing just a bit of the movie The Friends of Eddie Coyle when my dad was watching it once on TV and doing a complete double take when I saw that the scene was filmed in Dedham the town where both my mum and my dad grew up, and where “Grammie in Dedham” lived, on Richard Street, a few blocks away.