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The movie “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” was directed by Peter Yates and released in 1973. Actors Peter Boyle and Robert Mitchum headline as stars. The movie is based on the best-selling novel by George V. Higgins. The film was shot in Boston, Massachusetts. Some of the filming areas include Cambridge, Dedham, and Weymouth. It has a running time of 103 minutes.

The plot is based around the aging, low-key weapons dealer, Eddie Coyle, played by Robert Mitchum. After being set-up by a local bar owner, Dillon, played by Peter Boyle, he Read the rest of this entry »

Directed by the late Ted Demme, the 1998 film Monument Ave. is a Boston-set crime drama starring Denis Leary, Famke Janssen, Colm Meaney, and Martin Sheen.

Leary plays the lead as Boston native Bobby, a hoodlum with a conscience who works for Meaney’s less scrupulous character Jackie, the leader of a small-scale organized crime ring. Bobby’s fidelity to his boss and to his neighborhood’s code of silence is complicated by the frustration and regret he feels about his knockaround criminal lifestyle; when his friend, Teddy, played by Billy Crudup, is released from prison, Bobby finds Read the rest of this entry »

“Good Will Hunting” is a 1997 film starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams and Minnie Driver, and was partially shot in Boston, Massachusetts. The movie won critical acclaim and was nominated for numerous Academy Awards. Here are some interesting facts about “Good Will Hunting”:
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck originally wrote the script as a thriller. Damon’s character was supposed to a rough Bostonite who is wanted by the FBI for his intelligence.
Much of the dialogue in the movie was improvised by the actors. They each made Read the rest of this entry »

The movie “The Brink’s Job” was directed by William Friedkin and released in 1978. The stars include Peter Falk, Warren Oates, Peter Boyle, Paul Sorvino, Allen Garfield and Gena Rowlands. It was filmed in Boston, Massachusetts at sites including the former Brinks Headquarters and the Suffolk County Courthouse. It was nominated for an Academy Award and has a running time of 104 minutes.

The plot surrounds a small time criminal trying to “make it big.” After Tony Pino (Peter Falk) and his companions successfully Read the rest of this entry »

In one of his very best performances, screen legend Paul Newman presents a dark and compelling portrait of Boston attorney, Frank Galvin, whose early promise has devolved into a sad existence as a heavy drinking ambulance chaser. A medical malpractice case from his former mentor offers Frank the chance to make some easy money from an out-of-court settlement. Frank’s sense of justice gets rekindled by the tragic circumstances of the case; a young mother becomes comatose after a doctor’s inept oversight. But he finds his Read the rest of this entry »