Have a nice day.

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Friends of Eddie Coyle

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ecjones1951 — 16 years ago(July 01, 2009 05:09 AM)

Anyone else notice that Foley ends just about every conversation this way? I'm pretty sure it's the last line in the movie, too. I got so I was listening for it. Very cynical, very dry. Richard Jordan plays this part so well. (Another quirky little thing I liked is that Peter Boyle's character, Dillon, doesn't drive.)

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trob226 — 16 years ago(July 02, 2009 01:30 PM)

I haven't been able to tell anybody to have a nice day ever since I saw this film way back when. Whenever anybody says it to me, I see Richard Jordan with his hands in his pockets, so sincerely insincere. This film has that kind of effect on you - I still can't go to a hockey game, either.

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Noir-It-All — 16 years ago(September 15, 2009 08:48 PM)

I've decided I'll stick to my perfect record of never having visited Boston.
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne

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thbryn — 16 years ago(November 08, 2009 02:29 AM)

Funny I think that phrase was unique to the film and not the book. Most of the time in the novel Foley would tell Eddie that he wasn't making him do anything (for the NH sentence).

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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(June 03, 2019 01:42 AM)

I just love how goddamn insincere Foley is whenever he says that line.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

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alg11297 — 18 years ago(March 15, 2008 05:09 PM)

I am almost sure the phrase "Have a nice day" was used in this movie for the first time. I saw it when it came out, which I can't believe was 1973. The undercover cop who keeps paying off people repeats the phrase over and over.
It was a great movie and should be better recalled.

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dep1353 — 18 years ago(March 15, 2008 06:26 PM)

.The way Richard Jordan phrases it certainly makes it memorable. Also the term "Uncle".
.I just saw where aside from here and "The Yazuka", Jordon and Mitchum also appeared in a two-part episode of "The Equalizer"

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trob226 — 14 years ago(July 13, 2011 05:06 PM)

This film is the reason I can't, to this day, tell anybody to have a nice day. Whenever I hear it, I see Foley's sincere insincerity.

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emncaity — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 10:27 PM)

Nah, it was around before then. I remember it going along with the big yellow smiley faces around 1970-71 or so.

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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(June 03, 2019 01:10 AM)

Richard Jordan was such a great douchey and deceitful prick in this film.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.