In 1979 the stadium enjoyed a brief spell of fame of a different kind when a stock car event at the stadium was used as one of the locations for the film The Long Good Friday.
Gaiman has said that he based Gadling's speech pattern on that of British actor Bob Hoskins, particularly in the film The Long Good Friday.
Brett Ewins, in the foreword to the book, explains that Skreemer has two distinct inspirations—gangster films, specifically Once Upon a Time in America and The Long Good Friday, and James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
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