Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974

"An epic tale of murder, corruption and obsession."

2009 1h 46m EN

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Synopsis

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Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.

“An epic tale of murder, corruption and obsession.”

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Cast

Andrew Garfield
Eddie Dunford
Warren Clarke
Bill Molloy
Sean Bean
John Dawson
David Morrissey
Maurice Jobson
John Henshaw
Bill Hadley
Anthony Flanagan
Barry Gannon
Jennifer Hennessy
Mrs Kemplay
Mary Jo Randle
Eddie's Mum

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Julian Jarrold
Writers: Tony Grisoni
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Red Riding Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Directed by Julian Jarrold, shot by Rob Hardy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Adrian Johnston. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrew Hulme shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Andrew Garfield and Warren Clarke and Sean Bean carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An epic tale of murder, corruption and obsession.".

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IMDB entry: tt1259574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Julian Jarrold directs. Rob Hardy behind the camera. Adrian Johnston scores. Andrew Hulme cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 17 years ago.
2Part of the "Red Riding Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Julian Jarrold, shot by Rob Hardy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Adrian Johnston. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Andrew Hulme shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Andrew Garfield and Warren Clarke and Sean Bean carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "An epic tale of murder, corruption and obsession.".
8IMDB entry: tt1259574 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 10 themes, including "journalist", "police brutality", "northern england", "based on novel or book".
10Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rob Hardy
Original score: Adrian Johnston
Editing: Andrew Hulme
Production design: Cristina Casali
Costume design: Natalie Ward
Makeup / hair: Paul Hyett
VFX supervisor: Adam Gascoyne
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,000,000
Original language: EN
IMDB: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 100% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 15,841 votes
MPAA: Not Rated
US box office: $151,644

Awards

Won 3 BAFTA 5 wins & 10 nominations total

Part of

Red Riding Collection

The Red Riding Trilogy (AKA The Yorkshire Killer Trilogy) is a three-part film adaptation of English author David Peace's Red Riding Quartet. Set against a backdrop of serial murders during 1974–1983, including the Yorkshire Ripper killings, the books and films follow several recurring fictional characters through a bleak and violent world of multi-layered police corruption and organized crime. The quartet comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four, Nineteen Seventy-Seven, Nineteen Eighty and Nineteen Eighty-Three. The first, third, and fourth of these books became three films — Red Riding 1974, Red Riding 1980, and Red Riding 1983. They aired in the UK on Channel 4 beginning on 5 March 2009 and were produced by Revolution Films. The three films were released theatrically in the US in February 2010.