Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

"Nine years on, another Morley child has gone missing on her way home from school."

2009 1h 45m EN

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★6.9TMDB · 194

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Synopsis

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Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.

“Nine years on, another Morley child has gone missing on her way home from school.”

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Cast

David Morrissey
Maurice Jobson
Lisa Howard
Judith Jobson
Chris Walker
Jim Prentice
Shaun Dooley
Dick Alderman
Jim Carter
Harold Angus
Warren Clarke
Bill Molloy
Sean Bean
John Dawson
Sean Harris
Bob Craven

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anand Tucker
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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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anand Tucker, shot by David Higgs. 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 Barrington Pheloung. 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 Trevor Waite 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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David Morrissey and Lisa Howard and Chris Walker carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Nine years on, another Morley child has gone missing on her way home from school.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1259573 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Anand Tucker directs. David Higgs behind the camera. Barrington Pheloung scores. Trevor Waite 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 Anand Tucker, shot by David Higgs. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Barrington Pheloung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Trevor Waite shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6David Morrissey and Lisa Howard and Chris Walker carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Nine years on, another Morley child has gone missing on her way home from school.".
8IMDB entry: tt1259573 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Higgs
Original score: Barrington Pheloung
Editing: Trevor Waite
Production design: Alison Dominitz
Costume design: Caroline Harris
Makeup / hair: Bonnie Patricia Morgan
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009)

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.