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Overview

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Director:
Lynne Ramsay
Writer:
Lynne Ramsay (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 November 1999 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Glasgow, summer, 1973. Dustmen are striking; bags of garbage add to the blight of council flats and a fetid canal... more | add synopsis
Awards:
11 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Tilda Swinton Needs To Talk About Kevin
 (From EmpireOnline. 18 May 2009, 1:40 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Very interesting!!! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
William Eadie ... James Gillespie

Tommy Flanagan ... Da
Mandy Matthews ... Ma
Michelle Stewart ... Ellen
Lynne Ramsay Jr. ... Anne Marie (as Lynne Ramsay Jnr.)
Leanne Mullen ... Margaret Anne
John Miller ... Kenny
Jackie Quinn ... Mrs. Quinn
James Ramsay ... Mr. Quinn
Anne McLean ... Mrs. Fowler
Craig Bonar ... Matt Monroe
Andrew McKenna ... Billy
James Montgomery ... Hammy
Thomas McTaggart ... Ryan
Stuart Gordon ... Tommy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ratcatcher (France)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
UK | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Although this film is in English, the US release has English subtitles because all the characters speak in a very heavy Scottish accent. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: On the radio it mentions the football score "Stirling Albion 20, Selkirk 0". This game was played in 1984, and not in the early 70's when the film was set. more
Quotes:
Kenny: Goodbye, Snowball! more
Movie Connections:
References Badlands (1973) more
Soundtrack:
C'mon Everybody more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Very interesting!!!, 18 March 2001
Author: lksun from Scottsdale, Arizona

I recently saw this movie & found it quite powerful. The acting was very good, especially the young boy playing the lead. Everything was very realistic, probably more than I would have wanted to see. I guess foreign art films show a lot more skin & shocking scenes than do American movies. Regardless, I found the movie very interesting & did enjoy it to a degree. But I do think I would have trouble recommending it to some of my friends.



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