"Rebus"
The Falls (2006)

Director:

Matthew Evans

Writers:

Daniel Boyle (screenplay)
Ian Rankin (novel)

TV Series:

"Rebus" (2000)

Original Air Date:

2 January 2006 (Season 2, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

Cast

Ken Stott	...	DI John Rebus
Claire Price	...	DS Siobhan Clarke
Jennifer Black	...	Gill Templer
Anthony Donaldson	...	Mr. Mayes (as Tony Donaldson)
Natalie Dormer	...	Phillippa Balfour
Andrea Hart	...	Fiona Kollross
Richard Johnson	...	Sir James Hogarth
James McAnerney	...	Forensic Officer
Eileen McCallum	...	Miss Currie
William Ruane	...	David Costello
Elayne Sharling	...	Jessica Hogarth
Sharon Small	...	Miranda Masterson
Gavin Jon Wright	...	Policeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Bowles	...	Priest

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company:

SMG Productions

Quotes:

[Examining the body of a man who has been tied to a chair in his living room and then stabbed]
DI John Rebus: Do we know with whom the good doctor shared his final repast?
DS Siobhan Clarke: [reading from notebook] Er, Sir James Hogarth.
DI John Rebus: One of the wealthiest men in Edinburgh. Private banker.
DS Siobhan Clarke: The super-rich usually are.
DI John Rebus: Usually are what?
DS Siobhan Clarke: Private bankers. That *is* rhyming slang, isn't it?
DI John Rebus: No, that's what he actually does - he's a private banker.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Rebus: The Hanging Garden (#1.2)" (2000)

Why do this to my favourite books???

If the makers of the Rebus films are reading this, please take this piece of simple advice.

Instead of trying to take one of the huge Rebus novels and cram it into one and a half hours, use one one of the earlier books which are quite straightforward tales or even take one of the short stories that Rankin has done and film or expand that.

How about writing a new story altogether for t.v? Because between the earlier John Hannah Rebus and now the Ken Stott version (which is better) you are in danger of destroying what could be the new "Morse" or "Taggart" which is a shame.

Oh and Rebus doesn't support Hibs, sort it out.