Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)

Director:

James Marsh

Writers:

Tony Grisoni (screenplay)
David Peace (novel)

Release Date:

11 November 2009 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Police corruption interferes with the search for a killer in Yorkshire, England. Based on David Peace's novel "Nineteen Eighty".

Plot Keywords:

Yorkshire | Cemetery | Firebomb | Audio Tape | Eavesdropping

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Warren Clarke	...	Bill Molloy
Paddy Considine	...	Peter Hunter
James Fox	...	Philip Evans
David Calder	...	Sir John Marsden
Nicholas Woodeson	...	Michael Warren
Ron Cook	...	Clement Smith
Maxine Peake	...	Helen Marshall
Tony Pitts	...	John Nolan
Jim Carter	...	Harold Angus
David Morrissey	...	Maurice Jobson
Eddie Marsan	...	Jack Whitehead
Sean Harris	...	Bob Craven
Tony Mooney	...	Tommy Douglas
Shaun Dooley	...	Dick Alderman
Ken Oxtoby	...	Hotel Receptionist
Lesley Sharp	...	Joan Hunter
John Barber	...	Police Officer 1
Peter Mullan	...	Martin Laws
Robert Sheehan	...	BJ
Kelly Freemantle	...	Clare Strachan
Julia Ford	...	Elizabeth Hall
Michelle Holmes	...	Sharon Douglas
Charlotte James	...	Karen Douglas
Chris Walker	...	Jim Prentice
Tim Beasley	...	Journalist 1
Katherine Vasey	...	Steph (as Katharine Vasey)
Robert Angell	...	Journalist 2
Robert Hudson	...	Duty Officer
Joseph Mawle	...	The Ripper
James Weaver	...	Sgt John Chain
Andrew Garfield	...	Eddie Dunford
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Molly Howe	...	Gypsy (uncredited)
Darren Whitfield	...	Detective (uncredited)

Directed by
James Marsh

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tony Grisoni		screenplay
David Peace		novel

Produced by
Wendy Brazington	....	producer
Celia Duval	....	line producer
Andrew Eaton	....	producer
Shuna Frood	....	post producer: LipSync Post
Peter Hampden	....	executive producer
Hugo Heppell	....	executive producer
Liza Marshall	....	executive producer
Jamie Nuttgens	....	co-producer
Kate Ogborn	....	co-producer
Anita Overland	....	producer

Original Music by
Dickon Hinchliffe

Cinematography by
Igor Martinovic		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jinx Godfrey

Casting by
Nina Gold

Production Design by
Tom Burton

Art Direction by
Sami Khan

Costume Design by
Charlotte Walter

Makeup Department
Nadine Al-Samarraie	....	assistant makeup artist
Paul Hyett	....	special makeup effects designer
Lesley Lamont-Fisher	....	makeup designer
Nicola Mount	....	makeup supervisor
Jo Sweeting	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Louise Seymour	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Curry	....	first assistant director
Emily James	....	assistant director runner
Sarah Mooney	....	third assistant director
Tom Rye	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Clare Andrade	....	production buyer
Lucy Bullen	....	props trainee
Simon Drew	....	property master
Colette Ferguson	....	graphic designer
Andrew Laybats	....	scenic artist
Daryn McLaughlan	....	assistant art director
Graham Ward	....	stand-by art director

Sound Department
Robert Brazier	....	foley mixer
Rachel Carberry	....	sound assistant
Paul Davies	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Devlin	....	sound assistant
Dan Dewsnap	....	boom operator
Jack Gillies	....	sound effects editor
Sean Hannah	....	assistant sound editor
Sue Harding	....	foley artist
Steve Haynes	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Pearson	....	sound recordist
Kallis Shamaris	....	adr & dialogue editor
Peter Shaw	....	assistant sound editor
Rowena Wilkinson	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Mark Shelley	....	armourer

Visual Effects by
Chris Bentley	....	digital lab operator
Alberto Buron	....	digital lab operator
Lee Clappison	....	digital colourist
James Clarke	....	visual effects: DI supervisor
Stefan Drury	....	head of visual effects
Scott Goulding	....	assistant colourist
Aileen McIntosh	....	senior digital lab operator
Angela Stanley	....	lead compositor (as Angela Rose)
Daniel Tomlinson	....	digital lab operator
Samantha Tracey	....	visual effects coordinator

Stunts
Stuart St. Paul	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Appleton	....	second assistant camera
Dave Fowler	....	electrician
Robert Gardner	....	camera trainee
Chris Hewitt	....	assistant grip
Mark Jones	....	grip
Eddie Knight	....	gaffer
Ludovic Littee	....	assistant camera
Paul Swann	....	camera and equipment support
Rick Woollard	....	steadicam operator

Casting Department
Robert Sterne	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hannah Walter	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Matthew Bate	....	trainee assistant editor
Lee Clappison	....	digital colourist
Stuart Fyvie	....	colorist
Aidan O'Brien	....	assistant editor

Music Department
John Barrett	....	assistant scoring engineer
Andy Kitchen	....	assistant recording engineer
Ian Neil	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Harvey Ascott	....	production runner
Dave Bowen	....	first assistant accountant
Oliver Cockerham	....	production assistant
Kayleigh Cruickshank	....	location scout
Joseph Forrest	....	researcher
Nardia Hall	....	unit manager
Nick Hodson	....	accounts trainee
Josh Hyams	....	head of television: Revolution Films
Nadia Jaynes	....	production coordinator
Anna Lee	....	location manager
Laurence Parker	....	production accountant
Jemima Thomas	....	script supervisor
John William Turner	....	floor runner: dailies
Daniel Wiernicki	....	floor runner: dailies
Hayley Williams	....	researcher
Eva Yates	....	researcher

Production Companies

• Channel Four Film
• Lipsync Productions
• Revolution Films
• Screen Yorkshire

Distributors

• IFC Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• MC4 Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Alliance (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Channel 4 Television Corporation (2009) (UK) (TV)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Midget Entertainment (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Noble Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (all media)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (DVD)
• Star Channel (2011) (Japan) (TV)
• Teleview International (2009) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Twin Pics (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (The Red Riding Trilogy)

Special Effects

• Lipsync Post (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  camera equipment provided by
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Fuji Photo Film  motion picture film supplied by
• HireWorks  HD Avid equipment rental
• Imperial Personal Management  casting services
• Lipsync Post  digital intermediate
• Lipsync Post  sound post-production
• Lipsync Post  titles and opticals
• Screen Yorkshire  funding
• Vehicles in Vision  action vehicles supplier

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Runtime:

93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

Channel Four Film

Trivia:

Maxine Peake was only cast because two previous choices dropped out.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Hunter goes to visit Laws the door and windows are clearly made of UPVC which was not available in 1980.

Quotes:

Peter Hunter:You don't like the police much, do you?
Martin Laws:No love lost, no.
Peter Hunter:So when someone kicks down your front door, kills the dog and rapes the wife, who you gonna call?
Martin Laws:Well it certainly wouldn't be the West Yorkshire Police - they'd already *be* in there, wouldn't they!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Russell Brand/Chris Brown (#36.15)" (2011)

Challenging but brilliant material

The second film in the Red-Riding trilogy is another haunting almost hallucinatory tale of revenge and justice. Paddy Considine is excellent as the slightly cerebral and introspective officer assigned to review the failing investigation into the Yorkshire ripper, and the whole cast give performances of a very high class. The shocking corruption of the Yorkshire police revealed in the first film now intertwines into the real life history of the ripper's crimes and the bumbling investigation which was still fixated on the (hoax) tapes and letters in a fascinating but terrifying way.

It feels like a lot of material is woven into the film which expects you to pay attention and work stuff out. Having said this I found the film easy to watch, it didn't drag at all but like many great films it requires you to think a little. I really will need to see it a second time to try and piece together all of the threads, this is dense and exciting storytelling - perhaps not for everybody but hopefully this will find the audience it deserves.

Some say that the corrupt police story is too fantastic, but we know for a fact that some people were fitted up (via beatings and falsifying/withholding evidence by the police) for major crimes during this period (Birmingham Six, Guildford Four etc.) and that some police such as the Vice squad in London were running a very lucrative protection racket in Soho with senior officers (DCS) directly involved. Without giving away the plot the story here only goes slightly further and seems 'believable enough' to me.

Although essentially produced as 'TV Movies' the first two films (and I expect the 3rd to be the same) have been of a higher standard than about 95% of film releases, I strongly urge anyone who likes intelligent crime noir to see these films if you get the chance.