Ratcatcher Movie Review 1999

Twelve-year-old James (Eadie) gets into a fight with another boy on the banks of the canal that runs through their 1970s working-class Glasgow neighborhood. Ryan falls in and drowns and James keeps quiet while being endlessly drawn back to the scene. Meanwhile there's trouble at home and the family's hopes for a better life (by moving to new council housing) is also in jeopardy.

Distribution

First Look Home Entertainment, 8000 Sunset Blvd., East Penthouse, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (323)337-1000, Fax: (323)337-1078, Email: info@firstlookmedia.com, URL: http://www.firstlookmedia.com, Remarks: A division of First Look Pictures

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1970s, Hard Knock Life, Family Drama, Childhood Visions, Scotland

Screenplay

Lynne Ramsay

Cast

William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, Leanne Mullen, John Miller

Cinematography

Alwin Kuchler

Director

Lynne Ramsay

Music

Rachel Portman