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Writer:
Lynne Ramsay (written by)
Release Date:
12 November 1999 (UK) 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
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a stunning debut from Lynne Ramsey more (57 total)
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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Also Known As:
Ratcatcher (France)
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94 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 (original DVD/VHS release) | Netherlands:6 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | Argentina:13
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Although this film is in English, the US release has English subtitles because all the characters speak in a very heavy Scottish accent. more
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Anachronisms: The film is set in 1975. The Leyland Atlantean bus used throughout, LA1 (FYS998), was withdrawn from service in 1973. It is preserved in the Glasgow Museum of Transport. more
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What's New Pussycat more
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One of the best British films of the nineties, Ratcatcher is a powerful evocation of the uncertainty and surreal nature of childhood. The film also has something to say about family relationships, death, and the toll poverty takes on people (in this case, in the Glasgow of the seventies).
Although the film could be criticised for being fairly slow-paced, I think this is entirely missing the point. The film is more about atmosphere than a linear plot, and the lingering, intriguing glimpses it offers of the young character's life will stay in your memory like a particularly vivid dream.
I expect great things of Lynne Ramsay in the future.