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Ratcatcher /

Ratcatcher / Rat catcher , Great Britain - [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection : Home Vision Entertainment, ℗2002, ©1999. - 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - plastic 4 3/4 in. stamping - The Criterion collection ; 162 . - Criterion collection ; 162. .

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. Essay by Lizzie Francke laid in container. Special features: new digital transfer, enhanced for 16x9 televisions; video interview with Lynne Ramsay; three award-winning short films by Lynne Ramsay: Small deaths (1995), Kill the day (1996), and Gasman (1997); stills gallery; and original theatrical trailer.

Ratcatcher (1999) -- Small deaths (1995) -- Kill the day (1996) -- Gasman (1997).

Director of photography, Alwin Kúchler; editor, Lucia Zucchetti; music, Rachel Portman, Nick Drake. Director of photography, Alwin Kúchler; editor, Lucia Zucchetti; music, Rachel Portman, Nick Drake.

William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews.

A haunting evocation of a troubled Glasgow childhood. Set during Scotland's national garbage strike of the mid-1970's, Ratcatcher explores the experiences of a poor adolescent boy as he struggles to reconcile his dreams and his guilt with the abjection that surrounds him.


DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital surround.


In English (Scottish dialect) with optional subtitles in English.

Cannes Film Festival, 1998: Jury Prize, Best Short Film, "Gasman" (Lynne Ramsay). Cannes Film Festival, 1996: Jury Prize, Best Short Film, "Small Deaths" (Lynne Ramsay).

0780026047 9780780026049

037429171820 3742917182

RAT 020 Home Vision Entertainment


Children--Drama.
Strikes and lockouts--Refuse collectors--Scotland--Glasgow--Drama.
Strikes and lockouts--Refuse collectors.
Children.


Glasgow (Scotland)--Drama.
Scotland--Glasgow.


Motion pictures, Scottish.
Feature films--Great Britain.
Historical films--Great Britain.
Short films--Great Britain.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures--Great Britain.
Feature films--United Kingdom.
Historical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Short films.
Foreign films--Great Britain.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Short films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Films historiques.
Courts métrages.
Films de fiction.
Théâtre.

PN1995.9.C4 / R38 2002

791.43/72