DVD
Ratcatcher
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English (Scottish dialect) with optional subtitles in English.
Performers
William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews.
Publication Information
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection : Home Vision Entertainment, p2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
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.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
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.
Essay by Lizzie Francke laid in container.
Contents
- Ratcatcher (1999)
- Small deaths (1995)
- Kill the day (1996)
- Gasman (1997).