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The Raven( 2012)

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The only one who can stop a serial killer is the man who inspired him.

Overview

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Cusack

      Edgar Allan Poe

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      Luke Evans

      Detective Fields

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      Alice Eve

      Emily Hamilton

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      Brendan Gleeson

      Colonel Hamilton

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      Kevin McNally

      Maddux

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      Oliver Jackson-Cohen

      John Cantrell

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      Jimmy Yuill

      Captain Eldridge

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      Pam Ferris

      Mrs. Bradley

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      Brendan Coyle

      Reagan

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      Sam Hazeldine

      Ivan

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      Adrian Rawlins

      Doc Clements

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      Aidan Feore

      Stage Manager

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      Dave Legeno

      Percy

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      Michael Cronin

      Old Gentleman

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      Michael Poole

      Professor

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      Michael Shannon

      Dr. Morgan

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      Charity Wakefield

      Fields' Maid

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      John Warnaby

      Griswold

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      Matt Slack

      Sailor

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      Ian Virgo

      Fire Marshall

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      Michael J. Fourticq Sr.

      Bookseller

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      Jasmina Ilic

      Older Tenement Woman (Dead)

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      Teodora Uveric

      Young Tenement Woman (Dead)

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      Kristof Farkas

      Wretching student

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      Luka Mijatović

      Small Boy

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      József Tálos

      Sherry Merchant

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      Matt Devere

      Hamilton's Security Guard

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      Sergej Trifunović

      Salty Sailor

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      Miloš Đuričić

      Porter - Paris

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      Mike Kelly

      Party Reveler

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      Bojan Perić

      Officer at Precinct

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      Ana Sofrenović

      Lady Macbeth

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      Steve Agnew

      Doctor in "Macbeth"

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      Malina Nikolic

      Gentlewoman in "Macbeth"

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      Miklós Kapácsy

      Headline Man 1

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      Andrew Hefler

      Headline Man 2

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      Pierre Boris Jaurdin

      French Officer

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      Tamara Krcunović

      Doc Clements' Maid

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      Jason Ryan

      Crew Member

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      Antal Publik

      Cardinal

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      László Konter

      Breathless Tenement Man

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      Mark C. Phelan

      Barfly 1

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      Krisztián Peer

      Barfly 2

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      Annamária Ördög

      Actress

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      Ádám Földi

      Church Secretary

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      Dejan Cubrilov

      Maurice Robichaux

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      Máté Haumann

      Uniformed Guard

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      Péter Fancsikai

      Young Man Skeleton

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      Sava Rapic

      Servant

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Fri Mar 14 2014
    Elementary my dear Edgar. The Raven is directed by James McTeigue and written by Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare. It stars John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve and Brendan Gleeson. Music is by Lucas Vidal and cinematography by Danny Ruhlmann. "On October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found, near death, on a park bench in Baltimore, Maryland. The last days of his life remain a mystery" It's a real smart idea that the makers have here, putting their own theory forward on what happened in the lead up to Poe's death. Essentially a period whodunit procedural as Poe (Cusack) and Inspector...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    26000000.00

    Revenue

    29657751.00

    Keywords

    • poison
    • blackmail
    • masked ball
    • baltimore, usa
    • buried alive
    • historical figure
    • serial killer
    • deadline
    • newspaper review
    • newspaper office
    • hard times
    • life imitates art
    • pendulum