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The Red Riding Trilogy

Presented by Belcourt Theatre at Belcourt Theatre

March 19-March 25, 2010

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Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, RED RIDING is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) from David Peace's electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an eminent accomplishment, the trilogy follows several characters in intertwining storylines united by the horror wrought by the "Yorkshire Ripper," a serial killer who terrorized northwest England in the 1970s and '80s.

RED RIDING: 1974
Yorkshire - a time of paranoia, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford (Andrew Garfield) is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit that characterises a police investigation into a series of child abductions. Dir. Julian Jarrold (Brideshead Revisted), 105min, 35mm

RED RIDING: 1980
The “Ripper” has tyrannised Yorkshire for six long years and with the local police failing to make any progress, the Home Office sends in Manchester officer Peter Hunter (Paddy Constantine) to review the investigation. Having previously made enemies in the Yorkshire force while investigating a shooting incident in 1974, Hunter finds himself increasingly isolated when his version of events challenges their official line on the “Ripper.” Dir. James March (Man On Wire), 96min, 35mm

RED RIDING: 1983
Another young girl has disappeared and Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson (David Morrissey) recognises some alarming similarities to the abductions in 1974, forcing him to come to terms with the fact that he may have helped convict the wrong man. When local solicitor John Piggott is persuaded to fight this miscarriage of justice, he finds himself slowly uncovering a catalogue of cover ups. Dir. Anand Tucker (Shopgirl), 104min