The Raven

Titolo originale: The Raven
Regia: James McTeigue |
Anno: 2012
Origine: Hungary | Serbia | Spain | United States of America |
Generi: Crime Thriller Mistero
Tag: poison | blackmail | masked ball | baltimore, usa | buried alive | historical figure | serial killer | deadline | newspaper review | newspaper office | hard times | life imitates art | pendulum |
Cast: John Cusack | Luke Evans | Alice Eve | Brendan Gleeson | Kevin McNally | Oliver Jackson-Cohen | Jimmy Yuill | Pam Ferris | Brendan Coyle | Sam Hazeldine | Adrian Rawlins | Aidan Feore | Dave Legeno | Michael Cronin | Michael Poole | Michael Shannon | Charity Wakefield | John Warnaby | Matt Slack | Ian Virgo | Michael J. Fourticq Sr. | Jasmina Ilic | Teodora Uveric | Kristof Farkas | Luka Mijatović | József Tálos | Matt Devere | Sergej Trifunović | Miloš Đuričić | Mike Kelly | Bojan Perić | Ana Sofrenović | Steve Agnew | Malina Nikolic | Miklós Kapácsy | Andrew Hefler | Pierre Boris Jaurdin | Tamara Krcunović | Jason Ryan | Antal Publik | László Konter | Mark C. Phelan | Krisztián Peer | Annamária Ördög | Ádám Földi | Dejan Cubrilov | Máté Haumann | Péter Fancsikai | Sava Rapic |

Nel 1849 Edgar Allan Poe vive a Baltimora in pessime condizioni economiche, elemosinando bevute nelle locande e qualche angolo nei giornali locali per pubblicare le sue poesie. Unica luce della sua esistenza è Emily, la giovane e ricca figlia di un militare in pensione, che lo scrittore è intenzionato a sposare contro il fermo volere del padre. Una notte, la polizia ritrova il cadavere di due donne, una madre e una figlia, in un appartamento chiuso dall'interno senza possibili vie di fuga. L'ispettore Emmett Fields riconosce nella scena dell'omicidio gli stessi dettagli narrati da Poe nel racconto I delitti della Rue Morgue e decide di coinvolgerlo nelle indagini. Lo scrittore diviene così suo malgrado l'unica persona in grado di interpretare gli indizi lasciati sul luogo dall'estimatore assassino.

Approfondimenti

Some scenes were shot on the same sets as the BBC Jonas Armstrong starring version of Robin Hood (20 [...] D
The film posits a fictional representation of the last days in the life of Edgar Allan Poe. In reali [...] D
John Cusack incorrectly quotes 'The Raven' when performing the poem in public. He says, "The lamplig [...] D
Some of the scenes were shot in Elementary School "Svetozar Miletic" in Zemun. Part of the money whi [...] D
Joaquin Phoenix was at one point in negotiations to star in the project together with Jeremy Renner. [...] D
Luke Evans (Inspector Fields) is shot at Holy Cross Church, and subsequently the doctor is tending t [...] D
The man who is cut in half by the pendulum is named Rufus Wilmot Griswold. In real life Rufus Wilmot [...] D
Edgar Allan Poe only made $9 for his poem "The Raven". However, in 1845 $9 would be equivalent to ap [...] D
When talking about navigation techniques Poe, played by John Cusack, mentions he went to West Point [...] D
Kevin McNally and Brendan Coyle were both in HBO's Conspiracy - Soluzione finale (2001). D
In the dance scene, there are people disguised with wings, resembling ravens. D
The words Poe utters before his death in the movie ("May God have mercy on my poor soul") were, repo [...] D
Alice Eve spent two days in a box for her scenes of the entrapped Emily. D
The first trailer was released on 7 October 2011, 162 years to the day after Poe's mysterious death. D
Noomi Rapace was offered the role of Emily. D
At the time of filming writer William S. Tribell was living in the flat featured in the opening scen [...] D
Ewan McGregor (as Edgar Allan Poe) and Jeremy Renner (as Inspector Emmet Fields) were originally att [...] D
During the Masquerade ball when Edgar Allan Poe sees Emily Hamilton descend the staircase and enter, [...] D
Near the end it's implied the villain intends to stalk and murder French author Jules Verne next. In [...] D
Sylvester Stallone had tried to set up a rival Poe biopic. He had Robert Downey Jr. lined up to star [...] D
Although set in Baltimore, the film was actually made in Hungary and Serbia with a mainly British ca [...] D