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.

Errori

Poe didn't actually own a racoon as a pet. In real life, though, he had a fondness for cats - clearl [...] D
In the opening scene of the movie, it says Edgar Allan Poe was found near death on a park bench in B [...] D
Numerous times in the movie, Poe refers to himself as Edgar Allan Poe, but in fact he didn't like be [...] D
Poe places his lantern on the table before pushing it over, lantern and all, to reveal the trapdoor. [...] D
When Detective Fields is chasing Reynolds in the tunnels, at one point he blows out the lantern. In [...] D
Poe is asked if he had written anything about a sailor, and responds "No." In truth, Poe had written [...] D
Edgar, after kicking over the table in order to hammer and claw at the floorboards to further gain a [...] D
The pistol that is carried by Inspector Fields, and also by many of the Baltimore Police Officers, a [...] D
The detective tells Poe that the victim had her throat cut with a "straight razor". A straight razor [...] D
In one scene, a newspaper is seen with a headline containing the phrase "Serial Killer." While the f [...] D
The dance that begins the ballroom scene is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Waltz", from his "Children's [...] D
Ivan, the typesetter, tells Poe that he is the writer's biggest fan. The word "fan" (short for "fan [...] D
At the end, Ivan says he is off to do the same to Jules Verne. However, in 1849, when the film is se [...] D
Detective Fields reads 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' story from the book 'Tales of the Grotesque a [...] D
Towards the end of the film, Detective Fields knocks over an ink bottle and empties the desk's conte [...] D
The Baltimore City Police badges worn by the uniformed officers in the film were not issued until la [...] D
When Poe is moving the table after he has drunk the poison, he leans against a "stone" wall to move [...] D
In one scene the doctor is using a magnet to locate a bullet in Detective Fields' body. Bullets are [...] D
Poe arrived in Baltimore, en route from Richmond, Virginia, to New York, at the end of September, 19 [...] D
The pistol Captain Hamilton points at Poe in the carriage, in 1849, is a Remington double-barrel der [...] D
The fire marshal's hat and coat have the common misspelling "FIRE MARSHALL." D
When Poe is punched in the face by Captain Hamilton, Poe slowly brings a handkerchief to his face. A [...] D
In the pendulum scenes, the victim spits up lots of blood all around his face, chin, and neck. In th [...] D
Emily, confessing her attraction to Poe, recites two lines from "Annabelle Lee." This poem was not p [...] D
Both Emily and Poe used the phrase, "Ok" several times. "Ok" in the 1800's was a colloquial phrase m [...] D
When Reynolds pours the poison into the little glass, he fills it to the brim. However, when he push [...] D