
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Julian Jarrold, 2009
Nineteen Seventy Four
David Peace, 1999
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 is a movie directed by Julian Jarrold in 2009 and based on the book Nineteen Seventy Four by David Peace, first published in 1999. The movie features Andrew Garfield, David Morrissey, John Henshaw, Anthony Flanagan, Warren Clarke, Jennifer Hennessy, and others.
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Storyline
Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 1974. A young and inexperienced journalist, Eddie Dunford, tries to follow the news through the increasingly complex maze of lies and deception that dominates the police investigation into a series of girls’ kidnappings. He will soon discover that the truth in Yorkshire is an irreversible path. And the price to be paid is very high.
Movie vs Book

Year
2009
Minutes
102
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Director: Julian Jarrold
Country: UK
Year: 2009
Length: 1h42m

Year
1999
Pages
320
Book Rate
7.22
S: Goodreads
Book
Nineteen Seventy Four
Author: David Peace
Country: UK
First published in: 1999
Length: 320 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Red Riding Quartet
User polls & recommendations
“The biggest challenge of adapting the book was trying to make the inner lives of the characters legible through their outward actions.”
SALLY ROONEY (Writer)
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