The Raven

The Raven (2012)

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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.

Featured Crew

Hannah Shakespeare

Screenplay
Ben Livingston

Screenplay
James McTeigue

Director

Top Billed Cast

John Cusack

Edgar Allan Poe
Luke Evans

Detective Emmett Fields
Alice Eve

Emily
Brendan Gleeson

Colonel Hamilton
Kevin McNally

Maddux
Oliver Jackson-Cohen

John Cantrell

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Status Released

Original Language English

Runtime 1h 51m

Budget $26,000,000.00

Revenue $29,657,751.00

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Release Information

April 27, 2012
R, Theatrical

Genres

Thriller

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Featured Review

A review by John Chard

6.0

By John Chard

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... read the rest.

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