Title: Red Riding Trilogy
Genre: Crime Drama, Mystery
Studio: IFC Films
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Rebecca Hall, Sean Bean, Warren Clarke, Eddie Marsan, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan, Paddy Considine, Jim Carter, Sean Harris, Maxine Peake, Tony Pitts, Leslie Sharp, Daniel Mays, Saskia Reeves
Directors: 1974 – Julian Jarrold, 1980 – James Marsh, 1983 – Anand Tucker
Screenwriter: David Grioni, from novels by David Peace
Producers: Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, Wendy Brazington
Website: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-red-riding-trilogy
Synopsis: The Red Riding Trilogy is a BBC adaptation of the tetralogy of novels by British writer David Peace, Red Riding Quartet. The books use actual serial murders, including the Yorkshire Ripper case, as part of the narrative spine, although the broader theme of the story is multi-level government corruption. The producers have chosen a novel approach to adapting the books to the screen. Rather than compressing all four books into a single film, they’ve chosen the expanded form of the mini-series. But they haven’t created a mini-series in the obvious sense of the term. Instead, three separate feature films have been produced, each one helmed by a different director. The three segments are titled 1974, 1980 and 1983, and the temporal jumps accentuate the machinery-stalling effects of corruption in public office.