The Crow Road
The Crow Road ★★ 1996
Prentice Hogan comes back to his hometown for his grandmother's funeral. Old conflicts surface and Prentice becomes determined to solve the disappearance of his Uncle Rory, who's been missing seven years. As he reads his uncle's unpublished novel, Prentice discovers some very disturbing family secrets. Based on the novel by Iain Banks. 210m/C DVD . GB Joseph McFadden, Peter Capaldi, Dougray Scott, Bill Paterson, Stella Gonet, Valerie Edmond, David Robb; D: Gavin Mil-lar; W: Bryan Eisley; C: John Else; M: Colin Towns. TV
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BORN: 1771, Edinburgh, Scotland
DIED: 1832, Abbotsford, Scotland
NATIONALITY: Scottish
GENRE: Fiction, poetry
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