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THE WICKER MAN

by Robin Hardy

synopsis

On Sunday, April 29, 1973, Sergeant Neil Howie with the West Highland Constabulary flies solo to Summerisle off the coast of Scotland. He is there to follow up on a letter addressed specifically to him from an anonymous source on Summerisle reporting that a twelve year old girl who lives on the island, Rowan Morrison, the daughter of May Morrison, has long been missing. The correspondence includes a photograph of Rowan. Upon his arrival on Summerisle, Howie finds that the locals are a seemingly simple minded lot who provide little information beyond the fact that they know of no Rowan Morrison and do not know the girl in the photo. Mrs. Morrison admits to having a daughter, seven year old Myrtle, but no Rowan. As Howie speaks to more and more people, he begins to believe that Rowan does or did live on the island, but that the locals are hiding their knowledge of her. He also begins to see that the locals all have pagan beliefs, their "religion" which centers on procreation as the ...

original title: The Wicker Man
country: United Kingdom
year: 1973
genre: fiction
directed by: Robin Hardy
film run: 88'
release date: UK 06/12/1973, IE 18/01/1974, IT 07/1974, NO 19/09/1974, FI 1983, ES 1984, SE 01/03/2006, FR 10/01/2007, DE 23/01/2009
screenplay: Anthony Shaffer
cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento
cinematography by: Harry Waxman
film editing: Eric Boyd-Perkins
costumes designer: Sue Yelland
producer: Peter Snell

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