Poe (2012)
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Synopsis
When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack).
But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also in the manner of a popular Poe story. Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe's writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author's help in unraveling the case. But when someone very dear to Poe could become the murderer's next victim, the stakes become dangerously high as the inventor of the modern detective story must draw on his own powers of deduction to solve the case before it's too late.
Directed by James McTeigue
Produced by Marc D Evans
Trevor Macy
Aaron Ryder
Written by Ben Livingston
Hannah Shakespeare
Starring
John Cusack
Alice Eve
Brendan Gleeson
Luke Evans
Kevin McNally
Pam Ferris
Sergej Trifunovic
Ian Virgo
Sam Hazeldine
Music by Lucas Vidal
Cinematography Danny Ruhlmann
Editing by Niven Howie
Studio Relativity Media
FilmNation Entertainment
Intrepid Pictures
Distributed by Rogue
Release date: March 9, 2012 (UK)
April 27, 2012 (USA)
Running time: 111 minutes
Language: English
Budget: $26 million
Box office: $22,277,224
