The Year of the Rat
2003, English. Directed by Julie Ng.
Making a studio film is a huge collaborative effort, whether it's an epic period blockbuster or a small horror movie about a lonely man and his pet rat. This is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the filmmaking process of the feature film, "Willard" through the eyes of a film student, who soon discovers that making movies isn't anywhere near as glamourous as those EPK specials would like the public to believe. "The Year of the Rat" exposes the innards of filmmaking in such a way that even without the glamour, it doesn't make the process any less fascinating or romantic an idea; that we can still find the making of a movie about killer rats an amazing and compulsive act.
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- 1h 13m
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- English
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The Year of the Rat isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 October 2003. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Year of the Rat?
The Year of the Rat (2003) was directed by Julie Ng and stars Crispin Glover, Kristen Cloke, Jackie Burroughs.