Release Date: Jun 8, 2004 Region: 1 Runtime: 138 mins Studio: Warner Bros. Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Packaging: Custom Case Rating: R Features:
Commentary By Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon Beneath The Surface: Documentary Including Clint Eastwood's Elaboration On Why He Made the Film, Interviews With the Cast, and Journey Back to the Streets of Boston With Author Dennis Lehane From Page To Screen: Bravo Special Selections From the Charlie Rose Show Including Segments With Clint Eastwood, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon Theatrical Trailer CD Soundtrack
Superior acting, writing and direction are on impressive display in the Oscar-winning Mystic River, Clint Eastwood's 24th directorial outing and one of the finest films of 2003. Sharply adapted by LA Confidential Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland from the novel by Dennis Lehane, this chilling mystery revolves around three boyhood friends in working-class Boston--played as adults by Tim Robbins, Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon. They're drawn together by a crime from the past and a murder (of the Penn character's 19-year-old daughter) in the present. These dual tragedies arouse a vicious cycle of suspicion, guilt and repressed anxieties, primed to explode with devastating and unpredictable results. Eastwood is perfectly in tune with this brooding material, giving his flawless cast (including Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurence Fishburne) ample opportunity to plumb the depths of a resonant human tragedy, leading to an ambiguous ending that qualifies Mystic River for contemporary classic status. --Jeff Shannon
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