Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/08/2003(USA
Release Date: 06/08/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 138 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Directed by
Clint Eastwood, the mysterious
drama Mystic River is based on the novel by
Dennis Lehane and adapted by screenwriter
Brian Helgeland. Set in an Irish neighborhood in Boston,
Jimmy,
Sean, and
Dave are three childhood friends who are reunited after a brutal murder takes place. Reformed convict
Jimmy Markum (
Sean Penn) and his devoted wife
Annabeth (
Laura Linney) find out that their teenage daughter
Katie (
Emmy Rossum) has been beaten and killed.
Jimmy's old friend
Sean Devine (
Kevin Bacon) is the homicide detective assigned to the case, along with partner
Whitey Powers (
Laurence Fishburne).
Jimmy also gets his relatives, the Savage brothers (
Adam Nelson and
Robert Wahlberg), to conduct an investigation of their own.
Jimmy and
Sean both start to suspect their old pal,
Dave Boyle (
Tim Robbins), who lives a quiet life with his wife
Celeste (
Marcia Gay Harden) but harbors some disturbing secrets.
Clint Eastwood won a Golden Coach for
Mystic River at the
2003 Cannes Film Festival.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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