Mystic River

Resource Information

The work Mystic River represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dearborn Heights City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Mystic River

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment a Malpaso production ; producers, Clint Eastwood, Judie Hoyt, Robert Lorenz ; screenplay, Brian Helgeland ; directed by Clint Eastwood

Creator

• Mystic River (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Helgeland, Brian
• Robbins, Tim, 1958-
• Penn, Sean, 1960-
• Harden, Marcia Gay
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Malpaso (Company)
• NPV Entertainment (Firm)
• Lehane, Dennis
• Stern, Tom
• Lorenz, Robert
• Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
• Linney, Laura
• Village Roadshow Pictures
• Eastwood, Clint, 1930-
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Bacon, Kevin, 1958-
• Hoyt, Judie
• Cox, Joel

Subject

• Murder -- Investigation -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Drama
• Friendship -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Drama
• Detectives -- Massachusetts | Boston -- Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Feature films

Genre

• Feature films
• Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Boston childhood friends Jimmy, Sean and Dave are reunited after a brutal murder. Reformed convict Jimmy and his devoted wife Annabeth find out that their teenage daughter Katie has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean is the homicide detective assigned to the case. Jimmy gets his relatives, the Savage brothers to conduct their own investigation. Jimmy and Sean soon suspect their old pal Dave, who now lives a quite life, but harbors some disturbing secrets of his own

Awards note

Academy Award for Best Actor (Sean Penn), Best Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins), 2003

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editor, Joel Cox ; original music, Clint Eastwood ; costume designer, Deborah Hopper ; production designer, Henry Bumstead ; visual effects supervisor, Mark Freund

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for language and violence

Language note

English or dubbed French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney

Runtime

138

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action