| | | We bury our sins, we wash them clean.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital 5.1, English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
Winner of 2 Academy Awards: Best Actor - Sean Penn, Best Supporting Actor - Tim Robbins
Jimmy. Dave. Sean. Friends who grew up in working-class Boston, they drift apart after a terrible tragedy. Years later, brutal events reconnect them. Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter is coldly murdered. Dave is a suspect. And Sean, now a cop, scrambles to solve the crime before volatile Jimmy takes the law into his own hands.
Working from Brian Helgeland's adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel, director Clint Eastwood shapes a masterwork, a brooding thriller built on family, friends and innocence lost. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon play the pivotal threesome, joining Lawrence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney in one of the most powerful casts ever. The river has many depths. Let it wash over you.
"Two thumbs way up!" Ebert & Roeper
"Mystic River is classic Eastwood, classic noir." Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
"The performances are uniformly remarkable." Robert Wilonsky, Dallas Observer
"Mystic River is a historic achievement, a work of art, an extraordinary film." The New Yorker
Editor's Note
In Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER, a murder mystery in South Boston unites three men who have been friends since childhood. Grippingly powerful performances from the entire cast--Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney--combined with gritty photography, an exceptionally emotional script, and a convincing working-class Boston setting make this film one of Eastwood's most consistent and penetrating works. Though they live in the same houses where they grew up, Jimmy (Penn), Dave (Robbins), and Sean (Bacon) have drifted apart over time. Their distance is due to a disturbing and violent episode that occurred when they were children. Even now, as adults married with kids, they have never managed to overcome their fear and guilt about what happened. Dave and his wife (Harden) still live next door to Jimmy, who is married to a tough-sexy blond (Linney) and has three daughters. When Jimmy's 19-year-old girl is murdered, he turns to Sean, who works as a policeman, and delivers an ultimatum: find the killer fast or I'll go after him myself. Little do they know, the culprit is the last person they'd ever suspect. This movie screened in October 2003 as part of the 41st New York Film Festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
| Features | "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 | | Audio Commentary By Tim Robbins And Kevin Bacon | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Selections From the Charlie Rose Show Including Segments With Clint Eastwood, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon | | Theatrical Trailer | | 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 |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 11/13/2007 |
| Running Time: 138 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2003 | | Catalog ID: 27721 | | UPC: 00085392772124 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (2004) |  | Sean Penn, Winner, Best Actor in a Leading Role | | Tim Robbins, Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role | | | Clint Eastwood, Nominee, Best Director | | | Robert Lorenz, et al., Nominee, Best Picture | | | Marcia Gay Harden, Nominee, Best Actress in a Supporting Role | | | Brian Helgeland, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | |
Golden Globe (2004) | | Sean Penn, Winner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | | Tim Robbins, Winner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...MYSTIC RIVER is a dark masterpiece that can stand with UNFORGIVEN. It takes a piece out of you..." 10/16/2003 p.94Entertainment Weekly
"...Magnificent....Eastwood directs MYSTIC RIVER with an invigorated grace and gravitas. This is a true American beauty of a movie..." 10/10/2003 p.97-8 Premiere
"...The real strength of MYSTIC RIVER is what's underneath the story -- the hearts and souls of the characters which are fearlessly and thoroughly plumbed by the cast..." 11/01/2003 p.22-4 Total Film
"...Brian Hegeland's script and Eastwood's controlled direction strike just the right balance, giving the actors room to work -- Penn's brimming rage is terrifying, his pain heartbreaking..." 11/01/2003 p.98 Los Angeles Times
"MYSTIC RIVER is a major American motion picture, an overpowering piece of work that involves some of the most basic human emotions..." 10/08/2003 p.C1 USA Today
"...Brooding and bursting with ambition that is substantially fulfilled..." 10/03/2003 p.1E Sight and Sound
"...Its care lies in performance, tone and theme....Eastwood's tone is mournful, autumnal..." 12/01/2003 p.47-8 Film Comment
"[P]owerful..." 01/01/2004 p.45 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 9 of 10
Getting the tone right for such a complex, genre-crossing story is a tricky thing, but Eastwood mast
Los Angeles Times 10 of 10
A major American motion picture, an overpowering piece of work that involves some of the most basic - Kenneth Turan
Rolling Stone 10 of 10
Clint Eastwood pours everything he knows about directing into Mystic River. His film sneaks u - Peter Travers
Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
To see strong acting like this is exhilarating. In a time of flashy directors who slice and dice the - Roger Ebert
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