Mystic River (2003)

Regisseur:

Clint Eastwood

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Dennis Lehane (novel)
Brian Helgeland (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

15. Oktober 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Mystery

Werbezeile:

We bury our sins, we wash them clean.

Plot:

With a childhood tragedy that overshadowed their lives, three men are reunited by circumstance when one loses a daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Sexual Abuse | Investigation | Music Score Composed By Director | Child Rape

Filmpreise:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 62 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Eastwood's next Oscar hit after "Unforgiven"

Besetzung

Sean Penn	...	Jimmy Markum
Tim Robbins	...	Dave Boyle
Kevin Bacon	...	Sean Devine
Laurence Fishburne	...	Sgt. Whitey Powers
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Celeste Boyle
Laura Linney	...	Annabeth Markum
Kevin Chapman	...	Val Savage
Tom Guiry	...	Brendan Harris (as Thomas Guiry)
Emmy Rossum	...	Katie Markum
Spencer Treat Clark	...	Silent Ray Harris
Andrew Mackin	...	John O'Shea
Adam Nelson	...	Nick Savage
Robert Wahlberg	...	Kevin Savage
Jenny O'Hara	...	Esther Harris
John Doman	...	Driver

Alternativ:

Mystic River (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and violence.

Länge:

137 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (cut) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 (bw) | Italy:T | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39873)

Drehorte:

Bear dens, Long Crouch Woods, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Firma:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Dies und das:

The liquor store scene was shot at Costello's, a liquor store on Boylston Street in the Back Bay, next to Berklee College of Music. After filming, screen shots from that scene were placed in the front display windows. Costello's closed in January 2007.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Jimmy is looking for a headstone for Katie, the dolly tracks are reflected in one of the headstones.

Dialogzitate:

Jimmy Markum: Admit what you did.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in University Heights: A Look Behind the Scenes (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Black Emerald Blues

Eastwood's next Oscar hit after "Unforgiven"

Eastwood's big Oscar hit after "Unforgiven", that other masterpiece directed by Dirty Harry himself. "Mystic River" is based on the bestselling novel by Dennis Lehane and it has an incredible cast. The main leads are for Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. Furthermore we have Laurence "Morpheus" Fishburne, Laura Linney and Marcia Gay Harden. The movie itself is very dark and sober without much music. The story is brilliantly written and the acting is without any doubt superb.

I'm glad Sean Penn finally won an Academy Award, he's a brilliant actor and he certainly deserves the recognition. Tim Robbins was good as well, but I think Benicio del Toro should have won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance in "21 Grams" was much more superior to Robbins' performance in "Mystic River". Anyway, that's just what I think. Kevin Bacon was excellent as well and he is one of the most underrated actors of his generation. Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney were good as usual.

Although I very much enjoyed this movie, it didn't exactly turned out to be the masterpiece I was expecting. But that's maybe because this was only the first time I watched it. Anyway, I'm still looking forward to see Eastwood's masterpiece of this year: "Million Dollar Baby". But this movie is absolutely worth seeing as well.

8,5/10