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The Station Agent
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
2003 · Directed by Tom McCarthy · 88 min · Drama · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
Loneliness is much better when you have got someone to share it with.
Crew
- Written by: Tom McCarthy
- Cinematography: Oliver Bokelberg
- Edited by: Tom McArdle
- Music: Stephen Trask
- Production design: John Paino
- Produced by: Robert May, Mary Jane Skalski, Kathryn Tucker
Cast
- Peter Dinklage as Finbar McBride
- Patricia Clarkson as Olivia Harris
- Bobby Cannavale as Joe Oramas
- Michelle Williams as Emily
- Raven Goodwin as Cleo
- Paul Benjamin as Henry Styles
- Jase Blankfort as Store Customer
- Paula Garcés as Cashier
- Josh Pais as Carl
- Richard Kind as Louis Tiboni
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Next Wednesday Productions, SenArt Films
- Budget: $500,000
- Box office: $8,701,337
- Themes: friendship, new jersey, small person, meditative
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