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Mystic River

Name: Mystic River
Director: Clint Eastwood
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Crime
Released: 2003
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

2003 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 138 min · Thriller · Drama · Mystery · Crime · 24 frames

Tagline

We bury our sins, we wash them clean.

Crew

Screenplay: Brian Helgeland
Cinematography: Tom Stern
Edited by: Joel Cox
Music: Clint Eastwood
Production design: Henry Bumstead
Produced by: Robert Lorenz, Clint Eastwood, Judie Hoyt

Cast

Sean Penn as Jimmy Markum
Tim Robbins as Dave Boyle
Kevin Bacon as Sean Devine
Laurence Fishburne as Whitey Powers
Marcia Gay Harden as Celeste Boyle
Laura Linney as Annabeth Markum
Kevin Chapman as Val Savage
Tom Guiry as Brendan Harris
Emmy Rossum as Katie Markum
Spencer Treat Clark as Silent Ray Harris

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Malpaso Productions
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $156,800,000
Themes: child abuse, sexual abuse, workers' quarter, based on novel or book, loss of loved one, suppressed past, boston, massachusetts, repayment, arbitrary law, loyalty

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