Mystic River (movie)

Mystic River
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Directed byClint Eastwood
Screenplay byBrian Helgeland
Based onMystic River
by Dennis Lehane
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Stern
Edited byJoel Cox
Music byClint Eastwood
Production
companies
  • Village Roadshow Pictures
  • Malpaso Productions
  • NPV Entertainment
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • May 23, 2003 (2003-05-23) (Cannes)
  • October 15, 2003 (2003-10-15) (United States)
Running time
137 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25–30 million[2][3]
Box office$156.6 million[2][3]

Mystic River is a 2003 American neo-noir mystery drama movie directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The screenplay, written by Brian Helgeland, was based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane.

The movie was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Penn, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress for Harden, and Best Supporting Actor for Robbins.

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  1. ↑ "Mystic River (15)". British Board of Film Classification. September 10, 2003. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Mystic River". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved September 4, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Mystic River (2003) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.