Mystic River (film)

Mystic River
Dark rippling water reflects the shadowy silhouettes of three people
Theatrical release poster
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
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • October 15, 2003 (2003-10-15)
Running time
138 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25–30 million[2][3]
Box office$156.6 million[2]

Mystic River is a 2003 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Clint Eastwood, and starring 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 by Dennis Lehane. It is the first film in which Eastwood was credited as composer of the score.

The film was a critical and commercial success. Mystic River was nominated for six awards at the 76th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning Best Actor for Penn, and Best Supporting Actor for Robbins.

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

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