As kids growing up together in a Boston, Jimmy (Sean Penn), Dave (Tim Robbins) and Sean (Kevin Bacon) spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood. Nothing much ever happened…until Dave was forced to take a ride that would change all of their lives forever. Twenty-five years later, the three find themselves thrust back together by another life altering event. MYSTIC RIVER is directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt and Clint Eastwood, with Bruce Berman serving as executive producer. The film stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden and Laura Linney, with the screenplay by Brian Helgeland based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. The director of photography is Tom Stern; Henry Bumstead serves as production designer; the film is edited by Joel Cox; music by Clint Eastwood with Lennie Niehaus conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. MPAA RATING R. Running Time: 2 hours 20 minutes.
