The Station Agent
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| The Station Agent | |
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| Directed by | Thomas McCarthy |
| Produced by | Robert May Mary Jane Skalski Kathryn Tucker |
| Written by | Thomas McCarthy |
| Starring | Peter Dinklage Patricia Clarkson Bobby Cannavale Michelle Williams Paul Benjamin |
| Music by | Stephen Trask |
| Cinematography | Oliver Bokelberg |
| Editing by | Tom McArdle |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | January 26, 2003 (Sundance premiere) October 3, 2003 (limited) |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 (estimated) |
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The Station Agent is a 2003 American independent film about a dwarf who moves to live in an abandoned train station in rural Newfoundland, New Jersey to live a life of solitude. It was written and directed by Thomas McCarthy.
[edit] Plot
Finbar "Fin" McBride (Peter Dinklage) inherits a property with a disused train depot on it after his friend and co-owner of the model train shop where Fin works, Henry (Paul Benjamin), dies. Fin moves out to the train depot and wishes for a peaceful life. He finds himself reluctantly becoming enmeshed in the lives of his neighbors, especially Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), a forty-year-old artist who has troubles with her broken marriage and is coping with the death of her young son, and Joe (Bobby Cannavale) a thirty-year-old Cuban American who is working in his dad's snack truck for the summer.
[edit] Reactions
Reviews for the film were very positive, and it grossed more than $5,000,000. It was also a hit at several film festivals and year end awards.[1] Among the awards the film won were:
- Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA Awards.
- Best Supporting Actress at the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.
- Best First Screenplay, the John Cassavetes Award, and the Producers Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.
- Best Screenplay at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.
- Patricia Clarkson was named Best Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review.
- Audience Award, Special Jury Prize, and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- The Station Agent at the Internet Movie Database
- The Station Agent at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Station Agent at Box Office Mojo
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