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, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
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[edit] Plot
Finbar "Fin" McBride (Peter Dinklage) is a handsome 30-ish single guy with achondroplasic dwarfism. The beginning of the film demonstrates the reason why Fin is so withdrawn, as the people around him treat him poorly and he consequently feels increasingly ostracized. He becomes bitter and isolative. He works at a model train hobby shop owned by a similarly silent friend Henry (Paul Benjamin). Henry dies unexpectedly and his will leaves Fin a bit of property with a former railroad station agent's living quarters on it. Fin sets off to find the place by walking down the railroad tracks, as he doesn't drive. He moves into the old building hoping for a life of solitude.
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 eagerly friendly 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 positive and it grossed more than $5,000,000. The film won awards at several film festivals and several year end awards.[1] Among these 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] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Peter Dinklage | Finbar McBride |
| Bobby Cannavale | Joe Oramas |
| Patricia Clarkson | Olivia Harris |
| Michelle Williams | Emily |
| Paul Benjamin | Henry Styles |
| Raven Goodwin | Cleo |
| Paula Garces | Cashier |
| Josh Pais | Carl |
| John Slattery | David |
| Jayce Bartok | Chris |
| Lynn Cohen | Patty (Good to Go store) |
[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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