Search - Mystic River [3 Disc Deluxe Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 06/08/2004 Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Director's Cut,Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 18 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 3 Genres: Drama, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Urban Drama, Police Detective Film See Also: Mystic River [Widescreen], Mystic River [Fullscreen], Mystic River [Blu-ray]

Directed by Clint Eastwood, the mysterious drama Mystic River is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and adapted by screenwriter Brian Helgeland. Set in an Irish neighborhood in Boston, Jimmy, Sean, and Dave are three childhood friends who are reunited after a brutal murder takes place. Reformed convict Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn) and his devoted wife Annabeth (Laura Linney) find out that their teenage daughter Katie (Emmy Rossum) has been beaten and killed. Jimmy's old friend Sean Devine (Kevin Bacon) is the homicide detective assigned to the case, along with partner Whitey Powers (Laurence Fishburne). Jimmy also gets his relatives, the Savage brothers (Adam Nelson and Robert Wahlberg), to conduct an investigation of their own. Jimmy and Sean both start to suspect their old pal, Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins), who lives a quiet life with his wife Celeste (Marcia Gay Harden) but harbors some disturbing secrets. Clint Eastwood won a Golden Coach for Mystic River at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Sean Penn - Jimmy Markum
Kevin Bacon - Sean Devine
Tim Robbins - Dave Boyle
Laurence Fishburne - Whitey Powers
Marcia Gay Harden - Celeste Boyle
Laura Linney - Annabeth Markum

Clint Eastwood's multiple-award-winning adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel -Mystic River was released in three different DVD versions simultaneously. This edition offers the most extras. The film is presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of the movie. Tom Stern's subtle chiaroscuro lighting effects are presented cleanly. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. The soundtrack does a fabulous job of presenting Eastwood's haunting score, which is available by itself on a bonus CD that is packaged with this set. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by actors Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon. They are full of praise for Eastwood's directorial process, as well as fond memories of the time they spent on the set. They also end up just watching the film more often than one might expect. A pair of featurettes, consisting of interviews with all the major figures involved in the movie, and clips from The Charlie Rose Show round out this fine release from Warner Bros. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide