The Station Agent (2003)

The Station Agent (2003) (DVD) (*)

Out of Stock

Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Stockholm Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Thomas McCarthy

Written By:
Thomas McCarthy

Actors:
Peter Dinklage ..... Finbar McBride
Paul Benjamin ..... Henry Styles
Jase Blankfort ..... Store Customer
Paula Garcés ..... Cashier
Josh Pais ..... Carl
Richard Kind ..... Louis Tiboni
Bobby Cannavale ..... Joe Oramas
Patricia Clarkson ..... Olivia Harris
Lynn Cohen ..... Patty at the Good to Go
Raven Goodwin ..... Cleo
Marla Sucharetza ..... Janice
Michelle Williams ..... Emily
Jayce Bartok ..... Chris
Joe Lo Truglio ..... Danny
John Slattery ..... David

Synopsis:

Thomas McCarthy's Sundance -winning The Station Agent is a quiet, disarmingly simple movie about a man overcoming grief. Peter Dinklage gives one of the best performances of the year as Finbar McBride, a dwarf who inherits an abandoned train station after the death of his best, and possibly only, friend. McCarthy's storytelling is both leisurely and economical. His camera quietly observes Fin's taciturn ways and hints at why he has closed himself off emotionally from the world. Into his personal realm comes Olivia (Patricia Clarkson) a woman also dealing with grief of her own, and Joe (Bobby Cannavale) a man so charmingly good-natured and emotionally open that he manages to break through all of Fin's defenses. McCarthy's empathy for these characters shines through with the help of the three leads. Each of them delivers an emotionally penetrating performance without a hint of bravura. But it is the remarkable Dinklage who dominates the film. At one point, in a marijuana-fueled bit of personal revelation, Fin confesses that he is a really boring guy. His laugh after that admission signals his own trepidation at revealing so much of himself as well as his relief at being able to reveal himself to these new friends. The moment is simple and profound -- an apt description of the movie's poetic final scene as well as the film as a whole. The Station Agent is a perfect example of everything good about American independent film.

Winner of 2003 Sundance Film Festival awards (Best Drama, Audience Award; Best Screenplay, Tom McCarthy; Best Performance, Patricia Clarkson), THE STATION AGENT stars Emmy Award winner Patricia Clarkson (TV´s SIX FEET UNDER, FAR FROM HEAVEN), Peter Dinklage (ELF), and Bobby Cannavale (TV´s 24, THIRD WATCH) in a comedy about friendship that will have you smiling long after the final credits. Fin McBride (Dinklage), a loner with a passion for trains, inherits an abandoned train station in the middle of nowhere -- a place that suits him just fine because all he wants is to be alone. But that is not to be. Soon after moving in, he discovers his isolated depot is more like Grand Central Station. There´s Olivia (Clarkson), a distracted and troubled artist, and Joe (Cannavale), a friendly Cuban with an insatiable hunger for conversation. With absolutely nothing in common, they find their isolated lives coming together in a friendship none of them could foresee.

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 20 July, 2021.