Arlington Road
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Arlington Road film poster
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| Directed by | Mark Pellington |
| Produced by |
Tom Rosenberg Sigurjón Sighvatsson |
| Written by | Ehren Kruger |
| Starring |
Jeff Bridges Tim Robbins Joan Cusack Hope Davis Robert Gossett |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
| Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
| Edited by | Conrad Buff |
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| Distributed by |
Screen Gems (US) Universal Pictures (International) |
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Release date
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July 9, 1999 |
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Running time
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117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $31 million |
| Box office | $41.1 million |
Arlington Road is a 1999 American drama mystery thriller film, which tells the story of a widowed George Washington University professor who suspects his new neighbors are involved in terrorism and becomes obsessed with foiling their terrorist plot. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, and Hope Davis and is directed by Mark Pellington. Ehren Kruger wrote the script, which won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) Nicholl Fellowship in 1996. The film was to have been originally released by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, but was sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment before it opened. The eventual release was the first title for Screen Gems while PolyGram (now part of Universal Studios) handled foreign rights. tomandandy composed additional music in the film.
Michael Faraday (Jeff Bridges) is a widower and college history professor at George Washington University with a son, Grant (Spencer Treat Clark). While driving he encounters a boy, Brady (Mason Gamble), staggering in the road with horrific injuries to his hands. Michael takes him to hospital, and meets his parents Oliver (Tim Robbins) and Cheryl Lang (Joan Cusack), discovering they are his neighbors. The families soon become friends, and their sons join the Discoverers, a Scouts-style group.
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