Station Agent

Theatrical Release Date: 2003 10 03 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 096009776091

Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Profanity, Drug Content]

Summary: Actor and playwright Tom McCarthy makes his feature film debut as a writer/director with the quirky comedy drama The Station Agent. In New Jersey, Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) is a four-foot-tall lonely man who chooses to live the life of a hermit in an abandoned train yard following the death of his friend. While he is there, he unexpectedly meets and befriends a couple of fellow loners. Troubled Olivia (Patricia Clarkson) is an artist devastated by the loss of her son and separation from her husband, while carefree and friendly Joe (Bobby Cannavale) runs a hot dog stand. The three unlikely friends each deal with their urge to connect compared with their individual need for isolation. Also starring Raven Goodwin, Paul Benjamin, and Michelle Williams. The Station Agent won the Audience award at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Dramatic Audience Award – Sundance Film Festival Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Sundance Film Festival Outstanding Performance – Sundance Film Festival Best Supporting Actress – Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress – National Society of Film Critics Best Actor – Screen Actors Guild Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Ensemble – Screen Actors Guild Best Original Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Supporting Actress – National Board of Review Best Picture – National Board of Review John Cassavetes Award – Independent Spirit Awards Best First Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards Best Actor – Independent Spirit Awards Producers Award – Independent Spirit Awards Most Promising Performer – Chicago Film Critics Association

Station Agent

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/10/2012

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 90 Minutes

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits: Train Guys [5:56]
2. Leaving a Life Behind [4:18]
3. Gorgeous Frank's [2:15]
4. Running Into Fin [4:44]
5. A Walk About Town [1:08]
6. Olivia Pops In [4:47]
7. "You're the Man" [3:14]
8. "My Name's Fin" [3:06]
9. Train-Watching [5:17]
10. Giving Thanks [3:58]
11. "Walking the Right-of-Way" [3:15]
12. Enjoying Life [5:20]
13. "Trains Are Really Cool" [4:44]
14. Simple and Boring? [2:20]
15. Fin's Nice Chin [2:40]
16. Waiting for Friends [4:53]
17. To Be Left Alone [5:31]
18. The Station Agent [2:19]
19. "Here I Am!" [3:38]
20. Reckoning [5:40]
21. End Credits [7:02]

Perry Seibert

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. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Maile Flanagan  Actor 
John Slattery  Actor 
Sarah Bolger  Actor 
Richard Kind  Actor 
Joe Lo Truglio  Actor 
Annie Del Moro  Actor 
Jase Blankfort  Actor 
Lynn Cohen  Actor 
Carlos Rosas  Actor 
Jayce Bartok  Actor 
Marla Sucharetza  Actor 
Jeremy Bergman  Actor 
Ileen Getz  Actor 
Josh Pais  Actor 
Mary Jane Skalski  Producer 
Kathryn Tucker  Producer 
Stephen Trask  Composer (Music Score) 
Robert May  Producer 
Tom McCarthy  Director 
Tom McCarthy  Screenwriter 
Peter Dinklage  Actor 
Patricia Clarkson  Actor 
Bobby Cannavale  Actor 
Raven Goodwin  Actor 
Paul Benjamin  Actor 
Michelle Williams  Actor 

Country: USA