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The Station Agent (2003)
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Rarely has cinema come up with a lead character with so many social handicaps as Finbar McBride, played here by Peter Dinklage. He seems to have no emotions, he is a dwarf, and his hobbies are model railways and trainspotting. Finbar works in a model shop and when the owner dies, he inherits a disused rural railway station in New Jersey. He shuns attention, but finds himself befriended by Joe (Bobby Cannavale), a gregarious young Cuban who runs his father's fast-food van, and Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), a local artist grieving for a dead son and a dead marriage. A ragbag collection of misfits and losers, they end up sitting, talking and trainspotting together. And that's about it. But the script strikes such a fine balance between comedy and the pain of living, and the characters are so beautifully observed, never demanding sympathy or even interest, that The Station Agent proves a strangely original and seductive experience. BP
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Running time
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85min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Comedy Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Tom McCarthy [Thomas McCarthy]
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Theatrical distributor
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Buena Vista
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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March 2004
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UK video release date
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September 2004
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| British Academy Film Awards 2003 |
Best Screenplay (Original) |
Thomas McCarthy |
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