《Mystic River》　神秘河　難以忘懷的命運糾結(jié)

No.050　《Mystic River》　神秘河　難以忘懷的命運糾結(jié)

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Mystic River is a 2003 American drama film directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Emmy Rossum.

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. When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum (Penn), Dave Boyle (Robbins) and Sean Devine (Bacon) spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood of East Buckingham. Nothing much ever happened, that is, until Dave was forced to take a ride that would change all of their lives forever.

Twenty-five years later, the three find themselves thrust back together by another life-altering event—the murder of Jimmy's 19-year-old daughter. Now a homicide detective, Sean and his partner (Fishburne) are assigned to the case. They must also stay one step ahead of Jimmy, a man driven by an all consuming rage to find his daughter's killer. Connected to the crime by a series of circumstances, Dave is forced to confront the demons of his own past. Demons that threaten to destroy his marriage and any hope he may have for a future. As the investigation tightens around these three friends, an ominous story unfolds that revolves around friendship, family and innocence lost too soon.

Mystic River was well received by critics as well as viewers. The film has an 87% approval rating based on 191 reviews from critics at the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, and an even higher rating of 95% from its "Top Critics". At the website MetaCritic, which utilizes a normalized rating system, the film earned a rating of 84/100 ("universal acclaim") based on 42 reviews. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote"Clint Eastwood pours everything he knows about directing into Mystic River. His film sneaks up, messes with your head, and then floors you. You can't shake it. It's that haunting, that hypnotic." The Sun wrote that the film was "a haunting masterpiece and probably (Eastwood's) best film to date".

The film earned $156,822,020 worldwide with$90,135,191 in the U.S. and $66,686,829 in the international box office, which is significantly higher than the film's $30,000,000 budget.

The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor. Sean Penn won Best Actor and Tim Robbins won Best Supporting Actor, making Mystic River the first film to win both awards since Ben-Hur in 1959.

獲獎情況

2004年第76屆奧斯卡：最佳男主角、最佳男配角獎，并榮獲最佳影片提名、最佳導(dǎo)演提名、最佳女配角提名、最佳改編劇本提名。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：克林特·伊斯特伍德

編?。翰既R恩·海爾格蘭德

主演：西恩·潘、蒂姆·羅賓斯、凱文·貝肯、勞倫斯·菲什伯恩

類型：劇情、懸疑、驚悚、犯罪

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國、澳大利亞

上映日期：2003-10-15（美國）

片長：138分鐘

又名：《懸河殺機》《神秘之河》《神秘河流》《殺人約會》《神秘懸河》

劇情簡介

吉米·馬庫（西恩·潘　飾），戴夫·博伊爾（蒂姆·羅賓斯飾）和西恩·德維（凱文·貝肯飾）這三個孩子是形影不離的好朋友，他們都住在美國波士頓的一個貧民街區(qū)，一起玩耍一起打架一起成長。這份美好的童年友誼是如此單純而牢固，似乎他們注定了會是一輩子的好朋友。直到10歲那年，戴夫在一次玩耍的時候不幸遭人綁架并受到性虐待，被營救回來后的戴夫變了一個人，對所有人都很冷漠，三個好朋友的友誼也慢慢疏遠(yuǎn)破碎，以至于最終失去了聯(lián)絡(luò)。

25年以后，三個童年好友被一起兇殺案重新湊到一起。吉米19歲的女兒凱蒂被殘忍地殺害，負(fù)責(zé)這起案件的警官正是西恩，此時他已是一名警探，面對好友女兒的被害，心急地要找出真兇。當(dāng)他越深入調(diào)查，越發(fā)現(xiàn)所有的證據(jù)都指向了他們的童年好友戴夫。原來，兒時被綁架的陰影一直影響著戴夫，在他溫文平和的外表下，隱藏著人格上的陰暗和壓抑。

因為案件，三個兒時的好友關(guān)系變得劍拔弩張，過去的友誼，如今的對立。每個人都面臨著矛盾掙扎，每個人都被迫著去面對內(nèi)心那個真正的自我，每個人也都必須回頭去注視自己不為人知的過去，不管是美好，還是痛苦。

制作花絮

為了演好他的角色，凱文·貝肯曾經(jīng)到美國馬薩諸塞州警察局的辦公室工作過。

小說《神秘之河》的作者丹尼斯·雷哈尼，出現(xiàn)在游行鏡頭中的一輛敞篷汽車后面，看見他正在揮手。

電影拍攝花了39天。

在電影結(jié)束的時候，樂隊演奏的音樂是約翰·菲利普·索沙的“永遠(yuǎn)忠誠”。

重點學(xué)習(xí)

His film sneaks up

Sneak up是英語中的一個固定搭配，它是“悄悄地靠近（或走近）”的意思，比如：Most of the time your choice will sneak up on you before you even realize you've made a decision. （多數(shù)時候，在你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己做出了一個決定之前，你的選擇已經(jīng)悄然來到你身邊。）

Messes with your head

文中的mess with是英語中的一個固定搭配，在文中它是“干擾；搞亂；弄糟”的意思，比如：Be confident, don't let anyone mess with your dream.（要自信，不要讓任何人干擾你的夢想。）此外，mess with常用于口語中，是“不恰當(dāng)?shù)貙Υ橙耍?rdquo;的意思，比如：Don't mess with me,tell me the truth.（別糊弄我，告訴我真實情況。）

單詞時間

neighborhood[?neib?hud] n. 附近；街坊；接近

rough[r?f] adj. 粗糙的；粗略的；粗野的；艱苦的；未經(jīng)加工的

stickball[?stikb?:l] n. （美）棍子球游戲

blue-collar[?blu:?k?l?] adj. 藍(lán)領(lǐng)階級的，體力勞動者的

thrust[θr?st] vi. 插入；用向某人刺去；猛然或用力推

homicide[?h?misaid] n. 殺人；殺人犯

demon[?di:m?n] n. 惡魔；魔鬼；精力充沛的人；邪惡的事物

investigation[in?vesti?ɡei??n] n. 調(diào)查；調(diào)查研究

ominous[??min?s] adj. 預(yù)兆的；不吉利的

unfold[??n?f?uld] vt. 打開；呈現(xiàn)

haunting[?h?:nti?] adj. 不易忘懷的，縈繞于心頭的；給人以強烈感受的