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Contents.Plot summary The novel revolves around three boys who grow up as friends in — Dave Boyle, Sean Devine, and Jimmy Marcus. When the story opens, we see Dave abducted by while he, Sean, and Jimmy are horsing around on a neighborhood street. Dave escapes and returns home days later, emotionally shattered by his experience. The book then moves forward 25 years: Sean has become a homicide detective, Jimmy is an ex-convict who currently owns a convenience store, and Dave is a shell of a man. Jimmy's daughter disappears and is found brutally murdered in a city park, and that same night, Dave comes home to his wife, covered in blood. Sean is assigned to investigate the murder, and the three childhood friends are caught up in each other's lives again.Film adaptation , the -winning adaptation of the novel, was released in 2003. The film was directed by and starred as Jimmy Markum (the character's last name was changed from Marcus to Markum for the film), as Dave, and as Sean.
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Sean Penn won the and Tim Robbins won the for their respective performances. It was also nominated for four other Academy Awards:, (Eastwood), , and.Awards and nominations Mystic River won the 2002 presented by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. The same year, it also won the.
Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003).
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