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Mystic River (2003) Plus avec IMDbPro »

• In Dennis Lehane's novel, the surname of the characters of Jimmy and his family is Marcus, however in the film, it is Markum.
  
  
• While researching his character's occupation, Kevin Bacon had worked in the office of the Massachusetts State Police.
  
  
• More than 2,000 people who wanted to be extras in the movie showed up at the Boston Teachers Union on 14 September 2002 for the open casting call. Carolyn Pickman of Collinge-Pickman Casting told The Boston Globe a week later that about two-thirds of those trying out would be called to fill a church and a local bar, play spectators at a parade, or walk through other scenes. All types of people from the greater Boston area (and as far away as New Hampshire) attended the call, where they waited in long lines to eventually hand in their applications and get their pictures taken.
  
  
• Dennis Lehane, author of the novel "Mystic River", can be seen waving from the back of a convertible in the parade sequence.
  
  
• The film was shot in 39 days.
  
  
• The film that Dave watches on TV in the middle of the night is Vampires (1998).
  
  
• Clint Eastwood narrated the teaser trailer.
  
  
• Eli Wallach appears uncredited as a liquor store owner. This is the first time he has worked on a film with Clint Eastwood since the two of them starred in Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966).
  
  
• In the beginning of the movie when a young Dave is thrown into the backseat of the car, a man in the front seat turns around and flashes his ring - a bishop's ring. The book never indicates that the character was a priest, but it was added to the film since the filming was right in the middle of the priest scandal in the Boston Archdiocese.
  
  
• The situation at the opening of the movie is based on an incident when, as a child, author Dennis Lehane's mother castigated him for getting into a car with men who claimed to be plainclothes policemen.
  
  
• Forest Whitaker was the original choice for Whitey Powers and almost accepted, but had to back out due to other conflicts.
  
  
• The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All Time" by Premiere.
  
  
• Michael Keaton was originally cast as Sean Devine. He had done several script readings with the rest of the principal cast, and he had been doing research for the role with the Massachusetts State Police Department, and living in Boston for several weeks. A month before principal photography was to start, Keaton and director Clint Eastwood got into a huge argument, and Keaton left the project. A week later, Kevin Bacon was cast in the role.
  
  
• The liquor store scene was shot at Costello's, a liquor store on Boylston Street in the Back Bay, next to Berklee College of Music. After filming, screen shots from that scene were placed in the front display windows. Costello's closed in January 2007.
  
  
• The tune that the band is playing during the parade at the end of the movie is John Philip Sousa's "Semper Fidelis", which is Latin for "always faithful".
  
  
• At a press conference for his movie Mystic River (2003), Clint Eastwood condemned the Iraq war as a "big mistake" and defended Sean Penn's visit to Baghdad, saying he might have done the same thing but for his age.
  
  
• The studio executives at Warner Brothers wanted Clint Eastwood to shoot the film in Toronto, Canada to save money. Eastwood refused and pushed to have the film completely shot in Boston where the film is set.
  
  
• (spoiler) For the scene where Jimmy wails and thrashes in anguish at the discovery of Katie's body, Sean Penn requested a that tank of oxygen be standing by after he finished the take.
  
  

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