Reservation Road

Release Date: October 19, 2007 (limited)
Studio: Focus Features
Director: Terry George
Screenwriter: John Burnham Schwartz, Terry George
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning
Genre: Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for language and some disturbing images)
Official Website: FilminFocus.com/ReservationRoad
Review: 7/10 rating
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: DVD
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Plot Summary: Based on the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by John Burnham Schwartz, this is the compelling new dramatic thriller from two-time Academy Award-nominated writer/director Terry George ("Hotel Rwanda"). A tale of anger, revenge, and great courage, the film follows two fathers as their families and lives converge. On a warm September evening, college professor Ethan Learner (two-time Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix), his wife Grace (Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly), and their daughter Emma (Elle Fanning) are attending a recital. Their 10-year-old son Josh (Sean Curley) is playing cello – beautifully, as usual. His younger sister looks up to him, and his parents are proud of their son. On the way home, they all stop at a gas station on Reservation Road. There, in one terrible instant, he is taken from them forever. On a warm September evening, law associate Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo) and his 11-year-old son Lucas (Eddie Alderson) are attending a baseball game. Their favorite team, the Red Sox, is playing – and, hopefully, heading for the World Series. Dwight cherishes his time spent with Lucas. Driving his son back to his ex-wife, Lucas' mother Ruth Wheldon (Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino), Dwight heads towards his fateful encounter at Reservation Road. The accident happens so fast that Lucas is all but unaware, while Ethan – the only witness – is all too aware, as a panicked Dwight speeds away. The police are called, and an investigation begins. Haunted by the tragedy, both fathers react in unexpected ways, as do Grace and Emma. As a reckoning looms, the two fathers are forced to make the hardest choices of their lives.

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Clip 1 - 'Other Possibilities' (10.5.07):
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Clip 2 - 'A Break in the Case' (10.5.07):
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Clip 3 - 'Dwight's Request' (10.5.07):
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Clip 4 - 'Catching the Killer' (10.5.07):
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Clip 5 - 'Ethan's Arrest' (10.5.07):
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