Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood directs Sean Penn and Tim Robbins in Oscar-winning performances in this tale of a seemingly senseless murder ... and how the tragedy reawakens the buried trauma of a long-ago crime.

In Boston 25 years ago, 11-year-old Dave Boyle unwittingly gets into a car with two strangers. When he returns four days later, Dave is different in a way that destroys his friendship with Sean Devine and Jimmy Marcus.

Now Sean's a cop, Jimmy's a neighborhood store owner with a prison record and mob connections, and Dave's trying hard to keep his demons safely submerged. But when Jimmy's daughter is murdered, each of the men must confront a past that none wants to acknowledge. As the investigation tightens around these three, an ominous story unfolds - of friendship, family and innocence lost too soon.

CAST AND CREW

Tim Robbins Laura Linney Marcia Gay Harden Sean Penn Laurence Fishburne Clint Eastwood

GENRE

Drama

CERTIFICATE

Contains strong violence and language

RUN TIME

2 hours 17 minutes

RELEASED

2003