Arlington Road (1999)

A college professor begins to suspect that his neighbour is a terrorist.

Director:

Mark Pellington

Writer:

Ehren Kruger

Stars:

Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeff Bridges	...	Michael Faraday
Tim Robbins	...	Oliver Lang
Joan Cusack	...	Cheryl Lang
Hope Davis	...	Brooke Wolfe
Robert Gossett	...	FBI Agent Whit Carver
Mason Gamble	...	Brady Lang
Spencer Treat Clark	...	Grant Faraday
Stanley Anderson	...	Dr. Archer Scobee
Viviane Vives	...	Nurse
Lee Stringer	...	Orderly
Darryl Cox	...	Troopmaster
Loyd Catlett	...	Delivery Man
Sid Hillman	...	Phone Technician
Auden Thornton	...	Hannah Lang
Mary Ashleigh Green	...	Daphne Lang

Storyline

Widowed when his FBI agent wife is killed in an operation against terrorists, a college professor becomes increasingly obsessed with the culture and sub-society of these dangerous groups. The arrival of new neighbors, gives him new spirit, as they are gregarious and friendly, with two children that his son can be friends with. He is even beginning to see another woman. However, he begins to suspect something is odd about the neighbors, something about the way they don't want him to see certain parts of the house, or a set of blueprints they have there. Are his neighbors terrorists... or is the stress of losing his wife merely driving him past the point of paranoia?

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Plot Keywords:

professor | neighbor | fbi | college professor | terrorist | 

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Taglines:

How well do you know your neighbour?

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and some language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 July 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

O Suspeito da Rua Arlington

Filming Locations:

Houston, Texas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$21,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,515,145 (USA) (9 July 1999)

Gross:

$24,362,501 (USA) (24 September 1999)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Arlington Road Productions Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Faraday, Jeff Bridges' character, was also the name of a real-life chemist and scientist who did pioneering work in the field of electromagnetism. Michael Faraday is also the name of a street in Reston, Virginia, in which the film takes place.

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Goofs

Towards the end when someone says 'Stand-by' into the walkie-talkie, her mouth doesn't match the words she says.

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Quotes

Oliver Lang: Never wiser than when we're children. They say it and it's true. We'll never see things that clear again.

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Connections

References Dirty Work (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Do the Country Cha-Cha-Cha"
Courtesy of MasterSource Music Catalog

User Reviews

A great movie,with a very original ending.

Jeff Bridges and Tim Robbins stars in this very original thriller. I thought Tim Robbins did an excellent job as the bad guy and Jeff Bridges is as always good.This movie is one of the better thrillers I have seen, it has some very creepy scenes and the ending is one of a kind.I have read that many people was unsatisfied with the ending,but I must say that I really liked it.It shows that it does not always go the way we want and that life is not always fair. I will not spoil anything so I am just going to say that this is a movie you have to see and I promise that it will be one of the better movies you have seen in a while.