Overview
- Arte schedules the 2003 crime drama for Sunday, November 23, at 21:00, highlighting a new round of retrospectives in French media.
- The story follows three childhood friends from a working-class Boston neighborhood whose lives are upended when a past trauma resurfaces after a young woman’s killing.
- Sean Penn and Tim Robbins lead the cast with Kevin Bacon, with Penn winning Best Actor and Robbins Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars.
- Coverage recalls Eastwood’s approach: shooting on location in Massachusetts, composing the score himself, and completing principal photography in a brisk 39 days.
- Reports also revisit a casting twist that preceded filming, with Michael Keaton said to have exited after a dispute before Kevin Bacon took the role.