Arlington Road (1999)
- Directed by
- Mark Pellington
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1,264 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A widowed professor grows suspicious of his new neighbors and starts to believe they are plotting a terrorist attack. He becomes consumed with uncovering their plan while his fears threaten his personal life.
suspensefulparanoidtenseunsettlinggrimconspiratorialobsessivebrooding
What happens
Arlington Road is a 1999 neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Mark Pellington and starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, and Hope Davis. The film tells the story of a widowed George Washington University professor who suspects his new neighbors are involved in terrorism and becomes obsessed with foiling their terrorist plot. The film was heavily inspired by the growing concern in the 1990s regarding the right-wing militia movement, Ruby Ridge, the Waco siege and Oklahoma City bombing. Ehren Kruger wrote the script, which won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) Nicholl Fellowship in 1996. The film originally was to have been released by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, but the film's United States distribution rights were sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment for $6 million. The eventual release was the second title for Screen Gems (and its first wide theatrical release) while PolyGram (now part of Universal Studios) handled some foreign rights. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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