The Station Agent

The Station Agent
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom McCarthy
Written byTom McCarthy
Produced byMary Jane Skalski
Robert May
Kathryn Tucker
StarringPeter Dinklage
Patricia Clarkson
Bobby Cannavale
Raven Goodwin
Paul Benjamin
Michelle Williams
CinematographyOliver Bokelberg
Edited byTom McArdle
Music byStephen Trask
Production
companies
SenArt Films
Next Wednesday
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
  • January 2003 (2003-01) (Sundance)[1]
  • October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000
Box office$8.7 million[2]

The Station Agent is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tom McCarthy in his directorial debut. It stars Peter Dinklage as a man who seeks solitude in an abandoned train station in the Newfoundland section of Jefferson Township, New Jersey. It also stars Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams, Bobby Cannavale and John Slattery. For his writing achievement, McCarthy won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. The film itself also won the John Cassavetes Award.

  1. ^ McCarthy, Todd (26 January 2003). "'Splendor' top drama in Park City". Variety. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ "The Station Agent (2003)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 February 2015.