Taglines: How well do you know your neighbour?
Arlington Road movie storyline. In suburban Reston, Virginia, George Washington University American History professor Michael Faraday is still mourning the death of his wife, FBI agent Leah Faraday, after three years. His inside knowledge of the agency colors what he teaches in his classes. Although on good terms with Leah’s ex-partner, Whit Carver, and the agency in general, Michael wants the agency at least to acknowledge their responsibility in her death in the line of duty. Michael is moving on with his personal life, he being in a serious relationship with his former teaching assistant Brooke Wolfe.
Although he likes Brooke, Michael and Leah’s nine year old son, Grant Faraday, may not yet be quite ready for Brooke to be a permanent part of their lives. It is only in helping adolescent Brady Lang who he sees in medical distress that Michael meets his new neighbors, Oliver and Cheryl Lang, Brady’s parents. In the process, Michael and Brooke becomes friends with the Langs, as Grant and Brady become friends.
However, the more time that he spends with them and catches discrepancies in their stories, Michael becomes suspicious that the Langs may not be everything they appear on the surface. As such, Michael, against Brooke’s concerns of invasion of the Lang’s privacy, begins his own investigation of Oliver in particular. What Michael discovers has serious national security implications, as well as possible life threatening dangers to him, Brooke and Grant.
Arlington Road is a 1999 American drama mystery thriller film which 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 paranoid culture of the 1990’s concerning Ruby Ridge, the Waco siege and Oklahoma City Bombing.
The film stars Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, and Hope Davis and is directed by Mark Pellington. Ehren Kruger wrote the script, which won the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ (AMPAS) Nicholl Fellowship in 1996. The film was to have been originally released by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, but was sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment before it opened. The eventual release was the second title for Screen Gems while PolyGram (now part of Universal Studios) handled foreign rights. Tomandandy composed additional music in the film.
Arlington Road (1999)
Directed by: Mark Pellington
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett, Mason Gamble, Viviane Vives, Lee Stringer, Darryl Cox, Spencer Treat Clark
Screenplay by: Ehren Kruger
Production Design by: Thérèse DePrez
Cinematography by: Bobby Bukowski
Film Editing by: Conrad Buff
Costume Design by: Jennifer Barrett Pellington
Set Decoration by: Barbara Haberecht
Art Direction by: David Stein
Music by: Angelo Badalamenti
MPAA Rating: R for violence and some language.
Distributed by: Sony ScreenGems (United States), Universal Pictures (International)
Release Date: July 9, 1999
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