Arlington Road Movie Review 1999

The tranquility of surburban life is shattered for college professor Faraday (Bridges) when he suspects the picket fence and overly friendliness of new neighbor Lang (Robbins) is a cover for his right-wing terrorism. As Faraday slowly uncovers Lang's true identity, it becomes harder for him to convince friends to believe the conspiracy. Impressive nail-biter with an interesting twist has a solid performance from Bridges as the paranoid professor, and an eerie one from the otherwise affable Robbins. Director Pellington, with the aide of Badalamenti's haunting score maintains the film's objective of showing how evil can come from the most unlikely place.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 119 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Suspense, Terrorism, Boom!, Strained Suburbia

Screenplay

Ehren Kruger

Cast

Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Mason Gamble, Stanley Anderson, Robert Gossett, Spencer (Treat) Clark

Cinematography

Bobby Bukowski

Director

Mark Pellington

Music

Angelo Badalamenti, Tomandandy

Other

Conrad Buff, David Stein

Producer

Peter Samuelson, Marc Samuelson, Tom Gorai, Polygram Filmed Entertainment