STATION AGENT

 

 

Peter Dinklange, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavaje, Michelle Williams

Miramax Films; Directed by Tom McCarthy

Rated R; 88 minutes; 2003

 

 

Finbar McBride is a young man affected with dwarfism who has just lost his best friend and seeks a life of solitude in an abandoned train station. That plan is blighted by the daily appearance of a cast of characters including a friendly and talkative hot dog vendor and an artist coping with the death of her son whose interactions with Finbar show him that none of us ever truly want to be alone.

 

 

PROMOTION IDEA:

 

The action in this film takes place in train station so set up a mini train track in your student quad.  Send a train around the track with a clearly printed sign giving your show information.