The Station Agent
7.6
“Loneliness is much better when you have got someone to share it with.”
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
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Cast
21 people
Peter Dinklage
Finbar McBride
Known for
Game of Thrones
Pixels
Patricia Clarkson
Olivia Harris
Known for
Shutter Island
Sharp Objects
Bobby Cannavale
Joe Oramas
Known for
Ant-Man
Mr. Robot
Michelle Williams
Emily
Known for
Venom
Shutter Island
Raven Goodwin
Cleo
Known for
Grotesquerie
Good Luck Charlie
Paul Benjamin
Henry Styles
Known for
Escape from Alcatraz
Do the Right Thing
Jase Blankfort
Store Customer
Known for
Full-Court Miracle
Paula Garcés
Cashier
Known for
On My Block
The Shield
Josh Pais
Carl
Known for
Joker
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Richard Kind
Louis Tiboni
Known for
Inside Out
American Dad!
Lynn Cohen
Patty at the Good to Go
Known for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Sex and the City
Marla Sucharetza
Janice
Known for
Road Trip
The Nanny Diaries
Tom McCarthy Director · Stephen Trask Composer Oliver Bokelberg Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $8.7M · Budget $500K · United States release December 5, 2003
Box office
Budget
$500,000
Worldwide gross
$8,701,337
Gross vs. budget
17.4×
Production
Next Wednesday Productions
Production
SenArt Films
Production
Miramax
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 26, 2003
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · December 5, 2003
Theatrical
Brazil
June 18, 2004 · Theatrical · EBA mj.gov.br
September 20, 2004 · Physical · Videofilmes mj.gov.br
France
December 24, 2003 · Theatrical
September 9, 2004 · Physical
Germany
June 3, 2004 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 6, 2005 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 14, 2005 · Theatrical
June 21, 2005 · Physical · DVD
July 17, 2010 · TV · Nederland 2
South Korea
January 27, 2006 · Theatrical
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