Mystic River 2003 Born in Boston in 1965, Dennis Lehane has developed a strong "author" identity with his mystery and medium suspense novels. Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River" is the author's first novel to be filmed. Directed by Ben Affleck and released in 2007, Gone Baby Gone is the author's adaptation of Gone Baby Gone from the Kenzi-Gennaro Novels series. Released in 2003, Mystic River is a collaboration between screenwriter Brian Helgeland and Eastwood. Starring Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Sean Penn, the film brought both Penn and Robbins Academy Awards in 2004. An average of 10 years old, Jimmy, Sean and Dave are three close friends living in the same neighborhood. Like every child, he devoted himself to sports in the neighborhood outside of school. One day they are playing outside, writing their names on the newly poured concrete. At that moment, a man with a badge gets out of a nearby car, yells at the three boys and takes Dave from them. After being detained for 4 days, Dave becomes a completely different person on his return and from that day he cuts off his friendship with Jimmy and Sean. Their "ugliness" briefly embarrasses Jimmy and Sean, while Dave is shamed for life. 25 years pass and the paths of the three friends cross with the murder of Jimmy's daughter, Cathy. Kathy, who has a happy life, goes to a bar with her two friends before their planned Vegas vacation with her boyfriend Brendan. Bar exit killed. Police Sean begins investigating Katie's file, which appears to have been hacked. Collecting great data, Sean's research will not go beyond this area.