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The Missing Person is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 16 january 2009 with Michael Shannon
The Missing Person (2009)
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Add to a movie listThe Missing Person is a 2008 comedy-drama mystery film written and directed by American independent filmmaker Noah Buschel and starring Michael Shannon and Amy Ryan. It was first released at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, distribution rights were secured by Strand Releasing. The film released to a limited number of theaters on November 20, 2009.
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John Rosow (Michael Shannon) is an alcoholic private investigator. Suddenly Rosow is given the case of his life when he is hired to tail a man named Harold Fullmer (Frank Wood) on a train. Rosow soon discovers that Fullmer is one of the thousands presumed missing after 9/11, and that the Fullmer has fashioned a new life for himself. As the film progresses, Rosow faces the moral decision to take Fullmer, unwilling, back to his wife in New York, or if he will let Fullmer remain in his fabricated life.Actors
Michael Shannon
(John Rosow)
Amy Ryan
(Miss Charley)
Frank Wood
(Harold Fullmer)
Linda Emond
(Megan Fullmer)
Margaret Colin
(Lana Cobb)
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