{{For|the Hold Steady song|Boys and Girls in America}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Stuck Between Stations | image = Stuck_Between_Stations.jpg | caption = US Theatrical Poster | director = Brady Kiernan | producer = Spencer Kiernan<br />Todd Cobery | writer = Nat Bennett<br />Sam Rosen | starring = Josh Hartnett<br />Michael Imperioli<br />Zoe Lister Jones<br />Sam Rosen | music = Grant Cutler | cinematography = Bo Hakala | editing = Sam Heyn | studio = RKB Pictures | distributor = Wrekin Hill Entertainment<br />NECA Films.<ref name="Brian Brooks">{{cite news | title= "Stuck Between Stations" Nabbed by Wreckin Hill & NECA| date= October 31, 2011 | publisher=Brian Brooks| url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/stuck_between_stations_nabbed_by_wreckin_hill_neca/#| work = indieWIRE| access-date = 2010-10-31 }}</ref><br />(United States)<br />Preferred Content (International) | released = {{Film date|2011|4|22|TFF|2011|11|4|New York|2012|3|13|DVD}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $20 million }}
'''''Stuck Between Stations''''' is a 2011 romantic drama film, directed by Brady Kiernan from a script by Nat Bennett and Sam Rosen. The film tells a coming-of-age story about former high school classmates reunited by chance during a chaotic party-filled evening.<ref name="Tim Campbell">{{cite news | title = Movies: Another movie to begin shooting in Twin Cities Friday | date= September 20, 2009 | publisher = Tim Campbell | url = http://www.startribune.com/blogs/62696012.html | work = Our Voices Star Tribune Staff Blogs | access-date = 2011-03-08 }}</ref>
''Stuck Between Stations'' premiered as an official selection of the Viewpoints section at the SVA Theater at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, New York, U.S.A.<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Tribeca Film Festival unveils competition lineup| date= March 7, 2011 | publisher = Jeff Labrecque| url = http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/07/tribeca-film-festival-2011/| magazine = Entertainment Weekly| access-date = 2011-03-08 }}</ref><ref name="TribecaFilm.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/stuck_between_stations-film34220.html |title=2011 Film Guide | Stuck Between Stations |publisher=TribecaFilm.com |access-date=2011-03-24}}</ref> A NYC theatrical release was slated in November 2011.<ref name="Eventbrite">{{cite news | title= Stuck Between Stations NYC Theatrical Premiere, One Week Only!| date= October 2011 | url = http://stuckbetweenstations.eventbrite.com/| work = Eventbrite| access-date = 2010-10-29 }}</ref><ref name="Brian Brooks "/>
==Plot== A decade after they graduated from high school and went their separate ways, Casper (Sam Rosen), a soldier haunted by the horrors of war, and Rebecca (Zoe Lister Jones), a whip-smart graduate student with a shaky future, reunite by chance and get to know each other over the course of an accidental tour of the little-known underbelly of Minneapolis. The evening's odyssey includes a bar fight, a house party, a punk-rock circus, a spontaneous burglary, a home Casper did not know he had, and a cast of strange characters, unexpected allies and disappointing friends.
==Cast== *Sam Rosen as Casper, a young soldier on bereavement leave from a tour in Afghanistan for the funeral of his hippie-ish father. *Zoe Lister Jones as 'Becky' Rebecca, graduate student of comparative literature and Casper's high school crush. *Josh Hartnett as Paddy, a neck-tattooed sort-of-anarchist leader of a bicycle gang and frenemy of Casper's. *Michael Imperioli as David, a college professor of dubious moral substance and Becky's lover and PhD advisor. *Nadia Dajani as Sheila, the head of Becky's comparative literature department and David's possessive wife.
==Production== ''Stuck Between Stations'' is produced by Spencer Kiernan and Todd Cobery for RKB Pictures. The film was shot mainly in Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite news | title = Stuck Between Stations film overcomes obstacles of shooting in Minnesota | date= October 21, 2009 | publisher = David Hansen| url = http://www.citypages.com/2009-10-21/news/stuck-between-stations-film-overcomes-obstacles-of-shooting-in-minnesota/| work = CityPages | access-date = 2011-03-08 }}</ref> Principal photography began on October 2, 2009.<ref name="Tim Campbell"/>
It was the 2009 indie thriller ''Four Boxes'' through one of the actors of the film, Sam Rosen, that led Brady Kiernan to directing ''Stuck Between Stations''. Rosen and his writing partner, Nat Bennett, were working on the screenplay for ''Stuck Between Stations'' and in March 2009 submitted it to Kiernan.<ref>{{cite news | title = Director Brady Kiernan talks Stuck Between Stations, music, and Minneapolis | date = May 14, 2010 | publisher = Tigger Lunney | url = http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2010/05/director_brady.php# | work = CityPages Blogs | access-date = 2011-03-08 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110119235611/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2010/05/director_brady.php | archive-date = January 19, 2011 }}</ref>
''Stuck Between Stations'' is named after the opening track of The Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America album. "The title [of the film] is mostly a reference to the spirit of the song," Kiernan revealed in a 2009 interview. "This film is about those nights that we've all had where you meet someone, spend the whole night with them and start to maybe fall in love."<ref>{{cite news | title = Minneapolis Director Talks Hold Steady-Inspired Movie Stuck Between Stations | date= May 11, 2010 | publisher = Rachel Bailey | url = http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/05/minneapolis-filmmakers-create-homegrown-cinema-wit.html| work = Paste Magazine | access-date = 2011-03-08 }}</ref>
On June 7, 2010 the Independent Feature Project (IFP), America's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced that ''Stuck Between Stations'' was one of the ten projects selected for participation in its 2010’s narrative edition of their prestigious Independent Filmmaker Labs. The Independent Filmmaker Labs are a highly immersive free mentorship program for low-budget (< $1,000,000) first feature films which have shot all or a substantial amount of footage for their features but have not completed post-production. This program is supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council for the Arts, Newman's Own Foundation, SAGIndie and Time Warner. Lab partners include 92YTribeca, The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, BMI, Filmmaker Magazine, Deluxe Post New York, Rooftop Films, and The Workbook Project.<ref>{{cite news | title = IFP Announces Narrative Line-Up For Its 6th Annual Independent Filmmaker Labs | date= June 7, 2010| publisher = Danielle DiGiacomo| url = http://www.ifp.org/ifp-announces-narrative-line-up-for-its-6th-annual-independent-filmmaker-labs/| work = Independent Feature Project | access-date = 2011-03-08 }}</ref>
==Release== ===Festival screenings=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:99%;" |- ! Event !! Section !! Location !! Date(s) !! Ref. |- |rowspan="1"| Tribeca Film Festival || Viewpoints |New York City, New York, United States | April 22, 2011 - April 25, 2011 - April 28, 2011 | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="TribecaFilm.com"/> |- |rowspan="1"| Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival || Official Selection | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | May 5, 2011 | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mspfilmfest.org/2011/content/stuck-between-stations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418000215/http://www.mspfilmfest.org/2011/content/stuck-between-stations|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 18, 2011|title=2011 Film Guide - Stuck Between Stations |publisher=mspfilmfest.org|access-date=2011-03-24}}</ref> |- |rowspan="1"| New Hampshire Film Festival || Official Selection | Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States | October 15, 2011 | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite news|title=New Hampshire Film Festival Event Schedule|date=October 2011|url=http://www.nhfilmfestival.com/wp-content/themes/AkonBusinessTheme/_media/2011-schedule.pdf|work=The 11th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival |access-date=2011-10-16}}</ref> |- |rowspan="1"| Austin Film Festival || Narrative Feature Competition | Austin, Texas, United States | October 20, 2011 - October 23, 2011 | style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/new/images/programbook/2011_Program_Book.pdf|title=2011 Austin Film Festival Program Book (page 76) |publisher=Austin Film Festival |access-date=2011-09-28}}</ref> |}
===Theatrical Release=== ''Stuck Between Stations'' made its New York theatrical premiere at Brooklyn's ReRun Theater with a week-long run, starting November 4, 2011 to November 10, 2011.<ref name="Eventbrite"/> The film was also released in Minneapolis on December 16, 2011 at St. Anthony Main Theater and in Portland on February 17, 2012 at the Hollywood Theater.<ref name="Brian Brooks "/> The film was made available on DVD and video-on-demand through Lionsgate on March 13, 2012.<ref>{{cite news | title= Josh Hartnett Is Stuck Between Stations On DVD This March| date= January 16, 2012| publisher= Jacob Riley| url = http://www.joblo.com/blu-rays-dvds/news/josh-hartnett-is-stuck-between-stations-on-dvd-this-march-02| work = The Digital Dorm| access-date = 2012-01-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Silver|first=Stephen|title=DVD Review: Stuck Between Stations|url=http://www.technologytell.com/hometech/84451/dvd-review-stuck-between-stations/|work=Technologytell|publisher=www.technologytell.com|access-date=2012-03-26}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|63|4.9|8|ref=yes|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}} {{MC film|67|4|ref=yes|access-date=16 October 2024}}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.stuck-between-stations.com/}} * {{IMDb title|1536440|Stuck Between Stations}}
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