{{about|2009 film|the generic meaning|missing person|other uses|Missing Persons (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Missing Person | image = Missingperposter.jpg | alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = | director = Noah Buschel | producer = | writer = Noah Buschel | starring = Michael Shannon<br>Amy Ryan<br>Frank Wood<br>Linda Emond<br>Margaret Colin<br>John Ventimiglia<br>Merritt Wever<br>Paul Adelstein<br>Liza Weil<br>Daniel Franzese | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = Strand Releasing | released = {{Film date|2009|1|16|Sundance|2009|11|20|United States}} | runtime = 101 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $48,895 }}
'''''The Missing Person''''' is a 2009 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by American independent filmmaker Noah Buschel and starring Michael Shannon and Amy Ryan. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.<ref name=varietyreview>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/the-missing-person-1200473865/| title=Review: 'The Missing Person'|first=Todd |last=McCarthy|work=Variety | date= February 4, 2009 | accessdate= July 31, 2016| quote= Reviewed at Sundance Film Festival (Spectrum)| archivedate=July 31, 2016| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731214920/http://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/the-missing-person-1200473865/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and was distributed by Strand Releasing to a limited number of theaters on November 20, 2009.
==Plot summary== 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 deceased after 9/11, and that 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 letting him remain in his fabricated life.
==Cast== * Michael Shannon as John Rosow * Frank Wood as Harold Fullmer * Amy Ryan as Miss Charley * Linda Emond as Megan Fullmer * Paul Sparks as Gus * Yul Vazquez as Don Edgar * Margaret Colin as Lana Cobb * Paul Adelstein as Drexler Hewitt * Kate Arrington as Jane Rosow
==Reception and release== The film holds a 67% positive rating on the film-critics aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10010944-missing_person|publisher = Rotten Tomatoes | title = The Missing Person | accessdate = 26 November 2021}}</ref> Buschel was nominated for the 2009 Gotham Award for Best Breakthrough Director for his work on the film.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://theeditcenter.com/news/2015/7/gotham-award-nomination-and-theatrical-release-for-class-film | title=Gotham Award Nomination and Theatrical Release for Class Film | date= October 20, 2009|publisher=The Edit Center|accessdate=July 31, 2016|archivedate=July 31, 2016|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160731220657/http://theeditcenter.com/news/2015/7/gotham-award-nomination-and-theatrical-release-for-class-film | url-status=live}}</ref> According to Box Office Mojo, the film had grossed $48,895 as of March 2, 2010. It appeared on IFC.com's list of the ten best films of 2009, the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian''{{'}}s list of the Top Three Films of 2009, and ''Variety'' critic Dennis Harvey's list of the Top 25 films of the year.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|1105512|The Missing Person}} * [http://jamesrocchi.com/2011/09/interview-actor-michael-shannon-of-take-shelter/ Michael Shannon On Strand Releasing's Failure To Promote] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130531202319/http://gordonandthewhale.com/interview-the-missing-person-actor-michael-shannon/ Michael Shannon Missing Person Interview]}} * [http://www.ifc.com/fix/2009/01/interview-michael-shannon-on-t/ IFC Alison Willmore Michael Shannon Interview] * [http://www.tribecafilm.com/news-features/features/The_Missing_Person.html#.T2TupK5DHsIl/ Tribeca Film on The Missing Person] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819004738/http://www.tribecafilm.com/news-features/features/The_Missing_Person.html#.T2TupK5DHsIl/ |date=2010-08-19 }} {{Noah Buschel}}
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