TRAILER: "Crossing Over"

MaxMFP · 11-13-08, 10:46 AM

Wayne Kramer's new movie:

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809837407/video/10646018

Opinions?

Matthew Ackerly · 11-13-08, 11:18 AM

I'm a fan of Wayne Kramer's films, so I'll definitely check this out.

Looks pretty damn good. And its got Ray Liotta.

I'm there.

Geofferson · 11-13-08, 12:53 PM

I too am a fan of Kramer's films. Anyone know if this is an expansion of Kramer's 1996 short of the same name? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162264/

chris_sc77 · 11-13-08, 09:06 PM

I think it looks good. Why are they not playing up Sean Penn's role in this film? I didnt even see him in the trailer.

MaxMFP · 11-13-08, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Why are they not playing up Sean Penn's role in this film? I didnt even see him in the trailer.

He's only in it for about ten minutes, as a border INS Agent. Just a cameo, really.

PopcornTreeCt · 11-13-08, 10:07 PM

I thought the script was great but the movie looks a little underwhelming. I hope it's good.

NoirFan · 11-13-08, 10:59 PM

Wow, is Harrison Ford actually starring in a film with some semblance of substance?

Artman · 11-14-08, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by NoirFan

Wow, is Harrison Ford actually starring in a film with some semblance of substance?

Yeah really.... it's only been 15 yrs since The Fugitive...

This trailer could go in the "most heavy-handed message movie.." thread we have going now.... other than that I'd see it.... rental of course.

PopcornTreeCt · 11-14-08, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Artman

This trailer could go in the "most heavy-handed message movie.." thread...

Oh, it most certainly is...

Premise · 11-14-08, 03:15 AM

I seen this movie about a year and a half ago. It was so good they delayed it until now. The movie is a group of stories told to the extreme to show Americans are bad, and immigrants are good. Harrison Ford plays an immigration officer who hates what he does, and Sean Penn is in the film for about ten minutes.

chris_sc77 · 11-28-08, 06:26 PM

Ans they've delayed this once again (not surprisingly) until "Sometime in 2009".

PopcornTreeCt · 11-28-08, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Ans they've delayed this once again (not surprisingly) until "Sometime in 2009".

Another Oscar contender bites the dust.

Goat3001 · 11-28-08, 06:57 PM

1. I thought this movie was about contacting the dead.

2. This looks like Crash 2.

3. How many times have we seen movies just like this? A star-studded cast and multiple stories that blur the line of who is good and who is bad? Off the top of my head there was Traffic, Babel and Crash. All oscar films.

I'll see it because I didn't dislike any of those movies but it'll take a lot for me to be impressed by such a cliche film again.

chris_sc77 · 02-28-09, 11:14 AM

So i guess this opened this weekend at 9 sites. seems like a quiet opening for such a big film.
ALso it appears this was butchered from 140 minutes to ONLY 113 minutes. Thats pretty messed up. Wonder if the Weinstein's are responsble.

11-13-08, 10:46 AM	#1
MaxMFP Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 267	TRAILER: "Crossing Over" Wayne Kramer's new movie: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809837407/video/10646018 Opinions?

11-13-08, 10:59 PM	#7
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11-28-08, 06:57 PM	#13
Goat3001 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: NYC Posts: 13,185	1. I thought this movie was about contacting the dead. 2. This looks like Crash 2. 3. How many times have we seen movies just like this? A star-studded cast and multiple stories that blur the line of who is good and who is bad? Off the top of my head there was Traffic, Babel and Crash. All oscar films. I'll see it because I didn't dislike any of those movies but it'll take a lot for me to be impressed by such a cliche film again. __________________ You can deny it all you want, but the reality is that the Lord did make the desert like Eden producing fruit. -dvdjunkie32

02-28-09, 11:14 AM	#14
chris_sc77 Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 5,628	Re: TRAILER: "Crossing Over" So i guess this opened this weekend at 9 sites. seems like a quiet opening for such a big film. ALso it appears this was butchered from 140 minutes to ONLY 113 minutes. Thats pretty messed up. Wonder if the Weinstein's are responsble. Last edited by chris_sc77; 02-28-09 at 11:26 AM.

11-13-08, 11:18 AM	#2
Matthew Ackerly DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,797	I'm a fan of Wayne Kramer's films, so I'll definitely check this out. Looks pretty damn good. And its got Ray Liotta. I'm there.

11-13-08, 12:53 PM	#3
Geofferson DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: TechNoir Posts: 36,444	I too am a fan of Kramer's films. Anyone know if this is an expansion of Kramer's 1996 short of the same name? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162264/

11-13-08, 09:06 PM	#4
chris_sc77 Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 5,628	I think it looks good. Why are they not playing up Sean Penn's role in this film? I didnt even see him in the trailer.

11-13-08, 10:07 PM	#6
PopcornTreeCt DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 25,826	I thought the script was great but the movie looks a little underwhelming. I hope it's good.

11-14-08, 03:15 AM	#10
Premise DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,279	I seen this movie about a year and a half ago. It was so good they delayed it until now. The movie is a group of stories told to the extreme to show Americans are bad, and immigrants are good. Harrison Ford plays an immigration officer who hates what he does, and Sean Penn is in the film for about ten minutes.

11-28-08, 06:26 PM	#11
chris_sc77 Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 5,628	Ans they've delayed this once again (not surprisingly) until "Sometime in 2009".