Crossing Over

Started by MacGuffin, November 12, 2008, 05:32:30 PM

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MacGuffin

November 12, 2008, 05:32:30 PM



Trailer here.

Release Date: TBA 2009

Starring: Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Alice Braga, Ray Liotta, Summer Bishil 

Directed by: Wayne Kramer (The Cooler; Running Scared)

Premise: A multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles. Explores the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter terrorism and the clash of cultures.
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Pozer

#1
November 13, 2008, 01:00:52 PM
what happened to Sean Penn?

Stefen

#2
November 13, 2008, 01:12:34 PM
Proper Ron Howard type movie that will attempt to contend for awards, but will fail because Ron Howard gets the benefit of the doubt for his shitty proper movies.

Or it could be like Crash and be shitty but still fool everyone.
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MacGuffin

#3
January 30, 2009, 05:09:35 PM
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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Stefen

#4
January 30, 2009, 09:59:45 PM
Fucking America. GET OUT OF TEH WAY!!!!1!
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SiliasRuby

#5
February 27, 2009, 02:19:22 PM
I loved Wayne Kramer's first two films but I really really don't want to see this. It opens here in LA this week.
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modage

#6
February 27, 2009, 02:53:41 PM
everything i read says this is Crash but worse.  but WORSE!  can you imagine?
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SiliasRuby

#7
February 27, 2009, 03:54:20 PM
Yes, I can imagine. I'm already disappointed. Lets hope it doesn't win any oscars next year.
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polkablues

#8
February 27, 2009, 05:58:06 PM
There's no way it's worse than Crash.  I'm sure it's very, very bad, but it can't possibly be worse than Crash.
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modage

#9
February 27, 2009, 06:11:38 PM
Crossing Over is an L.A.-based ensemble social-problem melodrama for people who thought Crash was a bit too subtle. In that one, Paul Haggis constructed every scene to drive home the point that racism is a very, very bad thing. Now, writer-director Wayne Kramer shows how immigration—mostly illegal, but in some cases by the book—creates mayhem in the lives of would-be Americans

http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/54687/
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

polkablues

#10
February 27, 2009, 07:01:03 PM
"Worse than Crash" is kind of like saying "more evil than Hitler."  I guess it's technically possible, but it would really take something special to achieve it.
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Stefen

#11
February 27, 2009, 09:37:58 PM
Wayne Cramer, Paul Haggis and Eric Roth are all sitting in some upscale restaurant laughing their asses off.
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

john

#12
February 27, 2009, 10:30:37 PM
I totally understand the preemptive snark directed towards this film around here... and it's probably justified.

The synopsis itself is too heavy-handed but, fuck it, Wayne Kramer is more or less two for two and totally deserving of me giving it a chance.

Plus, I just read the AV Club review and it seems to concede that, while it might be terrible, it's almost compulsively watchable and never uninteresting. Which is actually A LOT more than I can say about Crash.
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SiliasRuby

#13
February 28, 2009, 02:31:41 AM
Well, I'm sold. Its a heavy rental for me.
The Beatles know Jesus Christ has returned to Earth and is in Los Angeles.

When you are getting fucked by the big corporations remember to use a condom.

There was a FISH in the perkalater!!!

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SiliasRuby

#14
March 02, 2009, 10:40:33 AM
I've thought about it and I will only watch this film if they end it with this song

The Beatles know Jesus Christ has returned to Earth and is in Los Angeles.

When you are getting fucked by the big corporations remember to use a condom.

There was a FISH in the perkalater!!!

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