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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Wayne Kramer

Writer:

Wayne Kramer (written by)

Contact:

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Release Date:

26 February 2009 (Bahrain) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

Every day thousands of people illegally cross our borders... only one thing stands in their way. America.

Plot:

Crossing Over is a multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles... more | full synopsis

NewsDesk:
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Harrison Ford ... Max Brogan

Ray Liotta ... Cole Frankel

Ashley Judd ... Denise Frankel

Jim Sturgess ... Gavin Kossef

Cliff Curtis ... Hamid Baraheri

Alice Braga ... Mireya Sanchez
Alice Eve ... Claire Shepard

Summer Bishil ... Taslima Jahangir

Jacqueline Obradors ... Special Agent Phadkar

Justin Chon ... Yong Kim

Melody Zara ... Zahra Baraheri (as Melody Khazae)

Merik Tadros ... Farid Baraheri

Marshall Manesh ... Sanjar Baraheri

Nina Nayebi ... Minoo Baraheri

Naila Azad ... Rokeya Jahangir
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive language, some strong violence and sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

USA:113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44822) | Singapore:M18 | Norway:15 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Germany:16 (f) | UK:18 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:12 | Japan:PG-12 | Mexico:B15 | Portugal:M/16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

C.O. Films more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Director Wayne Kramer's original cut was 140 minutes long, but despite having the right to final cut he agreed to be involved in editing the film down to two hours when Harvey Weinstein allegedly threatened to release the film straight to DVD, and bypass theatrical altogether. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Near the beginning of the movie, there is a scene where Harrison Ford's character is booking a prisoner into a detention center for illegal immigrants. In this scene the booking officer is incorrectly wearing the uniform of a CBP Enforcement Officer instead of an ICE Immigration Enforcement Agent. more

Quotes:

Special Agent Howell: You see what's interesting Miss Shepard is we ran a check on your name. A Claire Shepard arrived on a B-2 visitors visa seven months ago and then just two days ago she has her status adjusted to an EB-1 green card for persons of extraordinary ability. According to The Internet Movie Database, the only Claire Shepard that matches your spelling, age and place of birth has two credits on little known Aussie TV shows. Walk on roles. She hasn't won any national or international awards
Special Agent Ludwig: which is something the adjudicator who handled your case would have to have been aware of and yet he approved you for an EB-1. Miss Shepard we'd like you to tell us about your relationship with center adjudications officer Cole Frankel?
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Movie Connections:

References WALL·E (2008) more

Soundtrack:

Mistake the Enemy more


FAQ

Is this movie based on "Crossing Over" by John Edward?
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49 out of 70 people found the following comment useful.
Crash Lite, 21 February 2009
7/10
Author: yogi-14 from United States

This ensemble multi-ethnic cast turns in solid performances in this formulaic treatment of the everyday dramas faced by the hard working folks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mexican, Chinese, Palestinian, Australian and Persian plots carom off each other like Olympic Billiards as Harrison Ford, (whose obviously impending retirement is thankfully never mentioned), his heart bleeding from frame one to the credits, leads a solitary existence in an apartment at what has to be the Alimony Arms Hotel. There is no attempt to patch over the Crash/Babel formula; the film embraces it and comes up with some fine set pieces like a gripping intervention (Cliff Curtis and Justin Chon) during a convenience store robbery/shootout. The aerial views of L.A. will make natives want to freeze-frame future DVDs to ID where we are. The climax (NO SPOILER) is played against an attenuated rendering of the National Anthem and packs a punch. Unfortunately, there has to be another five minutes of Tying Up Loose Ends. Does it sound like I didn't like this much? On the contrary, it was 113 minutes well spent and shouldn't have been relegated to the Purgatory of February. April, maybe?

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