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The Crossing Guard (1995) 6.3
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Metascore: 46/100
Reviews: 65 user | 37 critic | 18 from Metacritic.com Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl. Director:Sean PennWriter:Sean Penn |
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Cast
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Freddy Gale
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| Anjelica Huston | ... |
Mary
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| Robin Wright | ... |
Jojo
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| Piper Laurie | ... |
Helen Booth
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| Richard Bradford | ... |
Stuart Booth
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| Priscilla Barnes | ... |
Verna
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David Baerwald | ... | |
| Robbie Robertson | ... |
Roger
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| John Savage | ... |
Bobby
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Mia
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Jennifer
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Tanya
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Richard C. Sarafian | ... |
Sunny Ventura
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Coop
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After his daughter died in a hit and run, Freddy Gale has waited six years for John Booth, the man responsible, to be released from prison. On the day of release, Gale visits Booth and announces that he will kill him in one week. Booth uses his time to try and make peace with himself and his entourage, and even finds romance. Gale, whose life is spiralling down because of his obsession towards Booth, will bring himself on the very edge of sanity. At he end of the week, both men will find themselves on a collision course with each other. Written by Anthony
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Some lives cross, others collide.Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 November 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Acerto Final See more »Box Office
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$832,910 (USA)Company Credits
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John Booth: I think freedom's overrated. What you're talking about. You know, if there isn't something bigger than, uh, than freedom, then freedom is just entertainment.
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Written by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry
Performed by Dead Can Dance
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The movie concludes with a dedication to "My friend, Charles Bukowski. I miss you, S.P." Sean Penn was a close friend of the writer and poet. See more »Goofs
When JoJo is dancing in front of John to Salt n Pepa's "Whatta Man", John gets up and stops the tape player. A minute later, he presses play on the tape player again, and the song comes in, however it is almost 4 bars rewound, and plays the same lyrics over again that has already been played, though no one rewound the tape. See more »Quotes
[after being released from prison]John Booth: I think freedom's overrated. What you're talking about. You know, if there isn't something bigger than, uh, than freedom, then freedom is just entertainment.
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"Ubiquitous Mr. Love Groove"Written by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry
Performed by Dead Can Dance
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A powerful and compelling story, filmed well and with some great performances.
Sean Penn seems to have managed to level the actors here, with David Morse, Anjelica Huston and Jack Nicholson putting in great performances and none of them stealing the scenes from the other. I found this very surprising as I expected Nicholson to flood the screen, as he so often does with such little difficulty.
However, the emotion between Huston and Nicholson in the latter half of the film during the coffee shop scene is so powerful to watch. Huston is such a wonderful actress, and Nicholson shows some emotional depth that I haven't seen before, or rather, not felt with his performance before.
The story is written and planned extremely well, with tension rising slowly and almost imperceptibly, until the final day. I found myself caught from the opening scenes of the counselling session cut with the drunken, partying Nicholson, right through to the pivotal moments of the main characters lives.
It is a fantastic way to address this subject. To examine it from both sides, and keep each side with its own sympathies and understandings. Cleverly your sympathies and hatred are swapped throughout the story.
I hope there's more to come like this.