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| Category | Dramas DVDs, Family Interaction Movies, Live-Action Videos, Relationships, Teenage Girls, Infidelity, Parents, Affairs, Couples | | Starring | Kim Basinger, Charlize Theron, John Corbett, Joaquim de Almeida, Jennifer Lawrence, Danny Pino, Jose Maria Yazpik | | Director | Guillermo Arriaga | | Composer | Hans Zimmer, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez | | Director of Photography | Robert Elswit | | Executive Producer | Charlize Theron, Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner, Marc Butan, Alisa Tager, Ray Angelic | | Producer | Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald | | Screenwriter | Guillermo Arriaga |
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack English; Dolby Digital 5.1 Re Guillermo Arriaga, the scribe behind Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's BABEL and 21 GRAMS, directs this drama that follows the fortunes of many different characters. THE BURNING PLAIN moves between the stories of two girls trying to help their troubled parents, a Portland woman (Charlize Theron) seeking redemption, and a couple struggling with the aftermath of infidelity. Burning Plain Reviews: 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]ense and atmospheric....Charlize Theron's fabulous, dead-eyed performance as Sylvia, the Portland restaurant manager hell-bent on trashing her life with promiscuity, reels you in..."-- Kate Stables, Total Film "Powerful, profound and beautifully rendered, THE BURNING PLAIN plays like a good novel that was superbly adapted for the screen..."-- Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times Burning Plain | List Price | $26.98 (You save $7.01) | | Studio | Magnolia Pictures | | Orig Year | 2009 | | CD Universe Part number | 7789974 | | Catalog number | 10194 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | New Burning Plain DVD release date Jan 12, 2010 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Widescreen; Subtitled |
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The struggle to achieve resident alien status, or gain full-blown citizenship in the United States, provides some thought-provoking material in this feature from director Wayne Kramer(THE COOLER). CROSSING OVER is an ensemble piece that contains many overlapping storylines, most of which revolve around Max Brogan (Harrison Ford), a law enforcement official who specializes in arresting people who break stringent immigration laws. Joining Ford is Ray Liotta, who plays a corrupt immigration official who forces a wannabe Australian actress (Alice Eve) to sleep with him in exchange for a green card. The film also focuses on the rigorous guidelines laid down in post-9/11 America, with Kramer detailing the shocking maltreatment of a teenage girl who faces deportation after giving a misguided high school presentation on terrorism. These tales, and several others, all combine to present an intricate overview of the desperate and often overwhelmingly sad lengths people will go to so they can remain in the United States.
Kramer’s film closely mirrors other harrowing ensemble pieces such as Paul Haggis’s CRASH (2004) and Richard Linklater’s FAST FOOD NATION (2006). CROSSING OVER carefully presents many different sides of this complicated issue and also examines how coincidence and good fortune can play a part in achieving resident status. Ford is perfectly cast as the downcast lead character who battles with the moral and ethical ramifications of his job, and frequently gets too close to the people he is required to prosecute. Kramer skillfully interweaves each tale and allows just enough screen time to each of his characters, with Cliff Curtis leading the excellent supporting cast by playing an Iranian-American immigration ...
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