Pushing Tin
by Mike Newell
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Actor: Angelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Jake Weber, John CusackDirector: Mike Newell
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Gale Tattersall
Producer: Alan Greenspan
Producer: Art Linson
Producer: Michael Flynn
Writer: Darcy Frey
Writer: Glen Charles
Writer: Les Charles
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Pushing Tin
Movie Review: The Wayward Tin
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a review for PUSHING TIN (1999) directed by Mike Newell.
Nick Falzone, played by John Cusak, is a hot shot air traffic controller , the king of his flight tower, until one day a new man comes to work. He's Russell Bell, played by Billy Bob Thornton, a reckless man with a spotless record who's not above challanging Nick's supremacy which upsets Nick and his closely controlled world to no end.
Finally,after quite an upsetting battle of nerves, all Nick can hope to do is to regain his professional status and patch up his failing marriage by the end of the picture.
PUSHING TIN is quite a look at a battle of nerves and the consequences to the lives of both the challenger and the challenged.
I rate PUSHING TIN Four Stars.
Summary of Pushing Tin
PUSHING TIN - DVD MovieBlessed by a fantastic cast and slick direction by Mike Newell, Pushing Tin is one of those invigorating movies (like Wall Street or All the President's Men) that takes you behind the scenes of a dramatic profession--in this case, the high-stress world of air-traffic controllers--and throws in a source of conflict to ramp up the tension. For ace "tin-pusher" Nick Falzone (John Cusack), that conflict arrives in the form of Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton), an Irish/Choctaw half-breed whose Zen-like control of air traffic immediately puts Nick on the defensive. Add an incident of infidelity and Nick's subsequent self-loathing and guilt, and Pushing Tin turns into a macho pissing match, with Nick's and Russell's spouses (Cate Blanchett and Angelina Jolie, respectively) stuck in the middle.
At that point, this otherwise splendid comedy-drama turns almost fatally silly, and it hits additional turbulence by lapsing into a predictable series of pat resolutions. Fortunately, the jazzy cast avoids a nosedive into the tarmac, and if you recall Blanchett's Oscar-nominated performance in Elizabeth, you'll be amazed by her flawless transformation into a smart and sweetly devoted New Jersey housewife. Dialogue is a major asset here, and the script (by TV veterans Glen and Les Charles) gives Cusack & Co. plenty to chew on. That makes Pushing Tin a breezy good time, and its flaws are easily forgiven. --Jeff Shannon
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