The Crossing
by Robert Harmon
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Actor: Jeff Daniels, John Henry Canavan, Roger Rees, Sebastian Roch?, Steven McCarthyDirector: Robert Harmon
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-02-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Crossing
Movie Review: Not a Family Film
Summary: 1 Stars
Why is it that people feel the need to use so much foul language when trying to express themselves? It isn't necessary and is quite offensive! I was looking forward to seeing this movie because of all the rave reviews but chose not to sit through it because of the poor choice of language. What a wasted opportunity for a realistic, accurate family oriented history lesson!!
Summary of The Crossing
Every American knows that George Washington crossed the icy Delaware River in the War of Independence, if only from Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's famous 1851 painting. The made-for-cable-TV historical drama The Crossing, scripted by Howard Fast from his novel, corrects at least one piece of historical invention--Washington did not stand and pose for the occasion of Leutze's portrait--but, more importantly, it frames the event in the real-life drama that made it a decisive moment of American history. Jeff Daniels makes a fine General George Washington, the quiet, dignified, and increasingly desperate leader of the volunteer Continental Army. By December 1776, six months after the Declaration of Independence was signed, the tired and hungry army had retreated to the far banks of the Delaware River, a mere fraction of the original 20,000-strong force. Knowing that defeat means the end of the revolution, Washington takes the offensive in a dangerous surprise attack that turns the tide of the war. Like the sprawling Civil War epic Gettysburg, The Crossing takes one incident of the Revolutionary War and digs into the whys and wherefores that make it vital history. It lacks scope and spectacle--major battles appear more like modest skirmishes--and lapses into patriotic fervor at times, but it brims with rich historical detail and comes alive with the stories of officers, soldiers, and a very human George Washington. --Sean AxmakerDrama DVD Video
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