Crossing Over (film)
| Crossing Over | |
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 Promotional film poster | |
| Directed by | Wayne Kramer |
| Written by | Wayne Kramer |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall |
| Starring | Harrison Ford Jim Sturgess Ray Liotta Tammin Sursok Ashley Judd Alice Eve Summer Bishil Cliff Curtis Merik Tadros |
| Cinematography | James Whitaker |
| Music by | Brian Ross |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
Release date | February 27, 2009 (limited) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Crossing Over is a 2009 film about illegal immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles. The film deals with the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter terrorism and the clash of cultures. Crossing Over was written and directed by Wayne Kramer, himself an immigrant from South Africa, and is a remake of his 1995 short film of the same name. Kramer is editing it alongside Frank Marshall.[1] The movie was filmed on location in Los Angeles in 2007.
The film was originally planned to have an Iranian character murder his sister in an honor killing, but the National Iranian American Council opposed this, saying that it was unrealistic and offensive, and it was re written.[2]
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Max Brogan
- Ray Liotta as Cole Frankel
- Tammin Sursok as Rosalyn
- Ashley Judd as Denise Frankel
- Summer Bishil as Taslima Jahangir
- Jim Sturgess as Gavin Kossef
- Alice Eve as Claire Shepard
- Alice Braga as Mireya
- Lee Horsley as Ray Cooper
- Cliff Curtis as Hamid Baraheri
- Merik Tadros as Farid Baraheri
- Kevin Alejandro as Gutierrez
- West Liang as Mark
- Justin Chon as Yong Kim
- Tim Chiou as Steve
Distribution
The film is to be distributed in the United States by MGM and The Weinstein Company. It is scheduled for a limited theatrical release on February 27, 2009.