this is great
Added 5/11/2009
I loved it . It was a great tribute to siblings. It reminded me of me and my sister. I am not on drugs but I am the black sheep cause I am dating someone who used to be . I felt the love in this movie .
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Brings back memories
Added 6/19/2008
Saw this movie at a friend's house. Doesn't hold up as it used to, but is still fun to watch.
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Clap if you like Brad and Rick.
Added 4/7/2008
Sandy Tung's "Across the Tracks" is exactly what I expected: a standard-issue teen angst movie, neither great nor terrible, and worth seeing strictly for its two stars. The story concerns two brothers from a poor background, both high-school track runners. Joe (Brad Pitt) is an overachieving straight arrow starting to crack from the strain, and Billy (Rick Schroder) is a juvenile delinquent trying desperately to go straight. There is no situation in the movie that you don't see coming from about 200 miles away, and writer-director Tung has a bad habit of changing the characters' basic personality traits to fit the action. (Also, the sound track, consisting mostly of second-rate heavy metal, is beyond annoying.) But the movie rests squarely on the shoulders of Pitt and Schroder, and fortunately they can bear the weight. They're both extremely easy to look at, they're convincingly athletic in their running scenes, they're believable as brothers and they both give nice, clean acting jobs, as good as the material allows. "Across the Tracks" isn't exactly a must-see, but it's a painless and interesting look at Pitt just before "Thelma and Louise" made him a household name, and also at Schroder right after "Lonesome Dove."
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Low budget and poorly produced but still a great film
Added 1/13/2008
The film starts off feeling like a bad Lifetime movie. It has a sort of after school special feel to it. It's low budget, not very skillful in its direction, and Pitt is still developing his craft. He's not yet at his best. Despite all this, the further you get into the film the more involving it becomes. I loved this film.
There is a lot of depth to the relationship between the two brothers and besides Without Limits this is the best track film that I have ever seen.
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across the Tracks
Added 8/3/2007
I enjoyed the movie. It was fun to watch Rick Schroeder and brad Pitt in roles as teenagers and the movie had a good story line.
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this is great
Added 5/11/2009
I loved it . It was a great tribute to siblings. It reminded me of me and my sister. I am not on drugs but I am the black sheep cause I am dating someone who used to be . I felt the love in this movie .
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Brings back memories
Added 6/19/2008
Saw this movie at a friend's house. Doesn't hold up as it used to, but is still fun to watch.
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Clap if you like Brad and Rick.
Added 4/7/2008
Sandy Tung's "Across the Tracks" is exactly what I expected: a standard-issue teen angst movie, neither great nor terrible, and worth seeing strictly for its two stars. The story concerns two brothers from a poor background, both high-school track runners. Joe (Brad Pitt) is an overachieving straight arrow starting to crack from the strain, and Billy (Rick Schroder) is a juvenile delinquent trying desperately to go straight. There is no situation in the movie that you don't see coming from about 200 miles away, and writer-director Tung has a bad habit of changing the characters' basic personality traits to fit the action. (Also, the sound track, consisting mostly of second-rate heavy metal, is beyond annoying.) But the movie rests squarely on the shoulders of Pitt and Schroder, and fortunately they can bear the weight. They're both extremely easy to look at, they're convincingly athletic in their running scenes, they're believable as brothers and they both give nice, clean acting jobs, as good as the material allows. "Across the Tracks" isn't exactly a must-see, but it's a painless and interesting look at Pitt just before "Thelma and Louise" made him a household name, and also at Schroder right after "Lonesome Dove."
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