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Summary: Victory or Death
Review: This is truly a great movie and I highly recommend it to anyone. Whether you are a history fan or not. This movie depicts an event in American History that needed to be told in detail. Many people are familiar with Washington's infamous crossing of the Delaware River, but do not realize how important of a mission it was. And to what degree of deterioration Washington's army was by the end of 1776. It was literally "Victory or Death" for Washington in the final week of the year. His troops enlistment's were almost up, moral was low and Washington desperately needed a victory. So he decided to attack a group of German troops (hired by the British)stationed in Trenton NJ the day after Christmas. Needless to say, the mission was accomplished........
On Christmas Day every year, I always slip in a toast at the dinner table for Washington's success at Trenton NJ. Yes it sounds corny, but I am a corny guy and love to remind people of such events.......
My only complaint about The Crossing was that German leader Colonel Rall was given a message late in the evening on Christmas Day, warning him of the attack . Rall requested not to be disturbed and refused to read the message. He tucked the unread message in his coat pocket. The message was finally read the following day AFTER the attack. This incident was left out of the movie and really needed to be included. For if Rall had read the letter, he would have been prepared for Washington's attack. Most likely ending the American Revolution right there.
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Review: This movie is the best movie I've seen when Washinton crosses the delaware to battle the Heshens is the best part
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Summary: The Crossing
Review: This movie, although made for cable, had the drama of a feature motion picture. Jeff Daniels and the rest of the supporting cast gave outstanding performances. This movie has the ability to make you laugh, cry and cheer. I strongly recomend it, not for it's perfect historical portrayal, but rather it's telling of history in an accurate, yet entertaining way. I wish all American Revolution movies were done so well.
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Summary: Great history
Review: This movie, telling the story of Washington's crossing the Delaware in December 1776, is based on the book by Howard Fast. It gives a vivid picture of the trials of the early period of the Revolutionary War endured by Washington and the men who followed him. Jeff Daniels' portrayal of Washington is gripping. Sebastian Roche as Col. Glover is wonderful. The rest of the cast were well chosen.One of the most charming scenes is between two of the common soldiers trying to stay warm and dry in a small tent. They discuss the merits of smoking corn silk vs. cow dung in their clay pipes. They are very young and very human Anyone interested in the history of the Revolutionary War will find that this movie brings the struggle alive, depicting the officers and soldiers as men. The Hessians may be depicted as too mean, but the conversation between their commander, who expresses concern for the treatment of his men, and Washington is touching. This movie ranks with "Gettysburg" in its depiction of war in an earlier era.
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Summary: great for even non-history lover
Review: this was a great movie that really helps you see into the heart and mind of General George Washington, His Generals, and his soilders. Even if your just looking for a good action-drama, this is great. Jeff Daniels is magnificent and so is the senery, battles, camera work, etc. An enticing film about the troubles of crossing the river keeping them from trenton... a must see.
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Summary: Telling it like it was.
Review: Too often, Hollywood produces "adaptations" of historical events--taking the liberty of tossing in threads of irrelevant story lines and unsubstantiated "fluff". Not so with "The Crossing". Jeff Daniels does a supurb job in portraying the caring, persistant, tired, and victorious George Washington. And the supporting cast was second to none. This film is a stellar example of how events in history should be documented--and one that you will view more than once. A true reminder of what our forefathers went through. And the reason I'm here at this site is because we loaned our copy of "The Crossing" to a friend who never returned it. So I'm getting another one. This film is definately one for the home collection.
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Summary: Great validation of a lesser-known patriot
Review: While everyone's heard of Washington crossing the Delaware from history class, very little attention is paid to the man who actually made it happen: Colonel John Glover. Being from Marblehead, it's rather difficult to escape him and his legacy--I briefly attended Glover School, had a dinner at the General Glover House restauraunt in neighboring Swampscott, and once toured the old destroyer USS Glover--and was surprised to learn just how practical and sensible he was in relation to the more well-known Hamilton and Knox: he deliberately remained a colonel while the rest of Washington's command staff were generals, partially due to being abrasive ("What this army needs is more private soldiers, not more generals!" he declares when Washington remarks on this), wore his own clothes instead of a uniform, and wouldn't stand for any sort of foolishness when it came to his first specialty of seamanship.
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