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Across the Tracks [VHS]

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4 star:		(2)
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2 star:		(1)
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Though this movie is slightly cheesy, and obviously neither Brad nor Ricky's best work, it is very entertaining nonetheless. Brad Pitt as a track star...need I say any more? And Ricky Schroeder as a troubled youth looking to make a fresh start...brilliant. The best part of the movie is the drunk scene (if you watch it you'll know what I mean), which can be reenacted over and over with your friends for hours and hours of guaranteed hilarity. A must see, and one of my favorites!

I remembered watching this movie back in the early 90's!! It's a Great Movie, Brad Pitt has come a long way since "Across the Tracks" He delivered a good performance! It's always good to see Rick Schroder appear in a Movie, He too did the movie Justice!.. A classic Drama about brotherhood, it is worth watching again!

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.

I bet Brad Pitt tries to forget this movie. Its not a terrible movie but it has a very low budget feel. I was high school track and cross country runner so I figured I would at least check it out.

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."

Seeing this movie for the first time when it finally made its way to cable-tv, I was first showing my potential in being a star runner myself. I was enthralled that I'd actually found a movie based upon high school track, and quite surprised to see The Artist Formerly Known as Ricky as the reforming thug. Yet, in the midst of the emotional turmoil within that family, I was moved, and stirred by watching the sport itself. Knowing what was going through that characters mind as he raced around the track. Feeling the same emotions sitting in front of the screen as I did when my foot landed on the rubber of the track. We have since seen a few other track related movies, but this one remains to be the best, and the easiest to relate to for anyone with the passion for the sport.

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 .

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.

im also form england just like nikki and i really want to buy this video i read what she put and only just found out from her review that theres no where to buy it. When i firt saw this film it was on the tele and i loved it and wanted it to be played again so i could record it but it never came on t.v again. ppppplllllzzzzzzz help me to find somewhere to buy this on video or dvd that fits uk videos and dvds thanks :)

Im from england and i watched this film on tv and i really loved it ever since i have searched everywhere and failed to find it, it was apparantly deleted from the uk 5 yrs ago, i was just about to order the video from this sight and it is only able to fit into american and canadian video player, can anyone help me? as i now a big fan of ricky, please can someone help me!!