Product Details

• Actors: Ryan Alosio, Tantoo Cardinal, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tom Hanson, Rainer Judd
• Directors: Ron Judkins
• Writers: Ron Judkins
• Producers: Barbara Boyle, Collin Phillips, Martin Cohen, Michael Taylor, Molly M. Mayeux
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Victory Multimedia
• VHS Release Date: January 9, 2001
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000053V6W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #567,362 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Hi-Line is a bittersweet love story starring Rachael Leigh Cook (She's All That, Get Carter) as Vera Leigh Johnson, a young woman searching for something very special in her life... but she doesn't even know what it is. When Sam Polvino (Ryan Alosio) comes to town, he delivers Vera a message that will turn her reality upside down. Together they go in search of her mysterious past and a future that holds unlimited possibilities.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delicate Balance, September 2, 2002

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Theodore C Nicholas (Middletown, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hi-Line (DVD)

Ron Judkins' directorial debut is a deceptively simple story of a naive Montana woman, Vera (Rachael Leigh Cook) who is told she is adopted. She is approached by a sleazy, but sad-eyed man named Sam (Ryan Alosio) who was given the ashes of her recently dead father and told to find his daughter. This is a character driven story, similar to films like "You Can Count on Me," where the screenplay doesn't focus on plot so much as how characters react to what is happening, and the plot follows. In the case of this film, it works nicely. Both Sam and Vera are complex characters in a love story that doesn't work on melodrama. When Vera discovers that she never knew her mother, she decides to go find her. And Sam decides reluctantly to go with her. Few films use such stark dialogue, with such sad undertones, but this is a quiet film. It uses dialogue only when the characters truly mean to talk. The cinematography by Wally Pfister is stunning, showing the hauntingly barren but mysteriously beautiful back drops of Montana. This is a very nice film that deserves viewing.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rocking film about the way it is, August 20, 2001

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Markai (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hi-Line (DVD)

In New York, we tend to get arrogant about the 'country life', and I didn't expect to enjoy this film when my wife forced me to watch it --but something about the honesty of the story, the beauty of the filming, and the cool soundtrack won me over. The Hi-Line rocks whether you're from Brooklyn or Bozeman.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Romantic Film, January 22, 2001

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Zig Star (Ca. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Hi-Line (DVD)

This film touched my heart. Beautifully photographed and beautifully portrayed by a fine cast led by Rachael Leigh Cook as a young woman yearning for something special to happen to her life. What would seem like a simple "chick flick" evolves into a sexy coming of age film that reminded me of "Splendor In The Grass".

The DVD extras fascinatingly reveal the making of this passion project that debuted at the Sundance film festival.