Pushing Tin (1999)

Pushing Tin (1999, USA/GER) C-124m. SCOPE ** D: Mike Newell. Starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber. Cusack plays a hot-shot air-traffic controller, whose life is at a crosroads. New colleague Thornton may not only steal the show but also his wife Blanchett. Drama is off-beat at first glance but reveals itself to be very ordinary. You know you're in trouble when the opening sequence, designed to convey the excitement of air-traffic control, isn't interesting at all. Good actors make this watchable.


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