TV Guide: Crossroads

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AOL Moviefone — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:22:14 +0000

In a story reportedly inspired by Britney Spears' own experiences, the teen sensation ignores the admonitions of her controlling pop (Dan Aykroyd), gathers up a few of her friends and sets out on a roadtrip to find her estranged mother (Kim Cattrall). When the going gets tough, Britney and her pals turn to -- what else? -- karaoke singing to finance their journey. -

Video: Crossroads

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:55:20 +0000

A passion for blues music is evident in this drama based on a contest-winning script by former blues musician John Fusco -- and featuring one of the decade's best-received motion picture soundtracks, written and performed by Ry Cooder. Eugene Martone Ralph Macchio is a classically trained guitarist who desperately wants to locate a long-lost blues song. At a Harlem nursing home, Eugene finds Willie Brown (Joe Seneca), a legendary blues man who may be able to help him. Eugene becomes part of the master guitarist's scheme to reclaim his soul from the Devil, which he sold in exchange for musical greatness at a rural crossroads many decades before. Making their way across the Mississippi Delta, the duo meets Frances (Jami Gertz), a runaway who becomes a love interest for Eugene. After launching his career with the sale of his script for Crossroads (1986), which is loosely based on the mythical character of Faust and a fable involving real-life blues legend Robert Johnson (played in the film by Tim Russ), Fusco we

Video: Crossroads

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:53:03 +0000

Multimillion-selling recording artist Britney Spears makes the transition to the big screen with this teen road trip romantic comedy, co-produced by the film branch of the entity that first brought her pop stardom, MTV. Crossroads casts Spears as Lucy, the shy valedictorian of her high school graduating class. On the night of their prom, Lucy and her once-close childhood friends -- the prim and proper Kit (Zoe Saldana) and the tomboyish, five-months-pregnant Mimi (Taryn Manning) -- reunite to dig up a time capsule they buried together as little girls. Mimi's about to make good on her childhood dreams; she's leaving their small Southern town for hopes of fame and fortune in Los Angeles. Though Lucy and Kit are reluctant to join her, they decide to tag along at the last minute, agreeing to be chauffeured by Mimi's just-out-of-jail friend, Ben (Anson Mount). As they trek across the country, plagued by car problems, unsanitary motels, and petty bickering, the three friends reveal meaningful secrets to each other,

Video: Crossroads - (Original trailer)

TCM — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:29:32 +0000

A French diplomat (William Powell) who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.

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