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The Crossing Guard (1995)

Directed by Sean Penn · Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond

R111 min57 frames

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...some lives cross, others collide.

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The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: medium — A group of people gathers in a residential room filled with musical equipment. Two men play acoustic…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: closeup — A dark indoor space is barely visible beyond the subject's face. The woman's side profile occupies…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: wide — A modern, minimalist apartment features textured wallpaper behind a bed and large window blinds. A man…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: medium — A spare interior space featuring a white wall and a vintage radio on a crate. A blonde woman kneels…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: wide — An expansive overcast sky hangs over a flat, desolate dirt lot with distant power lines. Three people…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: establishing — A sprawling cemetery with rows of grave markers stretches toward an industrial harbor horizon.…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: establishing — A wide industrial harbor view with large shipping cranes and stacked containers in back. A…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit bar interior featuring blurry bottles on shelves in the background. A man with a goatee…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: medium — The interior of an RV has tan cabinets and a plaid curtain over the window. A shirtless man with a…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: closeup — A white mugshot backdrop displays height markers in increments from sixty-three to sixty-nine…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: closeup — The subject stands in an entirely dark, indeterminate interior space. The woman stares toward the…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: medium — A neon sign labeled Dreamland hangs above an emergency call box on an exterior wall. The sign…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: closeup — A close view shows a hand holding a lit cigarette with a thin trail of smoke rising. The subject is…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: closeup — A close-up view shows a bronze sculpture of a child wearing a bonnet. The statue stands fixed…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: medium — A dark closet filled with hanging clothes occupies the foreground of a dim room. A man stares…The Crossing Guard (1995) movie still: fullbody — A flat, barren landscape under a heavy grey sky with a simple barbed wire fence. Three people…
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The Crossing Guard — official trailer

What is The Crossing Guard about?

Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.

Where can you watch The Crossing Guard?

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Who stars in The Crossing Guard?

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What does the cinematography of The Crossing Guard look like?

Sampled across 56 frames, the coverage of The Crossing Guard leans on close-ups (39% of the sample) and medium shots (38%). Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond keeps 68% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 64% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 77% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of The Crossing Guard?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Crossing Guard (1995) are #2e2b2d, #131114, #514e4e, #89776c, #d4d0ce, #30334a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

  • #2e2b2d
  • #131114
  • #514e4e
  • #89776c
  • #d4d0ce
  • #30334a

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