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Changing Lanes Details

2002 Certificate 15
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Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make a business appointment on his .. Read more

Starring Dylan Baker, Bradley Cooper, Jennie Dundas, Ben Affleck
Director Roger Michell
Genres Thriller

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Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make a business appointment on his cell phone, offers Doyle a blank check to cover damages. Doyle, wanting to properly exchange information, declines, causing Gavin to flee the accident site. In his haste, Gavin leaves behind an important legal file that Doyle uses to his advantage, setting off a brutal cycle of revenge between these two men who began this Good Friday as strangers.
A class commentary that is decidedly different from director Roger Michell's previous film, NOTTING HILL, CHANGING LANES provides very little information about its two central characters before the moment of their car accident. Michell introduces them by crosscutting between both men speaking publicly--Gavin is lecturing to a charitable foundation, Doyle is talking at an AA meeting. These techniques of crosscutting and mirror imaging are used effectively throughout the film to underscore that the obvious social and economic differences between the two men doesn't disguise the dark and angry nature that exists in both of these men, and potentially in all of humanity.

Starring Dylan Baker, Bradley Cooper, Jennie Dundas, Ben Affleck, Samuel L. Jackson, Toni Collette, Sydney Pollack, William Hurt, Amanda Peet, Kim Staunton, Richard Jenkins, John Benjamin Hickey, Jennifer Dundas
Director Roger Michell
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German, Czech
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish
Released Production year: 2002

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DVD: 02 Jun 2003

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    • "...Jackson's performance provides the heart of the story. Illuminating the idea that things are sometimes not what they seem, Jackson shows us a doting father and persistent husband..."

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    • Rated - 3.5 stars  

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      great film

      where was bradley cooper in this film? The film was very good and gave good mileage out of a lost folder. Love Samuel l jackson. Great actor

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      excellent piece

      awesome movie, For me it just points out that there is no need for revenge. I love it! it taught me a lot too.

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      Changing Lanes

      This is one of those films that grows. I rented it purely on the basis that Samuel L Jackson and Ben Affleck are in it and actually thought it would be a fast ... read more »

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      Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make ...

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