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Catching Out (2002)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:7

Rotten:2

Average Rating:5.9/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Aug 20, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: "Catching Out," or freight train hopping, is generally regarded as a practice of depression-era hobos. This affectionate documentary by Sarah George, a rail-rider herself, examines the lives of... "Catching Out," or freight train hopping, is generally regarded as a practice of depression-era hobos. This affectionate documentary by Sarah George, a rail-rider herself, examines the lives of four young modern-day train hoppers and their reasons for partaking in this distinctly American way of travelling. Switch and Baby Girl met at a soup kitchen in California and rode the rails together for several months before becoming parents. The daughter of a hippie ship captain who died when she was a year old, Jessica dropped out of the University of California to ride the rails with her boyfriend. Her periodic train travels fuel her writing, some of which has been published. Environmental activist Lee lives in a forest hut, publishes a hobo-themed zine and rides over 10,000 miles a year on hopped trains. George shot CATCHING OUT over a period of five years, allowing her to capture a series of dramatic events in the lives of her subjects, all of whom see the trains as a symbol of freedom from the constrictions of society. Though often technically crude, CATCHING OUT sheds affectionate and often amusing light on a subculture with which most viewers are likely to have little familiarity. [More]

Director: Sarah George

Director: Sarah George
Producer: Sarah George
Composer: Peter Droge
Studio: Seventh Art Releasing

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  • "...exhilarating..." -Stephen Holden, New York Times
  • "An intriguing story that will leave one thinking about it
  • and even debating it for some time after the final credits."
  • - Phil Hall, Film Threat
  • Catching Out features several contemporary hobos who
  • dissent against mainstream American consumer culture
  • by traveling for free on freight trains. The film features a
  • seasoned Eco-activist named Lee, a young nomad named
  • Jessica, and a tramp couple known as Switch and Baby
  • Girl, as they navigate between the constraints of society
  • and the freedom of the road.
  • Source: Microcinema
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    03/27/09
    Ken Eisner
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    Vicariously relays the intoxicating fusion of railway rhythms, the poetic thoughts of these nomadic philosophers, and the continuous enchanting flow of majestic landscapes that the most elaborate hi-tech special effects would find difficult to match.

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    V.A. Musetto
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    Marjorie Baumgarten
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    08/28/03
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    In letting her subjects speak for themselves, George does a good job of exploring the lure of the road, or in this case the rails.

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    08/23/03
    Maria Garcia
    Maria Garcia
    Film Journal International

    Ultimately, the film is as numbingly boring as, well, a lengthy train ride during which there's nothing to do but look out the window.

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    08/21/03
    Frank Scheck
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    08/21/03
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    It's a unique and fascinating film.

    Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
    08/21/03
    David Sterritt
    David Sterritt
    Christian Science Monitor

    When focusing on its four main subjects, Catching Out is an absorbing, picturesque group portrait.

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    08/21/03
    Stephen Holden
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    George's portrait of hobo lives gets stuck in self-absorption.

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    08/19/03
    Ed Park
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    A ride worth taking, although the cavalier attitude by the film's subjects regarding their illegal actions is rather disturbing.

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    08/08/03
    Phil Hall
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