The Cruise (1998)

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Rating: PG13

Running Time: 77 min.

Synopsis: This black-and-white low-budget documentary focuses on garrulous guide Timothy "Speed" Levitch, who talks to tourists traveling on the Gray Line's double-decker Manhattan tour buses. Getting to the core of the Big Apple, the loquacious Levitch is a font of factoids, noting the residences of such past famed figures as Henry Miller, Thomas Paine, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, John Reed, and Edith Wharton) as he delivers diatribes, spouts quotes, and offers opinions, revealing his love-hate relationship with New York City. Shot in video with a blow-up to 35mm, The Cruise was shown at the 1998 L.A. Independent Film Festival.

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The Cruise (1998)

1Kubby: Lol just saw a sudden link truck take out a curb and cruise the sidewalk for a good 50 fr. Txtn and drivin
JenniferK14: this outfit reminds me of the cruise>> the only one he saw>>>
doctornickyvelo: @astudyinkitkat You're welcome? :-D Oh and BTW I watched The Avengers on the cruise. The Hulk was awesome. @-)
MattWithABeard: Just saw Tom Kruse! No, the deadbeat Tom Cruise. The inventor of the Hoverround, Tom Kruse. You know, the REAL celebrity. #I'mlying
jenniferjulien: @TheNextMartha Watched a hungry couple cruise the deli a couple of times in 10 minutes for samples. Weird. O well. Hungry's hungry I guess.