The Cruise

1998
PG-13
1h 16m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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Timothy 'Speed' Levitch in The Cruise (1998)

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Timothy "Speed" Levitch, an eccentric New York City tour bus guide, takes tourists around the island of Manhattan and shares an archive of beautifully distorted information about the city.Timothy "Speed" Levitch, an eccentric New York City tour bus guide, takes tourists around the island of Manhattan and shares an archive of beautifully distorted information about the city.Timothy "Speed" Levitch, an eccentric New York City tour bus guide, takes tourists around the island of Manhattan and shares an archive of beautifully distorted information about the city.

Director
- Bennett Miller
Star
- Timothy 'Speed' Levitch

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bennett Miller
Star
- Timothy 'Speed' Levitch

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations total

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Trivia
Edward Norton's favorite movie.

Quotes
Timothy 'Speed' Levitch: I am cruising, currently, right now! I am cruising because I have dedicated myself to all that is creative and destructive in my life right now, and I am equally in love with every aspect of my life, and all the ingredients that have caused me turmoil and all the ingredients that have caused me glory. I am the living, whispered warning in the Roman general's ear, 'Glory is fleeting', and in that verb - that active verb 'fleeting' - there I live, there I reside, in this moment. I have dedicated myself to the idiom, 'I don't know.' And I am in love with the frantic chaos of this limitless universe.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Beloved/Happiness/Practical Magic/Love Is the Devil/The Cruise (1998)

Soundtracks
But Not For Me
Written by George Gershwin (as George) and Ira Gershwin
Performed by Timothy 'Speed' Levitch
Published by Chappell & Co. (ASCAP)

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relentlessly pretentious

I loved the idea of this film! I love New York and stories about the creative and eccentric people that live there. But from the opening scene I knew that his nasal whine would irritate me, and it did. I made it through this movie even though I was tempted to turn it off a few times. There were several moments that were amusing and artistic (several comments on the tour bus; spinning in between the Twin Towers), but overall I found it to be annoying and pretentious. I guess I am getting bored with unambitious schlubs whining about the world and how much it sucks. It just seems trite to me at this point. There is a difference between living in a rebellious state, and TALKING endlessly about it like you are the most important person in the universe. And the guy in this film seemed like the latter to me. Many of his monologues were just ridiculous, and I did not care about his point of view at all. I more enjoyed watching the people around him, than him.