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Catching Out

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Filmmaker Sarah George follows hobos as they hop freight trains in the Northwest.

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 08/21/2003
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. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 08/21/2003
3/5
When focusing on its four main subjects, Catching Out is an absorbing, picturesque group portrait. Go to Full Review
Ed Park Village Voice 08/19/2003
George's portrait of hobo lives gets stuck in self-absorption. Go to Full Review
Prairie Miller WBAI Radio 10/22/2007
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. Go to Full Review
TV Guide 08/28/2003
3/5
Maria Garcia Film Journal International 08/23/2003
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. Go to Full Review
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09/26/2013 This documentary of train hoppers who ride the rails across this country are bad ass.. I totally think that the hobos and tramps are amazing people.. if i had the balls to walk away from technology, i would want to do it for a summer.. but yeah.. the missing of the balls.. its their own small culture and i think this documentary See more 07/08/2012 I thought the concept sounded great when I picked it up, but I found the interviews to be borderline embarrassing and awkward. I didn't find myself caring or even interested with the subjects. If anything, I felt sorry for them. The on-train filming was decent, but by the middle of the film, I was ready for something new. See more 07/08/2008 I've watched this film twice: the first time because it was recommended to me, and the second because i wished to revisit the carefree quest for freedom that the film promotes. I do not feel that it suggests that people go trainhopping or break any laws. I do feel however, that it does a fine job of reminding those of us that live with the self-appointed boundaries of "normal" life that seeking freedom and self-expression should be a daily activity rather than a rare and infrequent one. I found the characters to be diverse and extremely eloquent, and their musings to be insightful humorous and inspirational. So if you're looking for a film that condemns alternative lifestyles and unconventional thinking, then this is not the film for you. However, if you wish to be witness to something truly liberating, consider watching [i]Catching Out[/i]. Highly recommended. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Sarah George follows hobos as they hop freight trains in the Northwest.
Director
Sarah George
Producer
Kelly Ramos
Screenwriter
Sarah George
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 15, 2018
Runtime
1h 19m
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