The Crossing (2000 film) Quotes

The Crossing is a television program that debuted in 2000 on A&E (TV channel) (US). The Crossing ended in 1970.

It features David Coatsworth as producer, Gary Chang as theme composer, and Rene Ohashi as head of cinematography. The Crossing is created by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The Crossing is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Crossing is 89 min. long. The Crossing is produced by Chris/Rose Productions and distributed by Columbia TriStar Television.

The cast includes: Jeff Daniels as Gen. George Washington, Sebastian Roché as Col. John Glover, and Nigel Bennett as Gen. Horatio Gates.

The Crossing Quotes

Jeff Daniels as Gen. George Washington

• (Jeff Daniels) "Now you hear me and you hear me well. You will ride out of my camp. You are not to discuss what has occurred here tonight, not with your staff, not with your men. Put your pistol on him, Alex, and go with him. See him onto his horse and out of this camp, and if he tries to take his men with him, shoot him."
• (Nigel Bennett) "You would not dare."
• (Jeff Daniels) "Try me, General Gates. Only try me."

• (Jeff Daniels) "Well, sir, I waited for you to broach this. What do you think?"
• (Nigel Bennett) "You would not wish to know, sir."
• (Jeff Daniels) "Then you have objections."
• (Nigel Bennett) "Many."
• (Jeff Daniels) "Would you specify them?"
• (Nigel Bennett) "Gladly. Firstly, in order to attack, one needs an army. You do not have an army. Secondly, in order to attack, one needs soldiers. Your men are not soldiers. Thirdly, your men always go one in direction. To attack requires the other direction. Shall I continue?"

• (Jeff Daniels) "Move your fat ass, Henry."
• (Unnamed) "What did he say?"
• (Unnamed) "Move your fat ass."
• (Jeff Daniels) "Don't swing your balls or you'll swamp the boat."

Nigel Bennett as Gen. Horatio Gates

• (Nigel Bennett) "In eleven days' time the enlistments run out. Your men will not attack a fly before then. Why should they? They need only sit tight and go home."

• (Nigel Bennett) "Surrender. This revolution is over."
• (Jeff Daniels) "So we surrender. We weigh the pros and cons and reason prevails. But you see, sir, I am an unreasonable man as well as a poor soldier. But you are right. My men are not soldiers. They are lads. Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen. They run away. They fear the Hessians as they fear death. All this is true. Yet they have put their trust in me. They could have deserted. Thousands have. But these lads have not. They remain with me. And I, not you, General Gates, I command this army, and if I, a bumbling Virginia farmer, should decide to lead them into Hell, they will follow me into Hell."

• (Nigel Bennett) "Those big Durham boats of yours make damn good targets. Even a Yankee gunner couldn't miss them."

Sebastian Roché as Col. John Glover

• (Sebastian Roché) "The boats are ready, sir. The men are ready as they're going to be, provided we can cross that damn river at all."
• (Jeff Daniels) "What was that?"
• (Sebastian Roché) "About the men sir?"
• (Jeff Daniels) "No, something about not crossing the river? Glover, you have been a pain in my ass and a thorn in my side since the day I first met you. You'd have been a general by now, if not for your pithy bitching."

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