'Night Crossing' is about an enormous barrier designed not to keep enemies out but to keep its own people in<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about a very long border fencer equipped with silent alarms and automatic firing systems<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about the denial of the basic human rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about the fear and pain that afflict so many families<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about one attempt to risk a crossing through the border zone<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about a loving father whose only desire is to give his boys what should never have been taken away from them<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about a disturbed mother who wants her babies and her husband alive<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about a caring husband who wants his family to be together but in a better place<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about children who want to be free to reach at anytime the sky<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about a hot-air balloon handcrafted and built by two families <br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about a balloon which could go just high enough to crash or catch fire and explode<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about two determined men who want their family to climb into a hot air balloon and float away to 'liberty'<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about the fear of getting caught by an evil regime<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about a sensible man who can't let bad dreams stop him<br /><br />'Night Crossing' is about an icy policeman who wants every lookout tower on full alert<br /><br />With exquisite music by Jerry Goldsmith, Delbert Mann's 'Night Crossing' makes us realize the true value of freedom<br /><br />Final thoughts: <br /><br />There are a few moments in everyone's life, certainly in public lives, that can define a person...<br /><br />For those of us old enough to remember the Reagan presidency, seeing the clips again in the wake of his death makes it seem like those events happened just yesterday, or last week. The voice, the expressions, are all so familiar. But for a large percentage of people, these events might as well have happened fifty years ago, if not more. They are part of the distant past. President Reagan is a name, and not much more. President Gorbachev is another name, and not much more. So how can we remember these two men who had such a huge impact on their country?<br /><br />Reagan and Gorbachev worked together to tear down the Berlin Wall and to steer their superpower nations away from nuclear confrontation