Production
Crossing Over was filmed on location in Los Angeles in 2007.
The film originally featured a scene in which an Iranian is murdered by her brother in an honor killing. The National Iranian American Council opposed the plotline as being unrealistic and offensive, and so the killing was presented as a beating-up which got out of hand, removing the dialogue referring to "honor" and "family honor".
Additionally, Sean Penn filmed scenes as an immigration cop. However, his scenes were cut due to the controversy over the honor killing plot, though producer Harvey Weinstein later claimed that Penn's agent requested his scenes be cut out of the film.
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