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Traffic is a 2000 crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh, who also served as director of photography. The screenplay was written by Stephen Gaghan, with production handled by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. The cast includes Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Benicio del Toro, and Dennis Quaid. The film was produced by Focus Features and Bedford Falls Productions, among others, and distributed by Focus Features and Netflix. It was filmed in California, Mexico, New Mexico, and San Diego, with narrative locations spanning Mexico, Washington, D.C., Texas, and Maryland.
The movie has a runtime of 147 minutes and was released on December 27, 2000. It grossed $207,500,000 at the box office against a budget of $48,000,000. Traffic received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. It won the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. The film is available in video on demand format.
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Film · TMDB
7.1An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Robert Wakefield
- Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala
- Erika Christensen as Caroline Wakefield
- Don Cheadle as Montel Gordon
- Jacob Vargas as Manolo Sanchez
Themes
- drug dealer
- daughter
- mother
- drug abuse
- drug smuggling
- smuggling (contraband)
- war on drugs
- drug trafficking
- addicted
- police operation
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenplay by
- Stephen Gaghan
- Based on
- Traffik , by Simon Moore
- Produced by
- Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz Laura Bickford
- Starring
- Don Cheadle Benicio del Toro Michael Douglas Luis Guzmán Dennis Quaid Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Cinematography
- Peter Andrews
- Edited by
- Stephen Mirrione
- Music by
- Cliff Martinez
- Production companies
- Bedford Falls Productions Laura Bickford Productions Initial Entertainment Group
- Distributed by
- USA Films (United States and Canada) Initial Entertainment Group (International)
- Release date
- December 27, 2000 ( 2000-12-27 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 147 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English Spanish
- Budget
- $48 million
- Box office
- $207.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Mexico
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- drug trafficking
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenwriter
- Stephen Gaghan
- Cast member
- Viola Davis
- Composer
- Cliff Martinez
- Producer
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Production company
- Bedford Falls Productions
- Cinematographer
- Steven Soderbergh
- Narrative location
- Maryland
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 141
- FilmAffinity ID
- 147882
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2000-00-00
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- film editor
- Stephen Mirrione
- title
- Traffic
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 207500000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 86/100
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