Overview:
An 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.Status: | Released (2000-12-27) |
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Awards: | Won 4 Oscars. 73 wins & 86 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $124,115,725 |
Screen: | Simon Moore, Stephen Gaghan |
Productions: | USA Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Bedford Falls Productions, Laura Bickford Productions, Compulsion Inc. |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | Español, English |
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Crews
- 1884: Steven Soderbergh - Director - Directing
- 21706: Laura Bickford - Producer - Production
- 9182: Marshall Herskovitz - Producer - Production
- 9181: Edward Zwick - Producer - Production
- 1884: Steven Soderbergh - Director of Photography - Camera
- 8377: Cliff Martinez - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 1891: Stephen Mirrione - Editor - Editing
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Seen this a few times over the years and still remains a compelling multi-character drama with some fine performances all around. Also has some great visuals depending on the storyline. Not sure where I rank it amongst Soderbergh's other works (Ocean's 11 has the fun factory going fo ....
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**Someone needs to go back to directing school** This gem of the millennium comes with a great story (which has been done countless times before and after), great actors (funny faced most of them), and very well done action. Unfortunately all is wasted on the terrible actual te ....
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