Traffic 2000

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 141 min

genre: crime

theme: political thriller

director: Steven Soderbergh

Score: 8 / 10

Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from several perspectives: users, enforcers, politicians, and traffickers. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some characters do not meet each other. The film is an adaptation of the 1989 British Channel 4 television series Traffik. The film stars an international ensemble cast, including Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Erika Christensen, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Tomas Milian, Topher Grace, James Brolin, Steven Bauer, and Benjamin Bratt. It features both English and Spanish-language dialogue.

Plot

In Mexico, police officer Javier Rodriguez and his partner Manolo Sanchez stop a drug transport and arrest the couriers. General Salazar, a high-ranking Mexican official, interrupts their arrest and decides to hire Javier. Salazar instructs him to apprehend Francisco Flores, a hitman for the Tijuana Cartel, headed by the Obregón brothers.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	Stephen Gaghan
award	Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Maryland Mexico Texas Washington, D.C.
director	Steven Soderbergh
editor	Stephen Mirrione
events	drug trafficking
genre	crime drama political thriller
keywords	arrest assassination attempt bug car bomb cincinnati cocaine covert listening device dea death threat drug addiction drug cartel drug czar drug dealer drug enforcement administration drug lord family life force freebasing heroin homecoming hotel room juárez cartel kill life imprisonment listen meet methamphetamine murder narcotics anonymous nolle prosequi office of national drug control policy only child plan poison police force police officer pregnant wife president president of the united states press conference run away street gang teenage daughter tijuana cartel war on drugs wash
musicBy	Cliff Martinez
nomination	Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Edward Zwick Laura Bickford Marshall Herskovitz
productionCompany	Bedford Falls Productions Initial Entertainment Group Laura Bickford Productions
publisher	Focus Features
recordedAt	Arizona California Mexico New Mexico San Diego
theme	political thriller