Traffic

Presents a mix of interrelated stories: a Mexican policeman finds himself and his partner caught in an often deadly web of corruption; a pair of DEA agents work undercover in a sordid and dangerous part of San Diego; a wealthy drug baron living in upscale, suburban America is arrested and learns how quickly his unknowing and pampered wife takes over his business; and the U.S. President's new drug czar must deal with his increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter.

Audience:

Rated R.

General Note:

Added copy is single disc widescreen ed.

MPAA Rating: R.

"Based on Traffic, created by Simon Moore, originally produced by Carnival Films for Channel 4 Television (U.K.)."

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.

Disc two includes commentary from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Stephen Hahjan; film processing, editing, and dialogue editing demonstrations; and additional footage.

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Feature films.

Subject Term:

Drug traffic -- Drama.

Author(s):

Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-

Gaghan, Stephen,

Zwick, Edward,

Herskovitz, Marshall,

Bickford, Laura,

Cheadle, Don,

Toro, Benicio del, 1967-

Douglas, Michael, 1944-

Guzmán, Luis, 1956-

Quaid, Dennis,

Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1969-

Moore, Simon, 1958-,

Added Corporate Author:

Bedford Falls Company.

USA Films (Firm)

Initial Entertainment Group.

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Publication Date:

2002

2000

ISBN:

9781559409285

9780783271736

Publication Information:

[U.S.A.] : Criterion Collection, c2002.

Award Note:

Academy Award Winner: Best supporting actor (Benicio del Toro)

Academy Award Winner: Best director (Steven Soderbergh)

Call Number:

DVD TRAFFIC

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Summary

A tapestry of lives touched by the United States drug war, including a corrupt Mexican border cop confronted with a crisis of conscience, a conservative judge appointed U.S. drug czar who discovers that his daughter is an addict, and the pregnant wife of an imprisoned drug dealer who must take over his business out of desperation. This edition includes the following supplemental material: three commentary tracks: director Steven Soderbergh; writer Stephen Gaghan; producers Laura Bickford, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz; consultants Tim Golden and Craig Chretien; composer Cliff Martinez (with two music cues not included in the film) ; 25 deleted scenes featuring commentary from Soderbergh and Gaghan; film processing demonstration: "Achieving the Look of the Mexico Sequences"; editing demonstration with commentary from editor Stephen Mirrione; dialogue editing demonstration; additional footage featuring multiple angles; U.S. Customs trading cards of the K-9 Squad; trailers.

Summary

The critically acclaimed thriller nominated for 5 Academy Awards, Traffic is an entertaining and informative ride through the high stakes, high risks life of the drug trafficking trade, as seen from both sides of the law and the U.S./Mexican border. It's the contemporary story of three separate, yet intertwined sets of lives illustrating the movement of illegal drugs and the lives affected by them along the way. Lives from all social levels, whose boundries are unknown to the illicit trade. A powerful and intense view into the drug world, presented in the unique and original vision of director Steven Soderbergh.

Summary

A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack cocaine addict.