TRAFFIC

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• Release Year: 2000
• Genre: Crime; Drama; Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Traffic examines the effect of drugs as politics, business, and lifestyle. Acting as his own director of photography, Steven Soderbergh employs an innovative, color-coded cinematic treatment to distinguish the interwoven stories of a newly appointed drug czar and his family, a West Coast kingpin's wife, a key informant, and cops on both sides of the U.S./Mexican border. Rarely has a film so energetic and suspenseful presented a more complex and nuanced view of an issue of such international importance. Instantly recognized as a classic, Traffic appeared on more than 200 critics' ten-best lists, and earned 5 Academy Award® nominations.
• Cast: Benicio Del Toro; Jacob Vargas; Andrew Chavez; Michael Saucedo; Tomas Milian; Jose Yenque; Emilio Rivera; Michael O'Neill; Michael Douglas; Russell G. Jones; Lorene Hetherington; Eric Collins; Beau Holden; Peter Stader; James Lew; Jeremy Fitzgerald; Russell Solberg; Luis Guzmán; Don Cheadle; Don Snell; Enrique Murciano; Gary Carlos Cervantes; Leticia Bombardier; Miguel Ferrer; Carl Ciarfalio; Steven Lambert; Gilbert Rosales; Rick Avery; Mario Roberts; Eileen Weisinger; Keii Johnston; Mike Watson; Kurt D. Lott; Lincoln Simonds; Steve Tomaski; Buck McDancer; John Callery; Ousaun Elam; Brian Avery; Corey Spears; Majandra Delfino; Topher Grace; Erika Christensen; Alec Roberts; Catherine Zeta-Jones; Rena Sofer; Stacey Travis; Jennifer Barker; Dean Faulkner; Albert Finney; D.W. Moffett; James Brolin; Daniella Kuhn; Brandon Keener; Bill Weld; George Blumenthal; Stephen Dunham; Don Nickles; Margaret Travolta; Harry Reid; Jeff Podolsky; Jewelle Bickford; Barbara Boxer; Orrin G. Hatch; Charles Grassley; Dave Hager; Tucker Smallwood; Steven Bauer; Marisol Padilla Sánchez; Amy Irving; Dennis Quaid; Clifton Collins Jr.; Víctor Quintero; Toby Holguin; Ramiro González; Viola Davis; James Pickens Jr.; Peter Riegert; Elaine Kagan; John Slattery; Jimmy Ortega; Greg Boniface; Thomas Rosales Jr.; Rudy M. Camacho; Vonte Sweet; Ed Breving; Yul Vazquez; Jack Conley; Eddie Velez; Craig N. Chretien; John Brown; Mike Siegel; Joel Torres; Stephen J. Rose; Kimber Fritz; Harsh Nayyar; Mary Pat Gleason; Vincent Ward; Benjamin Bratt; Jsu Garcia; Steven Soderbergh; Simon Moore; Stephen Gaghan
• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Runtime: 2:27
• Company: USA Films, Initial Entertainment Group, Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford, Alliance Atlantis
• Media Format: Movie