Traffic (2000)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.8/10   

Réalisateur:

Steven Soderbergh

Writers (WGA):

Simon Moore (miniseries Traffik)
Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 janvier 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drame | Thriller

Accroche:

No One Gets Away Clean

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Teenage Daughter | Judge | Witness | Mexico

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 59 wins & 57 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Soderbergh splashes colors with the dash and power of a Jackson Pollock

Ensemble

Benicio Del Toro	...	Javier Rodriguez
Jacob Vargas	...	Manolo Sanchez
Andrew Chavez	...	Desert Truck Driver
Michael Saucedo	...	Desert Truck Driver
Tomas Milian	...	General Arturo Salazar
Jose Yenque	...	Salazar Soldier / The Torturer
Emilio Rivera	...	Salazar Soldier #2
Michael O'Neill	...	Lawyer Rodman
Michael Douglas	...	Robert Wakefield
Russell G. Jones	...	Clerk
Lorene Hetherington	...	State Capitol Reporter #1
Eric Collins	...	State Capitol Reporter #2
Beau Holden	...	DEA Agent - CalTrans
Peter Stader	...	DEA Agent - CalTrans
James Lew	...	DEA Agent - CalTrans
Jeremy Fitzgerald	...	DEA Agent - CalTrans
Russell Solberg	...	DEA Agent - CalTrans
Luis Guzmán	...	Ray Castro (as Luis Guzman)
Don Cheadle	...	Montel Gordon
Don Snell	...	DEA Agent - Trailer
Enrique Murciano	...	DEA Agent
Gary Cervantes	...	DEA Agent - Trailer (as Gary Carlos Cervantes)
Leticia Bombardier	...	Ruiz's Secretary
Miguel Ferrer	...	Eduardo Ruiz
Carl Ciarfalio	...	Ruiz's Assistant
Steven Lambert	...	Van Driver (as Steve Lambert)
Gilbert Rosales	...	Van Passenger
Rick Avery	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Mario Roberts	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Eileen Weisinger	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Keii Johnston	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Mike Watson	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Kurt D. Lott	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage (as Kurt Lott)
Lincoln Simonds	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Steve Tomaski	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Buck McDancer	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
John Callery	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Ousaun Elam	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Brian Avery	...	DEA Agent - Public Storage
Corey Spears	...	F*****-up Bowman
Majandra Delfino	...	Vanessa
Topher Grace	...	Seth Abrahms
Erika Christensen	...	Caroline Wakefield
Alec Roberts	...	David Ayala
Catherine Zeta-Jones	...	Helena Ayala
Rena Sofer	...	Helena's Friend
Stacey Travis	...	Helena's Friend
Jennifer Barker	...	Helena's Friend
Dean Faulkner	...	Parking Valet
Albert Finney	...	Chief of Staff
D.W. Moffett	...	Jeff Sheridan
James Brolin	...	General Ralph Landry
Daniella Kuhn	...	Tourist Woman
Brandon Keener	...	Tourist Man
Bill Weld	...	Himself (as Governor Bill Weld)
George Blumenthal	...	Partygoer #1
Stephen Dunham	...	Lobbyist
Don Nickles	...	Himself (as Senator Don Nickles)
Margaret Travolta	...	Economist
Harry Reid	...	Himself (as Senator Harry Reid)
Jeff Podolsky	...	Himself
Jewelle Bickford	...	Partygoer #2
Barbara Boxer	...	Herself (as Senator Barbara Boxer)
Orrin G. Hatch	...	Himself (as Senator Orrin Hatch)
Charles Grassley	...	Himself (as Senator Charles Grassley)
Dave Hager	...	Partygoer #3
Tucker Smallwood	...	Partygoer #4
Steven Bauer	...	Carlos Ayala
Marisol Padilla Sánchez	...	Ana Sanchez (as Marisol Padilla Sanchez)
Amy Irving	...	Barbara Wakefield
Dennis Quaid	...	Arnie Metzger
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Francisco Flores
Víctor Quintero	...	Salazar Soldier (as Victor Quintero)
Toby Holguin	...	Salazar Soldier
Ramiro González	...	Salazar Soldier (as Ramiro Gonzalez)
Viola Davis	...	Social Worker
James Pickens Jr.	...	Prosecutor Ben Williams
Peter Riegert	...	Attorney Michael Adler
Elaine Kagan	...	Judge Reed
John Slattery	...	ADA Dan Collier
Jimmy Ortega	...	Arrested Man in Apartment (as Jim Ortega)
Greg Boniface	...	Tackled Man #1
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Tackled Man #2 (as Tom Rosales)
Rudy M. Camacho	...	Customs Official
Vonte Sweet	...	Dealer
Ed Breving	...	Hotel Deskman
Yul Vazquez	...	Tigrillo / Obregón Assassin
Jack Conley	...	Agent Hughes
Eddie Velez	...	Agent Johnson
Craig N. Chretien	...	Director of EPIC
John Brown	...	Assistant Director of EPIC
Mike Siegel	...	DEA Representative
Joel Torres	...	Porfilio Madrigal
Stephen J. Rose	...	Marty (as Steve Rose)
Kimber Fritz	...	Rehab Counselor
Harsh Nayyar	...	Witness #1
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Witness #2
Vincent Ward	...	Man on Street
Benjamin Bratt	...	Juan Obregón
Jsu Garcia	...	Pablo Obregón
Gregory Estevane	...	Polygraph Administrator
Alex Procopio	...	Polygraph Assistant
Rita Gomez	...	Mrs. Castro
Kaizaad Kotwal	...	Teacher (as Kaizaad Navroze Kotwal)
David Jensen	...	John
Jay Krymis	...	Waiter #1 (as Jay Fernando Krymis)
Mike Malone	...	Waiter #2
René Pereyra	...	Doctor (as Rene Pereyra)
Kymberly Newberry	...	Press Secretary (as Kymberly S. Newberry)
Carroll Schumacher	...	Ayala Security #1
Ben Scott	...	Ayala Security #2
Michael Showers	...	Meeting Leader
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Fred Anderson	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)
David Bickford	...	Stan (uncredited)
Tracey Brown	...	Extra (uncredited)
Robert Randolph Caton	...	Corporate Businessman (uncredited)
Cecile Cinco	...	Maid (uncredited)
Adam Clark	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Chic Daniel	...	DEA Agent (uncredited)
Alan Easley	...	Junkie (uncredited)
Choel Evans	...	Photojournalist (uncredited)
Salma Hayek	...	Rosario (uncredited)
Elizabeth Jarosz	...	High School Student (uncredited)
Dominic Koulianos	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Zachary Lindsey	...	Cafe Patron (uncredited)
David Pittinger	...	Cincinnati Police Officer (uncredited)
Darlynne Reyes	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Laurent Schwaar	...	Art Appraiser (uncredited)
Lynn Struiksma	...	Clown (uncredited)
Clyde Tull	...	Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Fairly Tull	...	Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Jim Cody Williams	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Steven Soderbergh

Scénaristes (WGA)
Simon Moore		(miniseries Traffik)
Stephen Gaghan		(screenplay)

Produit par
Laura Bickford	....	producer
Marshall Herskovitz	....	producer
Cameron Jones	....	executive producer
Graham King	....	executive producer
Andreas Klein	....	executive producer
Mike Newell	....	executive producer
Richard Solomon	....	executive producer
Edward Zwick	....	producer

Musique originale
Cliff Martinez

Image
Steven Soderbergh		(photographed by) (as Peter Andrews)

Montage
Stephen Mirrione

Distribution des rôles
Debra Zane

Création des décors
Philip Messina

Direction artistique
Keith P. Cunningham

Décorateur de plateau
Kristen Toscano Messina

Création des costumes
Louise Frogley

Maquillage
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair department head
Kathrine Gordon	....	hair department head
Loretta James-Demasi	....	key makeup artist (as Loretta James DeMasi)
Katherine James	....	makeup department head (as Kathrine James)
Roxanne Wightman	....	hair stylist
Anita Brabec	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Sandra Linn Koepper	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Todd McIntosh	....	prosthetic surgery makeup (uncredited)

Directeur de production
Frederic W. Brost	....	unit production manager
Pat Chapman	....	production manager: Cincinnati (as Patricia S. Chapman)
Robin Le Chanu	....	production supervisor (as Robin L. Le Chanu)
Caitlin Maloney	....	post-production supervisor
Anna Roth	....	production manager: Mexico
Vincent G. Gonzales	....	production supervisor: re-shoots (uncredited)

Assistant réalisateur
Trey Batchelor	....	second assistant director
Beryl Cohen	....	dga trainee
Adrian Grunberg	....	assistant director: Mexico (as Adrian Grunberg Kaufman)
Gregory Jacobs	....	first assistant director
Basti Van Der Woude	....	second second assistant director (as Basti van der Woude)

Art Department
Dale E. Anderson	....	set dresser
Adam L. Barker	....	plaster foreman
Jason Bedig	....	lead man
Greg Berry	....	set designer
Brent A. Blom	....	set dresser (as Brent Blom)
Richard Boris	....	greensman
Gary A. Brewer	....	set dresser (as Gary Brewer)
Jay E. Brooks	....	painter
Jeffrey Brooks	....	propmaker gangboss
Jerrold F. Brooks	....	propmaker gangboss
Eric Bryant	....	art department assistant
John Bullard	....	propmaker foreman (as John B. Bullard)
Manuel Castillo	....	set dresser: San Diego
Bill Duffin	....	propmaker gangboss
Michael Jon Duffin	....	propmaker gangboss
Alan Easley	....	set dresser
Louie Esparza	....	labor foreman (as Louie Esparza Jr.)
Robert Fidalgo	....	labor foreman
Christopher Forrest	....	propmaker
Gerard Forrest	....	location foreman
Hank Giardina	....	paint supervisor
William Gideon	....	general foreman
Wylie Griffin	....	art department coordinator (as Wylie Young Griffin)
Blair Huizingh	....	assistant art director
Steven Kerlagon	....	paint foreman (as Steven Kerlagun)
Bud Kucia	....	welder/ironman
Valerie Nadja Lancelot	....	assistant art director
Lance Larson	....	assistant property master
Mike Malone	....	on-set dresser
Steven B. Melton	....	property master
Jerry Miller	....	signwriter
Melody Miller	....	assistant property master
John Moore	....	office foreman
John Moore	....	purchaser
Joe Northrop	....	painter (as Joseph A. Northrop)
Andrew Nowling	....	greensman
Jim Paniagua	....	propmaker foreman (as James Paniagua)
Alfred J. Ransdell	....	propmaker gangboss
Anthony J. Saenz	....	labor foreman (as Anthony J. Saenz Jr.)
Brooke Sartorius	....	set dresser
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
Shana Sigmond	....	assistant set decorator
Chad Simpson	....	painter
Adam Snyder	....	laborer: Cincinnati
Chris Snyder	....	construction coordinator
Dale Snyder	....	propmaker foreman
Barbara Ann Spencer	....	set designer
Curtis Yackel	....	propmaker gangboss (as Curtis A. Yackel)
Clyde Zimmerman	....	paint foreman
Helen Britten	....	set buyer (uncredited)
Chris Peterson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Bryan S. Wheeler	....	swing gang (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Rusty Amodeo	....	Weddington transfer
David Betancourt	....	foley mixer
Larry Blake	....	sound re-recording mixer
Larry Blake	....	supervising sound editor
Joseph F. Brennan	....	boom operator
Matt Coby	....	sound re-recording mix assistant
Mark Coffey	....	Weddington transfer
Tobias Enhus	....	synth recording
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
Jay Gallagher	....	sound re-recording mix assistant
Aaron Glascock	....	dialogue editor
Kevin Globerman	....	assistant sound engineer
Richard Kite	....	utility sound
Paul Ledford	....	production sound mixer
Rick Mitchell	....	foley editor
John Murray	....	foley editor
Earl Sampson	....	additional boom operator
Gregg Silk	....	assistant sound engineer
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist (as Alicia Irwin)
F. Scott Taylor	....	assistant sound editor
Keenan Wyatt	....	boom operator
Mary Andrews	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Brian Basham	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Beth Bergeron	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Mike Chock	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Julie Feiner	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Alan L. Nineberg	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Marvin Walowitz	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Christopher T. Welch	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Werner Hahnlein	....	special effects foreman
Kevin Hannigan	....	special effects coordinator
William D. Harrison	....	special effects technician
Michael Roundy	....	special effects technician (as Michael D. Roundy)
Anthony Simonaitis	....	special effects set foreman
Charles E. Dolan	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Richard A. Benoit	....	production: Cinesite (as Rick Benoit)
Jill Bogdanowicz	....	junior colorist: Cinesite
Shawn Broes	....	editorial: Cinesite (as Shawn J. Broes)
Carole Cowley	....	production: Cinesite
Julius Friede	....	senior colorist: Cinesite
Kristopher Gregg	....	digital imaging operator: Cinesite
Erik Hakanen	....	digital imaging coordinator: Cinesite
Paul Howarth	....	editorial: Cinesite
Vincent Lavares	....	digital asset manager: Cinesite
Kama Moiha	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Serena Naramore	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Todd Sarsfield	....	technical assistant: Cinesite
Tony Sgueglia	....	technical assistant: Cinesite
Brian Shows	....	technical assistant: Cinesite
Mike Sullo	....	production: Cinesite
Steve Wright	....	digital compositor: Cinesite (as Steven Wright)
Matthew Adams	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Robert Coquia Jr.	....	3D technical assistant (uncredited)
Fred Jimenez	....	2D technical assistant: Cinesite Hollywood (uncredited)
Jon Quon	....	technical assistant: Cinesite (uncredited)

Cascadeur
John Robotham	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Avery	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kevin Beard	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Phil Chong	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jayson Dumenigo	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Edwards	....	stunts (uncredited)
Beau Holden	....	stunts (uncredited)
Toby Holguin	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gaston Howard	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Mike Justus	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunt double: Benicio Del Toro (uncredited)
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jason Rodriguez	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rick Sawaya	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Young	....	precision driver coordinator: Bill Young's Driving Team (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James W. Apted	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as James Apted)
Dustin Ault	....	rigging best boy grip
Herb Ault	....	key grip
Russell Ayer	....	electrician
Carlos Boiles	....	grip: San Diego
Glenn Brown	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Kyle Carden	....	grip
Joaquin Cervera	....	assistant camera: Mexico (as Joachin Cervera Buenfil)
Andreas Crawford	....	rigging key grip
R. Michael De Chellis	....	rigging gaffer
Stacy De La Motte	....	camera loader (as Stacy de la Motte)
Caz Duffy	....	camera production assistant
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald	....	best boy grip
Kelvin Hunter	....	grip production assistant
Barry Idoine	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Gary Jay	....	camera operator
Eric Kieweg	....	rigging electrician
Duane Manwiller	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Duane C. Manwiller)
Bob Marshak	....	still photographer
James Plannette	....	chief lighting technician
Paul Threlkeld	....	camera grip
Eric Wolfson-Sagot	....	rigging best boy electric
Eric Wycoff	....	best boy electric
Joey Bruce	....	rigging grip: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Geoffrey Haley	....	supervising video engineer (uncredited)
Ralph Merzbach	....	24 frame video operator (uncredited)
Robert W. Morgenroth	....	video supervisor (uncredited)
Thom Owens	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)
Mark Wineman	....	24 frame video operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Kimberly Skyrme	....	location casting: Washington D.C.
Terri Taylor	....	casting associate (as Terri R. Taylor)
Pamela Lynn Thomas	....	casting assistant
Rich King	....	additional casting (uncredited)
Linda Winters	....	extras casting: local (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fran Allgood	....	set costumer: Mr. Douglas
Betty Besio	....	cutter/fitter (as Elizabeth Besio)
Edward T. Hanley	....	set costumer
Joyce Kogut	....	costume supervisor
Francisco Mares	....	tailor
Ann Miller	....	set costumer (as Annie Miller)
Garet Reilly	....	key costumer
Shoshana Rubin	....	set costumer
Richard Schoen	....	set costumer
Lizz Wolf	....	costumer
Jeannie H. Kelly	....	personal costumer: Albert Finney (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Douglas Crise	....	first assistant editor: avid
Paul Caleb Duffy	....	post-production assistant (as P. Caleb Duffy)
Denise Marquez	....	editorial production assistant
Meaghan F. McLaughlin	....	post-production assistant
Dana Ross	....	color timer
Keith H. Sauter	....	first assistant editor (as Keith Sauter)
Norman R. Walker	....	second assistant editor (as Norman Walker)
Mike Bellamy	....	final colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Alex Acuna	....	musician: percussion
Michael Brook	....	musician: guitar
Paulinho Da Costa	....	musician: percussion
Flea	....	musician: master of the 4-string electric bassius o'pheilius
Herbie Hancock	....	musician: electric piano
David Low	....	music contractor
Alan Meyerson	....	music mixer
Mark Pelsone	....	musician: electric piano
Frankie Pine	....	music consultant
Jeff Rona	....	music programmer
Jeff Rona	....	orchestrator
David Torn	....	musician: textual constructions, guitar (as SPLatteRCeLL)
Christine Bergren	....	music legal (uncredited)
Patricia Joseph	....	executive in charge of soundtracks (uncredited)
Jeff Rona	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Jim Alfonso	....	driver (as James C. Alfonso)
Chris Beanes	....	driver
Rich Bennetti	....	transportation co-captain (as Richard Bennetti)
Loren Bess	....	driver
Frank Alan Butler	....	driver
Doreen L. Carpenter	....	transportation dispatcher
Jon Carpenter	....	transportation coordinator
Gary Cheek	....	driver
Robert Chookhachian	....	driver
Charles Conn	....	driver
Gary Cruise	....	driver (as Gary D. Cruise)
Dale Douglas	....	driver (as Dale A. Douglas)
Robert Dulys	....	driver (as Robert W. Dulys)
Guy Duquette	....	driver (as Guy A. Duquette)
Bernard Glavin	....	driver (as Bernard A. Glavin)
Leon Glavin	....	driver (as Leon L. Glavin)
Chris Gorden	....	driver
Billy Grace	....	driver
Shane Greedy	....	transportation captain
Phil Helman	....	driver (as Phillip Helman)
Mike Hutmacher	....	driver
Jonny R. Johnson	....	driver
J.T. Lannen	....	driver
James V. Lingle	....	driver
Tony Mercier	....	driver
Ken Merrit	....	driver (as Ken Merritt)
Tom Neal	....	driver
Robert Neilson	....	driver (as Robert L. Neilson)
Dominic Jack Pizzo Sr.	....	driver
Curtis Randoll	....	driver
Chance Robertson	....	driver
Chip Robinson	....	driver (as George Chip Robinson)
Sean C. Ryan	....	driver
William Mark Spencer	....	driver
Dusty Tulk	....	driver: El Paso
Paul Tumber	....	driver
Gordon Winkle	....	driver (as Gordon R. Winkle)
Bill Young	....	precision driver coordinator
Arturo Curiel	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Divers
Valentina Aulisi	....	assistant: Ms. Bickford
Joseph Bargdill	....	stand-in: Micheal Douglas
Julianne Berkowitz	....	assistant: Ms. Zeta-Jones
Clelio Boccato	....	assistant production coordinator
Carrie Brody	....	production office assistant
Brumby Broussard	....	assistant to cast
Keri Bruno	....	set production assistant
William Butler-Sloss	....	assistant: Mr. Newell and Mr. Jones
Lisa D. Carey	....	second assistant accountant (as Lisa Carey)
Michael Charske	....	location assistant: El Paso (as R. Michael Charske)
Craig N. Chretien	....	technical consultant
Angie Lee Cobbs	....	assistant production coordinator
Manuel D. Cocar	....	catering assistant
Robin L. Cohen	....	assistant: Mr. Solomon (as Robin Cohen)
Deirdre Costa	....	location manager: Cincinnati
Renee D. Czarapata	....	payroll accountant
Chic Daniel	....	technical advisor: Reel Deal Technical Advisors
Robert Darwell	....	production legal
Betsy Dennis	....	production office assistant: San Diego
Mark Dometrovich	....	assistant to cast
Molly Donnellon	....	assistant production coordinator: Cincinnati (as Molly A. Donnellon)
Paul Caleb Duffy	....	assistant location manager (as P. Caleb Duffy)
Edward J. Ertel	....	projectionist (as E.J. Butch Ertel)
John Falvey	....	assistant to cast
Carlos Flores	....	catering assistant
Jay Floyd	....	clearance services: Now Clear This!
Carrie Black Gallison	....	assistant production coordinator: San Diego (as Carrie Black)
Tim Golden	....	consultant
Josh Gummersall	....	assistant: Mr. Herskovitz
Ronald Hairston Jr.	....	craft service
Ronald E. Hairston	....	craft service
Tamiko Hairston	....	craft service
Quentin Halliday	....	assistant location manager
Jeffrey Harris	....	second assistant accountant (as Jeffrey C. Harris)
Keith Heileman	....	production office assistant: Cincinnati
Lilli Heinrich	....	assistant production coordinator: El Paso
George Herthel	....	additional location manager
Sara Brenna Hine	....	production office assistant: Cincinnati
Jason Hinkel	....	second assistant accountant
Karen Jarnecke	....	production coordinator
Marisol Jiménez	....	construction accountant (as Marisol Jimenez)
Michael LaCorte	....	set production assistant (as Michael La Corte)
Graham Larson	....	assistant: Mr. Zwick (as Graham Larsen)
Ken Lavet	....	location manager
Keri Littledeer	....	set medic
Sonya Lunsford	....	first assistant accountant
Caitlin Maloney	....	assistant: Mr. Soderbergh
Daniel Martínez	....	location manager: Mexico
Antoine Mascaro	....	chef
Thomas John McGowan	....	studio teacher (as Thomas J. McGowan)
Meaghan F. McLaughlin	....	production office assistant: Mexico
Robert Mitas	....	assistant: Mr. Douglas
René Pereyra	....	translator (as Rene Pereyra)
Peggy Pridemore	....	location manager: Washington D.C.
Alice Procházková	....	accounting clerk (as Alice Prochazkova)
John Quittner	....	film runner
John Ramirez	....	set security coordinator
Sylvia Remington	....	assistant production coordinator: Mexico
Anthony Rico	....	location production assistant
Jason Rider	....	assistant to cast
Sonny Ritscher	....	production accountant
Luis M. Rodríquez Villa	....	translator
Antonio Mata Sanchez	....	location assistant: Mexico
Will Sandoval	....	production office assistant
Alan Shaterian	....	dialect coach: Mr. Del Toro
Amy Sterner	....	production office assistant: San Diego
Spooky Stevens	....	publicist
Lynn Struiksma	....	set production assistant
Andrea Tagliareni	....	assistant: Mr. King
Diana C. Tulk	....	production office assistant: El Paso
Guillermo Villegas	....	catering assistant
Annie Welles	....	script supervisor
Stephen Bridgewater	....	drama coach (uncredited)
Brett Cody	....	video coordinator (uncredited)
Caleb Duffy	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Choel Evans	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Sam Faniel	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Beau Holden	....	assistant: Dennis Quaid (uncredited)
John Latenser V	....	assistant location manager: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Warner Loughlin	....	acting coach (uncredited)
John Mattingly	....	production assistant: Ohio (uncredited)
Kim McCray	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Chris Miller	....	technical consultant (uncredited)
Leilani Muenter	....	stand-in: Ms. Zeta-Jones (uncredited)
Dana Parker	....	production assistant (uncredited)
David A. Perez	....	location scout (uncredited)
Christopher Scott	....	production assistant: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Nancy Solomon	....	script supervisor (san diego only) (uncredited)
Mitch Toles	....	choreographed weapon (uncredited)
Gary Tuers	....	weapons handler (uncredited)
David M. Wermus	....	assistant location manager: San Diego (uncredited)

Thanks
Illa Brown	....	special thanks
Karyn V. Cody	....	special thanks (as Karyn Cody)
Juan Coronel	....	special thanks
Lisa Fairchild	....	special thanks
Raymond Kelly	....	special thanks
Charles LaBella	....	special thanks
Dennis Murphy	....	special thanks
Terry Parham	....	special thanks
Catherine H. Shaw	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Bedford Falls Productions
• Compulsion Inc.
• Initial Entertainment Group (IEG)
• Splendid Medien AG
• USA Films

Distributors

• USA Films (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2004) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Communications (????) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (????) (France) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Croco Film (2008) (Germany) (theatrical) (re-release)
• E Stars Films (2005) (China) (DVD)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (????) (UK) (theatrical)
• Europa Filmes (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Europa Filmes (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Fox Crime (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) (non-USA)
• Líder Films (????) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Manga Films (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Mediafilm (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• New Films International
• Nippon Herald Films (????) (Japan) (theatrical)
• PolyGram Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• PolyGram Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• RCV Film Distribution (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (????) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (????) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (????) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2001) (Finland) (video)
• Scanbox Sweden (2001) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Sweden (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Scanbox Sweden (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Sherlock Media S.L. (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Splendid Film (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Splendid Film (2001) (Germany) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Village Roadshow Entertainment (????) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Village Roadshow Entertainment (????) (New Zealand) (theatrical)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Cinesite (Hollywood) (digital visual effects)
• E=mc²

Other Companies

• Bill Young's Precision Driving Team  precision driving
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies by
• El Paso Film Commission  special thanks
• Gourmet on Location  catering
• Great Northern Brokerage Services  insurance
• Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Film Commission  special thanks
• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals
• Masterwords  cutting continuity
• Media Ventures  score mixed at
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• NT Audio Visual  dailies telecine and track negative
• Reel Deal Technical Advisors  technical advisors
• Rich King Casting  extras casting
• San Diego Film Commission, The  special thanks
• Swelltone Labs  sound re-recording
• Troop, Steuber, Pasich, Reddick & Tobey LLP  production legal
• Tucson Film Office  special thanks
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation  foley recorded at
• Weddington Productions  post-production sound services

Autre(s) titre(s):

Traffic - Die Macht des Kartells (Germany)
Traffik (USA) (working title)
Traffic (France) [fr]
Trafic (Canada: French title) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive drug content, strong language, violence and some sexuality.

Durée:

147 min

Pays:

Germany | USA

Langue:

Anglais | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Iceland:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Brazil:18 | Germany:16 (f) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

A-1 Self Storage, 1190-B W. Morena Boulevard, San Diego, California, USA

Company:

Bedford Falls Productions

Anecdotes:

Al Pacino was also asked to play Judge Wakefield but couldn't fit it into his schedule and Richard Gere was considered before Michael Douglas came on board.

Goofs:

Continuity: Inside the surveillance van, the time indicated on the wristwatch hanging up near Ray changes drastically between continuous shots.

Guillemet:

[first lines]
Javier Rodriguez: [in Spanish] Last night I had an ugly nightmare.
Manolo Sanchez: [in Spanish] Oh yeah? What happened, man?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds (#2.4)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Going Under (Love & Insanity Dub) - K&D Sessions

Soderbergh splashes colors with the dash and power of a Jackson Pollock

Traffic (2000)

Like an abstract expressionist master, Steven Soderbergh stands in the center of a canvas that stretches from Cincinnati to Tijuana. He mixes materials and splashes colors with the dash and power of a Jackson Pollock. His materials are skillful acting, lively editing, a dynamic music score, and an unflinching camera. (He did his own lensing, under a pseudonym). The artist's aim? To paint a picture of our country's drug problem.

Scripted by Stephen Gaghan, "Traffic" has its roots in a 1989 British television mini-series, "Traffik," which followed the drug trade from Pakistan to Britain. There are three loosely related stories, each with its own color coding--and as with Pollock, there is nothing random about where the paint splashes upon the canvas.

Blue hues bathe blue bloods in Cincinnati where an Ohio Supreme Court Justice (Michael Douglas) is flattered into taking a job as national drug czar, just as his bright young daughter (Erika Christensen) is seduced into addiction by her prep-school friends.

A rich golden-yellow surrounds San Diego where a comely couple (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Steven Bauer) occupy the upper links of the drug chain and spend ill-gotten cash on clothes, cars and country clubs. They are pursued by two undercover cops (Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) who spend most of their screen time cooped up in a surveillance van.

In Mexico, a washed-out, burnished brown bespatters a desert of desperation as two Baja policemen (Benicio Del Toro and Jacob Vargas) pull off a major drug bust only to be themselves busted, by a sinister general (Tomas Milian) who notifies them that 'I will take over from here.' Each color signifies its own impenetrable culture, and when Douglas crosses into Mexico to meet his counterpart, we know (but he doesn't) that his fellow drug czar is really a drug lord.

The performances were exceptional, especially considering that no one was given star treatment. Much of the film was shot with existing light and Soderbergh kept the composition wide, letting the actors create their own space. Douglas was surprisingly believable as the would-be czar and bookends an Oscar-worthy year with his scruffy professor in the earlier "Wonder Boys." His real-life wife, Zeta-Jones (carrying their child), gave a quite credible performance as a society snob who turns ruthless when her status is threatened.

Other stand-outs include Christensen's drugged-out daughter, Del Toro's street smart Mexican cop and Cheadle's dedicated drug buster. In fact, there was not a weak performance in the bunch, including crucial cameos by veterans Peter Riegert and Albert Finney. Real people even play roles: Douglas's fictional drug czar confers with real-life senator Orrin Hatch, while actual customs officials relate their day-to-day drug enforcement dilemmas.

Each of the three stories ends with a glimmer of hope. But despite small battles being won, the film's verdict is that the larger war is plainly being lost. As if on cue, White House Director of Drug Policy, Barry McCaffrey, has resigned effective January 6, 2001. The real-life outgoing czar, a former general, has become a vocal supporter of increased funding for treatment programs.

Like Pollock, Soderbergh continues to stretch the boundaries of his art, as he did a dozen years ago with "sex, lies, and videotape," and more recently with the undervalued "The Limey." "Erin Brockovich" though fairly conventional by his standards, nevertheless completes a year any director would envy.

Rating: 3 1/2 stars out of 4