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Cast: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Quaid, Erika Christensen,
Clifton Collins, Topher Grace, Amy Irving, Jacob Vargas, Marisol Padilla
Sanchez, Miguel Ferrer, Steven Bauer, Tomas Milian, Albert Finney, Benjamin
Bratt, James Brolin, Majandra Delfino, Peter Riegert;
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Synopsis:
Described by director Steven Soderbergh as
"Nashville meets The French Connection," this multi-character drama explores the
effects of international drug trafficking on all fronts: from their source, to
the U.S. border, to the federal government, to the private lives of users. Based
upon a miniseries originally aired on Britain's Channel 4, Traffic divides its
time among three main storylines and almost a dozen locales. The first and
primary plot thread, set in Ohio and Washington, D.C., concerns
freshly-appointed drug czar Robert Wakefield (Michael Douglas), whose enthusiasm
for his new prestige position is quickly offset when he realizes his 16-year-old
daughter Caroline (Erika Christensen) is graduating from recreational drug use
to habitual abuse -- a secret that his wife, Barbara (Amy Irving), has kept from
him. South of the border, Mexican cop Javier Rodriguez (Benicio Del Toro)
attempts to wage his own war on drugs, heading off a cocaine shipment in the
middle of the desert with his less-than-virtuous partner Manolo Sanchez (Jacob
Vargas). Surrounded by corruption, Javier approaches the drug war with an
attitude of patience and compromise, which opens him up to investigation from
General Arturo Salazar (Tomas Milian), the country's dubious drug-enforcement
liaison to the U.S. Meanwhile, San Diego drug kingpin Carlos Alaya (Steven
Bauer) is caught in a sting operation spearheaded by DEA agents Montel Gordon
(Don Cheadle) and Ray Castro (Luis Guzman), leaving behind his very pregnant and
very oblivious wife, Helena (Catharine Zeta-Jones). At the behest of Carlos'
lawyer and shady confidante, Arnie Metzger (Dennis Quaid), Helena decides to
carry on the family business -- with tragic consequences. Adapted by Rules of
Engagement scribe Stephen Gaghan, Traffic marked Soderbergh's second major
release in 2000 after the critical and box-office success of Erin Brockovich, as
well as his second feature as cinematographer (credited under the pseudonym
Peter Andrews). A favorite with various guild and critics' awards, Traffic won
four Academy Awards in 2001, including statues for Best Supporting Actor (Del
Toro) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Gaghan), and surprise wins for Steven
Mirrone's editing and Soderbergh's direction.