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Title:
Traffic [BLU-RAY] / directed by Steven Soderbergh ; screenplay by Stephen Gaghan ; produced by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford ; a Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford production ; a USA Films presentation in association with Initial Entertainment Group.
ISBN:
9781604655339
Uniform Title:
Traffic (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Blu-ray release date: Jan. 17, 2012.
Special features: three audio commentaries, featuring Soderbergh and writer Stephen Gaghan; producers Laura Bickford, Edward Zwick, and Marshall Herskovitz and consultants Tim Golden and Craig Chretien; and composer Cliff Martinez ; 25 deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Soderbergh and Gaghan ; 3 sets of demonstrations: one on film processing and the look of the Mexico sequences; one on film editing, with commentary by editor Stephen Mirrione; and one on dialogue editing ; additional unused footage of various scenes, from multiple angles ; theatrical trailers and television spots ; gallery of trading cards depicting the U.S. Customs canine squad used to detect narcotics and other illegal substances ; An essay by film critic Manohla Dargis (in booklet).
Blu-ray; widescreen (1.778:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 suround sound.
Requires Blu-ray player.
Awards Note:
Academy Awards: Best director, Best supporting actor, Best adapted screenplay, Best film editing.
Summary:
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.
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Language Note:
English and Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Audience:
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive drug content, strong language, violence and some sexuality.
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Series Sequence:
Performer:
Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Peter Andrews ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Cliff Martinez.
OCLC Number:
ocn759521501
Availability:
Apple Valley - Galaxie~1
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
