Traffic
[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2012]
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Director-approved Blu-ray special ed.
Description: 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series: Criterion collection ; 151.
Other Authors:
Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-
Zwick, Edward.
Herskovits, Marshall.
Bickford, Laura.
Cheadle, Don.
Toro, Benicio del, 1967-
Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Guzmán, Luis, 1956-
Quaid, Dennis.
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1969-
USA Films (Firm)
Bedford Falls Company.
Initial Entertainment Group.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-
Zwick, Edward.
Herskovits, Marshall.
Bickford, Laura.
Cheadle, Don.
Toro, Benicio del, 1967-
Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Guzmán, Luis, 1956-
Quaid, Dennis.
Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1969-
USA Films (Firm)
Bedford Falls Company.
Initial Entertainment Group.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Subjects:
Drug traffic -- Fiction.
Undercover operations -- California -- San Diego -- Drama.
Substance abuse -- Drama.
Drogues -- Trafic -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Drug traffic.
Substance abuse.
Undercover operations.
California -- San Diego.
Drug traffic -- Fiction.
Undercover operations -- California -- San Diego -- Drama.
Substance abuse -- Drama.
Drogues -- Trafic -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Drug traffic.
Substance abuse.
Undercover operations.
California -- San Diego.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for pervasive drug content, strong language, violence and some sexuality.
ISBN:
9781604655339
UPC: 715515090810
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD DRAMA Traffic | Main (Downtown) | Blu-ray Disc | In |
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).
Director of photography, Peter Andrews ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Cliff Martinez.
Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Blu-ray; widescreen (1.778:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 suround sound.
Requires Blu-ray player.
English and Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Academy Awards: Best director, Best supporting actor, Best adapted screenplay, Best film editing.
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).
Director of photography, Peter Andrews ; editor, Stephen Mirrione ; music, Cliff Martinez.
Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Blu-ray; widescreen (1.778:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 suround sound.
Requires Blu-ray player.
English and Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Academy Awards: Best director, Best supporting actor, Best adapted screenplay, Best film editing.