Traffic - The Miniseries (The Director's Cut)

Starring:Cliff Curtis, Martin Donovan (II), Balthazar Getty, Elias Koteas, Mary McCormack, Ritchie Coster, Nelson Lee (II), Tony Musante, Justin Chatwin, Belinda Metz, Brian George, Jennifer Rae Westley, Eden Rountree, Duncan Fraser (II), Katia Khatchadourian, Tygh Runyan, Paul Anthony (VI), Amanda Tapping, Christopher Shyer, Alan C. Peterson
Director: Eric Bross, Stephen Hopkins
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

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Like The Singing Detective, Alastair Reid's award-winning 1989 British miniseries (broadcast in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre) has taken on mythic status. The critical and box-office success of Steven Soderbergh's Oscar®-winning feature-film adaptation paved the way for Traffik's home-video release, and it's an even more gripping and devastating experience. This is understandable in that it unfolds over five riveting hours, allowing for richer characterization. Traffik also operates on a broader canvas, as the interlocking stories play out in such far-flung locales as London and Hamburg, Germany, as well as Pakistan, a reminder that the war on drugs--in this case, heroin--is a global one. Comparisons between the miniseries and the movie are inevitable, and in the role played by Michael Douglas, Bill Paterson (perhaps best known as the lovelorn disc jockey in Comfort and Joy) makes a more convincing bureaucratic Everyman trying to hash out a financial-aid agreement with Pakistan that would eradicate the impoverished farmers' precious poppy crop. His world is shattered when his own daughter (Julia Ormond in her heartbreaking screen debut) becomes an addict. Lindsay Duncan is even more chilling than Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helen, a "housewife" who takes over her husband's smuggling operation when he is arrested. Aware of his illicit activities, she vows, "I'm not going to let go of everything we fought for." In the Don Cheadle role is Fritz Müller-Scherz as Ulli, a crafty and relentless German detective on Helen's case. One tragic story line unique to the miniseries concerns Fazal (Jamal Shah), an impoverished Pakistani farmer who finds work with Tariq Butt (Tallat Hussain), a major drug trafficker. This is one of television's finest hours (or five), and it's impossible not to get caught up in it. --Donald Liebenson

Traffic - The Miniseries (The Director's Cut)

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Traffic - The Miniseries (The Director's Cut)
Starring: Cliff Curtis , Martin Donovan (II) , Balthazar Getty , Elias Koteas , and Mary McCormack
Director: Eric Bross , and Stephen Hopkins
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B00005JMZQ
Release Date: 2004-11-02

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Go beyond the Academy Award-winning film, Traffic, in this electrifying USA Original Miniseries, Traffic: The Miniseries, from directors Stephen Hopkins (director of the thrilling TV show "24") and Eric Bross (On the Line). It's a life-and-death struggle for most secret agents on America's borders. In the sinister and seductive world of illegal trafficking, most supply and demand isn't for drugs it's for chemical goods, weapons and even human beings. When three men attempt to apprehend the elusive criminals behind these illicit trade organizations, they find their lives intertwined in ways they never could have imagined. Go deep undercover in this heart-pounding, edgy race for survival, and now, in the must-own Director's Cut, experience even more of the intense action with exclusive uncensored footage and an all-new, edge-of-your-seat twist ending.

Traffic: The Miniseries [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ]

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Traffic: The Miniseries [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ]
Director: Eric Bross , and Stephen Hopkins
Manufacturer: Carnival
ProductGroup: DVD
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Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages: o Dutch (subtitles) o English (Dolby Digital 2.0) Synopsis: Inspired by the themes of Steven Soderbourgh's Academy Award winning 2000 film of the same name, Traffic: The Miniseries focuses on a group of people involved in the highest levels of illegal trafficking; dealing with the sale and trade of chemicals, weapons, and even people. DEA agent Mike McKay (Elias Kotas) goes missing in Afghanistan while at home, his son treads dangerously close to addiction. Meanwhile, different storylines follow Fazal (Ritchie Coster), whose wife and child die during illegal transport to the US, and Ben (Balthazar Getty), whose father's shipping company is being used to transport illegal immigrants into the country. The seemingly unconnected lives of the characters eventually begin to converge, illustrating the interconnected nature of issues surrounding the war on illegal transport. Special Features: o Scene Access

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