Traffic

2000

In three interwoven vignettes, Traffic offers disturbing snapshots of America's drug war. Drug czar Michael Douglas sees his life turned upside down when the drug problem hits home, while Tijuana cop Benicio Del Toro tries to keep his hands clean -- and stay alive. Meanwhile, Drug Enforcement Agency operatives arrest a major dealer, forcing his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) to take over the family business.

It's a dirty, dirty war! And no one comes away clean

JBscale

Excellent

Film Detail

Genre

Crime - Drama

Length

2 hrs. 27 mins.

US Theatrical Release

January 5, 2001

US Box Office

$124,107,476 (#607 of 7372)

Global Office

$207,515,725 (#823 of 4299)

Rating

Restricted

Pervasive Drug Content, Some Sexuality, Strong Language, Violence

Collection Detail

Edition

3-Disc Criterion Collection # 151 & Digital

Resolution | Digital Platform

Aspect Ratio

WS 1.78:1

Audio

English: DD 2.0

English: DTS-HD Master 5.1

English: DD 5.1

Studio

Criterion

Released

January 17, 2012

Acquired Date

May 25, 2014

Times Seen

2 Times

Last Watched

May 13, 2009

Actors

Benicio Del Toro

Michael Douglas

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Don Cheadle

Luis Guzmán

Clifton Collins Jr.

Miguel Ferrer

Topher Grace

Erika Christensen

Albert Finney

James Brolin

Dennis Quaid

Amy Irving

Steven Bauer

Benjamin Bratt

Jacob Vargas

Tomas Milian

Jose Yenque

Emilio Rivera

Michael O'Neill

Majandra Delfino

Alec Roberts

D.W. Moffett

Stephen Dunham

Marisol Padilla Sánchez

Viola Davis

James Pickens Jr.

Peter Riegert

Elaine Kagan

John Slattery

Yul Vazquez

Jack Conley

Eddie Velez

Jsu Garcia

David Jensen

Directors

Steven Soderbergh

Producers

Laura Bickford

Marshall Herskovitz

Edward Zwick

Writers

Stephen Gaghan

Awards & Accolades

2000 Oscar : Best Director - Steven Soderbergh
2000 Oscar : Best Supporting Actor - Benicio Del Toro
2000 Oscar : Film Editing
2000 Oscar : Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Special Features

Commentaries

composer Cliff Martinez
director Steven Soderbergh and writer Stephen Gaghan
producers Laura Bickford, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, and consultants Tim Golden and Craig Chretien

Featurettes

Film processing demonstration - Achieving the look of the Mexico sequences

Other

Deleted Scenes with director/writer commentary
Dialogue editing demonstration
Editing demonstration with commentary from editor Stephen Mirrione
English & Spanish Subtitles

Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes

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