Traffic 2000 i cant believe you brought my daughter. The film was on the cusp of receiving an nc17 rating. Traffic 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Traffic is actually three short stories smoothly rolled into one movieand it makes for a great flix. When douglass daughter slowly becomes addicted to drugs, for instance, he doesnt find out until it is almost too late. It offers disturbing snapshots of americas drug war when drug czar michael douglas sees his life turned upside down when the drug problem hits home when his daughter becomes a drug addict. Traffic 2000 michael douglas as robert wakefield imdb. After encountering one obstacle after another, he finally snaps. A patchwork of stories that evokes the highstakes, highrisk world of the drug trade, as seen through a series of interrelated stories, some are highly personal, some are filled with intrigue. Traffic is a real cannonball, a hardass drama about the drug trade that steven soderbergh directs like a thriller it comes out blazing. T he tagline for the film traffic very succinctly describes the effects that drugs and americas war on drugs has on every person in some way involved. The second story has michael douglas as a conservative ohio state supreme court judge turned nations new drug czar. Now, the government in its haste has hired an army of criminals whose alligiance to the truth is at best questionable. Catherine zetajones is best known both for her acting chops and her stunning looks.
One night at a party with other teenagers, she tries crack cocaine, and likes it, very much. Traffic evokes the high stakes and high risks of the drug trade, as seen through a series of interrelated stories, some of which are. The first and primary plot thread, set in ohio and washington, d. Michael douglas, don cheadle, benicio del toro, dennis quaid and catherine zetajones star in this powerful epic drama about the highstakes, highrisk world of the drug trade. A working farm where honest americans make their living. Robert realizes his daughter is a drug addict, and is caught between his. Roundfaced, with curved lips and watchful blue eyes, she has specialized in. Michaels paternal grandparents were emigrants from chavusy now in belarus, then part of the russian empire. Nothing with the daring of traffic has emerged from. In steven soderberghs multilayered film of the drug world, traffic 2000, michael douglas plays the nations drug czar who has a bigger fight on his hands. Douglas was born in new brunswick, new jersey, the first child of actors kirk douglas 19162020 and diana dill 19232015. Meanwhile, robert wakefield douglas, a conservative ohio judge, is appointed to be head of the presidents office of national drug control, taking the title of drug czar. Finden sie traffic macht des kartells in unserem vielfaltigen dvd.
Wakefield is later seen leaving the white house gate a craftily sneaked shot, which is what you can get when you have the clout of michael douglas. Steven soderbergh movies ranked from worst to best. Caroline, seth, and vanessa are all arrested when a fellow student overdoses on drugs, and they try to dump him anonymously at a hospital. An unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them. A scene i reedited from the movie traffic where robert wakefield michael douglas catches his daughter caroline erika christensen doing drugs in the bathroom. Traffic 2000 i cant believe you brought my daughter to this. Erika christensen played michael douglass drugaddled daughter in the 2000 film traffic directed by steven soderbergh.
Traffic is very gritty, very realistic, phenominally acted and directed, and more than a little thought. The bad movie stars michael douglas as the newly appointed head of the national drug control policy who begins to doubt the integrity of his mission. Enjoyed him in this so much i went and purchased che. The key performance in the movie is by michael douglas, as robert wakefield, an ohio judge tapped by the white house as the nations new drug czar. Falling down is a 1993 crime thriller film directed by joel schumacher and written by ebbe roe smith. This film also deals with family life, and the movie cliche of daddy never being. Traffic won the oscar as the years best film and put christensen on the hollywood map. In a 2001 interview, soderbergh revealed that there were concerns about the film getting the dreaded nc17 rating. Douglas must deal with his increasingly drugaddicted teenage daughter. On the day of his daughters joey singer birthday, william dfens foster michael douglas is trying to get to his estranged exwifes barbara hershey house to see his daughter. Michael douglas must deal with his increasingly drugaddicted teenage daughter. With michael douglas, benicio del toro, catherine zetajones, jacob vargas.
Cliff martinez, michael douglas, catherine zetajones, steven soderbergh. The michael douglas storyline is shot with a soothing blue filter as it begins and is gradually reduced as he comes face to face with his daughters problems. Benicio del toro, don cheadle, catherine zetajones, michael douglas, dennis quaid, jacob vargas, luis guzman, steven bauer, alec. Michael douglas, benicio del toro, catherine zetajones, jacob vargas a conservative judge is appointed by the president to spearhead americas escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is an addict.
A masterfully edited scene from the 2000 film traffic, directed by steven soderbergh and edited by stephen mirrione. Its the highstakes, highrisk world of the drug trade as seen through a wellblended mix of interrelated stories. Mirrione won the academy award for film editing for his work on this film. Usa films, however, had wanted to take on the movie from the first time.
Major star and producer, and member of one of hollywoods most prominent families to boot, michael douglas was born to movie icon kirk douglas and british actress diana dill on september 25, 1944, in new brunswick, nj. His daughter caroline erika christensen is an honor student. With michael douglas, robert duvall, barbara hershey, rachel ticotin. Herskovitz, laura bickford, stephen gaghan, stephen mirrione. Erika christensen biography birthday, trivia american. But not even douglas could get a camera crew inside the white house itself, so the interior. Michael douglas, benicio del toro, catherine zetajones, jacob vargas, andrew chavez, michael. And steven soderbergh, coming off of erin brockovich and the limey, has created a truly epic look at the drug war. She followed up with another highprofile role as an obsessive seductress in the 2002 thriller swimfan. A contemporary thriller set in the world of drug trafficking. Instagram catherine zetajones she and husband michael douglas have a 14yearold daughter named carys.
This is a good movie but far from a great one so i suppose it might have been a. A jailed drug barons wife attempts to carry on the family business. We see how easily the drug is available to her, how quickly she gets hooked, how swiftly she falls through the safety nets of family and society. He has a savage job, as we can see, but it is even more difficult being the father of a 16yearold daughter erika christensen, who gets straight as in school, but uses heavy drugs and eventually prostitutes herself for them when the supply runs low. Traffic 2000 i cant believe you brought my daughter to this place. He holds all the usual opinions, mouths all the standard platitudes, shares all the naive assumptionsincluding his belief that he can destroy one of the mexican cartels by cooperating with the mexican authorities. Robert wakefield has offered the drug dealer a bribe for information about his missing daughter drug dealer. Catherine zetajones and michael douglas teen daughter.