Traffic

Film Info

United States
2000
147 minutes
Color
1.78:1
English, Spanish
Spine #151

Traffic examines the question of drugs as politics, business, and lifestyle. With an innovative color-coded cinematic treatment to distinguish his interwoven stories, Steven Soderbergh embroils viewers in the lives of a newly appointed drug czar and his family, a West Coast kingpin’s wife, a key informant, and police officers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The film, which delivers a complex and nuanced take on an issue of international importance without sacrificing any energy or suspense, is a contemporary classic, and the winner of four Oscars, for best director, best screenplay, best editing, and best supporting actor for Benicio del Toro.

Cast

Javier Rodriguez	Benicio Del Toro
Manolo Sanchez	Jacob Vargas
Robert Wakefield	Michael Douglas
Ray Castro	Luis Guzman
Montel Gordon	Don Cheadle
Eduardo Ruiz	Miguel Ferrer
Seth Abrahms	Topher Grace
Caroline Wakefield	Erika Christensen
Helena Ayala	Catherine Zeta-Jones
Chief of staff	Albert Finney
Jeff Sheridan	D. W. Moffett
Carlos Ayala	Steven Bauer
Barbara Wakefield	Amy Irving
Arnie Metzger	Dennis Quaid
Francisco Flores	Clifton Collins Jr.
Social worker	Viola Davis
Prosecutor Ben Williams	James Pickens Jr.
Attorney Michael Adler	Peter Riegert
ADA Dan Collier	John Slattery
Tigrillo/Obregón assassin	Yul Vazquez
Juan Obregón	Benjamin Bratt

Credits

Director	Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay	Stephen Gaghan
Producers	Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz and Laura Bickford
Executive producers	Richard Solomon, Mike Newell, Cameron Jones, Graham King and Andreas Klein
Director of photography	Peter Andrews
Casting	Debra Zane and C.S.A.
Music	Cliff Martinez
Costume design	Louise Frogley
Editor	Stephen Mirrione
Production design	Philip Messina
Unit production manager	Frederick W. Brost
First assistant director	Gregory Jacobs
Production sound mixer	Paul Ledford
Supervising sound editor/Rerecording mixer	Larry Blake

Disc Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Steven Soderbergh and supervising sound editor and rerecording mixer Larry Blake, with 5.1 and 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition
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
Twenty-five deleted scenes, with optional commentary by Soderbergh and Gaghan
Three 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
PLUS: An essay by film critic Manohla Dargis