Traffic

Resource Information

The work Traffic represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in The Ferguson Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Traffic

Statement of responsibility

a USA Films presentation in association with Initial Entertainment Group ; a Bedford Falls/Laura Bickford production ; produced by Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford ; screenplay by Stephen Gaghan ; directed by Steven Soderbergh

Contributor

• Herskovitz, Marshall
• Irving, Amy, 1953-
• Milian, Tomas
• Moffett, D. W., 1954-
• Moore, Simon, 1958-
• Quaid, Dennis
• Riegert, Peter
• Toro, Benicio del, 1967-
• Vargas, Jacob
• Zeta-Jones, Catherine, 1969-
• Zwick, Edward
• Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-
• Bedford Falls Company
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Initial Entertainment Group
• USA Films (Firm)
• Bauer, Steven, 1956-
• Bickford, Laura
• Bratt, Benjamin, 1963-
• Brolin, James, 1940-
• trueCheadle, Don
• Christensen, Erika, 1982-
• trueCollins, Clifton, Jr
• Douglas, Michael, 1944-
• Ferrer, Miguel, 1954-
• Finney, Albert, 1936-
• Gaghan, Stephen
• Grace, Topher, 1978-
• Guzmán, Luis, 1957-

Subject

• Film adaptations
• Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• San Diego (Calif.) -- Drama
• Criminal behavior -- Mexico -- Drama
• Criminal behavior -- Ohio -- Drama
• Drug traffic -- Drama
• Drug traffic -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Drama
• Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Drama
• Drug traffic -- United States -- Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Criminal behavior -- California -- Drama

Genre

• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• trueFilm adaptations
• Fiction films
• trueDrama

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Traffic is a mural of a war being fought and lost. In a culture devoted to instant gratification and the quick fix, it poses unanswerable questions about greed, corruption, economic inequity, pleasure, self-medication, dependency, and addiction

Member of

• Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;

Awards note

Winner, 2001 Academy Awards for Best director (Steven Soderbergh), Best supporting actor (Benicio Del Toro), Best writing-screenplay based on material previously produced or published (Stephen Gaghan), Best editing (Stephen Mirrione).

Cataloging source

IUO

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Photographed by Peter Andrews ; edited by Stephen Mirrione ; music by Cliff Martinez ; consultant, Tim Golden

Date time place

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA Rating: Rated R

Language note

In English and Spanish with English subtitles

LC call number

PN1997.A1

LC item number

C75 1998 v.151

PerformerNote

Steven Bauer (Carlos Ayala), Benjamin Bratt (Juan Obregón), James Brolin (General Ralph Landry), Don Cheadle (Montel Gordon), Erika Christensen (Caroline Wakefield), Clifton Collins, Jr. (Francisco Flores), Benicio Del Toro (Javier Rodriguez), Michael Douglas (Robert Wakefield), Miguel Ferrer (Eduardo Ruiz), Albert Finney (Chief of Staff), Topher Grace (Seth Abrahms), Luis Guzman (Ray Castro), Amy Irving (Barbara Wakefield), Tomas Milian (General Arturo Salazar), D. W. Moffett (Jeff Sheridan), Dennis Quaid (Arnie Metzger), Peter Riegert (Michael Adler), Jacob Vargas (Manolo Sanchez), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Helena Ayala)

Runtime

147

Series statement

Criterion collection.

Series volume

151

Technique

live action