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George Jung is the son of a struggling small business owner. Seeing his family struggle to make ends meet and failing, George vows never to share a similar fate. Moving to California, he starts his own pot pushing operation in which he finds both success and imprisonment. In prison, he meets a cellmate who introduces him into a partnership to the lucrative new market in cocaine. Upon release, George Jung quickly becomes instrumental in establishing the exploding US market for cocaine in which he claimed that he handled about 85% of the supply in the 1970's. However, for all the fabulous wealth and power he gained, the true costs of his dangerously treacherous occupation catch up with him in ways from which he would never recover.
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Johnny Depp |
Penélope Cruz |
Franka Potente |
Rachel Griffiths |
Paul Reubens |
Jordi Mollà |
Cliff Curtis |
Miguel Sandoval |
Ethan Suplee |
Ray Liotta |
Kevin Gage |
Max Perlich |
Jesse James |
Miguel Pérez |
Dan Ferro |
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Ted Demme |
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William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.
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Crime |
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Thriller |
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Gene Hackman |
Fernando Rey |
Roy Scheider |
Tony Lo Bianco |
Marcel Bozzuffi |
Frédéric de Pasquale |
Bill Hickman |
Ann Rebbot |
Harold Gary |
Arlene Farber |
Eddie Egan |
André Ernotte |
Sonny Grosso |
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William Friedkin |
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A modern day look at America's war on drugs told through four separate stories that are connected in one way or another. A conservative politician who's just been appointed as the US drug czar learns that his daughter is a drug addict. A trophy wife struggles to save her husband's drug business, while two DEA agents protect a witness with inside knowledge of the spouse's business. In Mexico, a corrupt, yet dedicated cop struggles with his conscience when he learns that his new boss may not be the anti-drug official he made himself out to be.
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Drama |
Thriller |
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Benicio Del Toro |
Jacob Vargas |
Andrew Chavez |
Michael Saucedo |
Tomas Milian |
Jose Yenque |
Emilio Rivera |
Michael O'Neill |
Michael Douglas |
Russell G. Jones |
Lorene Hetherington |
Eric Collins |
Beau Holden |
Peter Stader |
James Lew |
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Steven Soderbergh |
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