Traffic
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.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, 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
- 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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Manohla Dargis
New cover by Helios
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New, 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
- 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
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A new essay by film critic Manohla Dargis
New cover by Helios
Cast
- Benicio Del Toro
- Javier Rodriguez
- Jacob Vargas
- Manolo Sanchez
- Michael Douglas
- Robert Wakefield
- Luis Guzmán
- Ray Castro
- Don Cheadle
- Montel Gordon
- Miguel Ferrer
- Eduardo Ruiz
- Topher Grace
- Seth Abrahms
- Erika Christensen
- Caroline Wakefield
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Helena Ayala
- Albert Finney
- Chief of staff
- D. W. Moffett
- Jeff Sheridan
- Steven Bauer
- Carlos Ayala
- Amy Irving
- Barbara Wakefield
- Dennis Quaid
- Arnie Metzger
- Clifton Collins Jr.
- Francisco Flores
- Viola Davis
- Social worker
- James Pickens Jr.
- Prosecutor Ben Williams
- Peter Riegert
- Attorney Michael Adler
- John Slattery
- ADA Dan Collier
- Yul Vazquez
- Tigrillo/Obregón assassin
- Benjamin Bratt
- Juan Obregón
Credits
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenplay
- Stephen Gaghan
- Producers
- Edward Zwick
- Producers
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Producers
- Laura Bickford
- Executive producers
- Richard Solomon
- Executive producers
- Mike Newell
- Executive producers
- Cameron Jones
- Executive producers
- Graham King
- Executive producers
- Andreas Klein
- Director of photography
- Peter Andrews
- Casting
- Debra Zane, 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
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