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Director Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay Stephen Gaghan

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Tagline: No one gets away clean

Release Date: 2000-12-27

Duration: 147 minutes

Synopsis

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.

Casting

  • Dennis Quaid
    Arnie Metzger
  • Benicio del Toro
    Javier Rodriguez
  • Salma Hayek Pinault
    Rosario (uncredited)
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Helena Ayala
  • Benjamin Bratt
    Juan Obregón
  • Michael Douglas
    Robert Wakefield
  • Steven Bauer
    Carlos Ayala
  • Rena Sofer
    Helena's Friend
  • Topher Grace
    Seth Abrahms
  • John Slattery
    ADA Dan Collier