Release Date: May 28, 2002 Region: 1 Runtime: 147 mins Studio: Criterion Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC] SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: English Packaging: Keep Case Rating: R Features:
Disc One: The Movie: Three Commentary Tracks: Director Steven Soderbergh and Writer Stephen Gaghan; Producers Laura Bickford, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, and Consultants Tim Golden and Craig Chretien; Composer Cliff Martinez (with Two Music Cues Not Included In The Film) Disc Two: The Supplements: 25 Deleted Scenes Featuring Commentary From Director Steven Soderbergh and Writer Stephen Gaghan Film Processing Demonstration: Achieving The Look Of The Mexico Sequences Editing Demonstration with Commentary from Editor Stephen Mirrione Dialogue Editing Demonstration with Sound Editor Larry Blake 30 Minutes of Additional Footage featuring Multiple Angles from the Scenes of the El Paso Intelligence Center and the Cocktail Party where U.S. Senators, Major Politicians, Lobbyists and Others Express their Views on the Drug War Theatrical and Television Trailers U.S. Customs Trading Cards of the K-9 Squad used in the Detection of Narcotics and Illegal Substances
Release Date: Mar 7, 2006 Runtime: 147 mins Studio: Criterion Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC] SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: [None] Packaging: Custom Case Rating: R Features:
Disc One: The Movie: Three Commentary Tracks: Director Steven Soderbergh and Writer Stephen Gaghan; Producers Laura Bickford, Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz, and Consultants Tim Golden and Craig Chretien; Composer Cliff Martinez (with Two Music Cues Not Included In The Film) Disc Two: The Supplements: 25 Deleted Scenes Featuring Commentary From Director Steven Soderbergh and Writer Stephen Gaghan Film Processing Demonstration: Achieving The Look Of The Mexico Sequences Editing Demonstration with Commentary from Editor Stephen Mirrione Dialogue Editing Demonstration with Sound Editor Larry Blake 30 Minutes of Additional Footage featuring Multiple Angles from the Scenes of the El Paso Intelligence Center and the Cocktail Party where U.S. Senators, Major Politicians, Lobbyists and Others Express their Views on the Drug War Theatrical and Television Trailers U.S. Customs Trading Cards of the K-9 Squad used in the Detection of Narcotics and Illegal Substances
Featuring a huge cast of characters, the ambitious and breathtaking Traffic is a tapestry of three separate stories woven together by a common theme: the war on drugs. Bold in scope, it showcases Steven Soderbergh at the top of his game, directing a peerless ensemble cast in a gritty, multifaceted tale that will captivate you from beginning to end. Utilising the no-frills techniques of the Dogme 95 school, Soderbergh enhances his handheld filming with imaginative editing and film-stock manipulation that eerily captures the atmosphere of each location: a washed-out, grainy Mexico; a blue and chilly Ohio; a sleek, sun-dappled San Diego. But Traffic is more than a film school exercise. Soderbergh and screenwriter Stephen Gaghan (adapting the British TV miniseries Traffik to the US) seamlessly weave the threads of each separate plotline into one solid tale, with the actions of one plot having quiet repercussions on the connected narratives. And if you needed more proof that Soderbergh takes unparalleled care with his actors, practically all the members of this cast turn in their best work ever, the standout being an Oscar-worthy Benecio Del Toro as the conflicted moral conscience of the film. Traffic registered eight Oscar nominations (winning four, including Best Director for Soderbergh). --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com
Release Date: Jul 23, 2001 Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1
Features:
Deleted Scenes Theatrical Trailers B Roll Soundbites
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