Traffic
No one gets away clean
Country
Production
Budget
$48 000 000
Box office
$207 515 725
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Laura Bickford, Richard Solomon, Mike Newell, Graham King, Andreas Klein, Cameron Jones
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Philip Messina, Blair Huizingh
Audition
Editing
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The idea for the film arose after one of its creators watched a television series with the same theme – drugs.
- According to the script, Catherine Zeta-Jones' character was not pregnant; it was a kind of improvisation by the actress herself, which Soderbergh supported.
- The scene in which Michael Douglas' character goes to the border in California was actually filmed on the border in Tijuana (a city in Mexico). The image and sound quality are quite low, partly because the footage was not originally intended to be included in the film, and Steven Soderbergh filmed it with a handheld camera. Douglas was already out of character at that moment and started talking to the customs officer about smuggling drugs across the border. The officer began to respond, and Soderbergh filmed everything hoping the officer wouldn’t address the actor as “Mr. Douglas.”
- Scenes in the White House were filmed on the sets of the television series “The West Wing” (1999-2006), which are a practically exact replica of the White House interiors (simply made slightly wider than reality to allow for more freedom of camera movement and other filming equipment).
- According to the script, Catherine Zeta-Jones's character was not pregnant; it was a piece of improvisation by the actress herself, which Soderbergh supported.
- The scene in which Michael Douglas's character travels to the California border was actually filmed at the border in Tijuana (a city in Mexico). The image and sound quality are quite low, partly because the footage was not originally intended to be included in the film and was shot by Steven Soderbergh using a handheld camera. At that moment, Douglas was out of character and began talking to the customs officer about smuggling drugs across the border. The officer started responding, and Soderbergh kept filming in the hope that the officer would not address the actor as "Mr. Douglas."
- When a critic expressed doubt that the daughter of one of the main characters could have straight-A grades while using drugs, screenwriter Steven Gaghan stated that the grades mentioned in the film were actually his own school grades, and that he had used drugs while in school.
- Once, at the end of a filming day, James Brolin returned to his car still wearing his general's uniform and discovered two young men attempting to steal it. The unlucky car thieves saw his uniform and bolted.
- Initially, Michael Douglas turned down the role of Robert Wakefield, and it was then offered to Harrison Ford, who agreed but suggested a slightly different take on the character. Eventually, however, Ford decided not to appear in the project, and Douglas liked the modified character so much that he finally agreed to film.
- During filming, Steven Soderbergh used three different types of film (and various post-production methods) with different color palettes and grain.
- The scenes in the White House were filmed on the sets of the television series 'The West Wing' (1999-2006), which are nearly exact replicas of the White House interiors (simply made slightly wider than in reality to allow for freer movement of cameras and other filming equipment).
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