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Traffik - Miniseries
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The acclaimed Masterpiece Theatre miniseries and the basis for the Academy Award winning film Traffic. A riveting thriller filmed on location in Pakistan, Hamburg and London, Traffik is and unflinching look at those who grow, sell and use drugs and the futility of efforts to stop them. Starring Bill Paterson (The Singing Detective), Lindsay Duncan (An Ideal Husband) and Julia Ormand (First Knight) in her extraordinary film debut. Three lives intersect explosively on the front lines of the drug war. Jack, a British government minister, thinks diplomacy will prevail until a fact-finding mission to Pakistan coincides with volcanic upheaval in his personal life. Helen, the British wife of a German businessman cough smuggling heroin, discovers her own steely determination to survive. And Fazal, a Pakistani Farmer forced out of his poppy fields, find a far more dangerous occupation.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.5 x 1.25 inches; 8.96 Ounces
- Media Format : Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
- Run time : 5 hours and 15 minutes
- Release date : June 26, 2001
- Actors : Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Fritz Mller-Scherz, Jamal Shah, Talat Hussain
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Studio : ACORN MEDIA
- ASIN : B00005J3CD
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #33,882 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #6,184 in Drama DVDs
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If you saw the movie and thought it was okay, see the TV series and you'll see something great. Years after the fact, there are scenes in the mini-series that will come back to haunt you. This is a profoundly affecting, deeply compelling drama.
1. The story line and the cinematography is Magnificent.
2. Alastair Cooke, as the (former) host of "Masterpiece
Theatre" was second-to-none for giving you Riveting
background/introduction information to the film you
were about to see.
However -
1. on the DVD (and VCR Tape, I am sure) - you unfortunately do
not have the wonderful luxury of Alastair Cooke's erudite
company.
And -
2. A couple scenes early on with the two German detectives are dubbed.
Exremely annoying - as you miss out on a more accurate translation of
what is really being said - and you miss out on the clever humour
going on between the two. (These scenes were in German with
English subtitles during the PBS broadcast).
However...do not hesitate to buy the DVD/Tape anyway. It is Outstanding!
Do not allow the 1989 release date to deter you from buying this excellent mini-series. The issues raised in this film remain the same issues that US lawmakers, politicians, and law enforcement agencies deal with in our aggressive war on drugs along the Mexico border. Similarly, I suggest you purchase the British miniseries TRAFFIK, now available on DVD rather than the American version, TRAFFIC [starring Michael Douglas] if you want a more thorough and cohesive understanding of how, why, and IF drug trafficking will continue to be a major issue specific to fighting crime in years to come.
Maizie Lucille James
June 30, 2010

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