Home > Movies > T > Traffik

Director: Alastair Reid
Genres: Crime Drama, Addiction Drama, Crime
Rating:

Summary:
This four-hour, six-episode British miniseries, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1989 and in America on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre in 1990, provided the basis for Traffic, Steven Soderbergh's 2000 Oscar winner. Though Soderbergh and screenwriter Stephen Gaghan borrowed much of their plot and structure from the original, Traffik focuses on the European drug trade instead o... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Bill Paterson - (Jack Lithgow)
Julia Ormond - (Caroline Lithgow)
Linda Bassett - (Rachel)
Lindsay Duncan - (Helen Rosshalde)
Fritz Muller-Scherz - (Ulli)
All Cast & Crew >>


Review:
Though it's less stylish than Steven Soderbergh's big-screen version, the original miniseries Traffik displays more nuance and detail than the shorter, star-laden Oscar-winning remake. Writer Simon Moore's expansive script takes in more layers of the drug trade -- from the journalists who cover it and the dirt-poor farmers whose labor powe... Continue >>

Similar Movies:
2008 Guns
2005 Syriana
2000 City of M
More Similar Movies >>

Browse More Movies:
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z