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Traffic is a film directed by Steven Soderbergh that explores the intricacies of the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: user, enforcer, politician and trafficker.

The three main intersecting plot lines are centered on characters played by Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. There is a large supporting ensemble cast, including brief appearances by actual politicians Bill Weld, Don Nickles, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Orrin Hatch and Charles Grassley. Harrison Ford was originally sought for the film, but he turned down the opportunity in favour of starring in K-19: The Widowmaker
, a decision described by the magazine Total Film as the 5th "dumbest decision in movie history".

The film is a shorter adaptation of the British Channel 4 television series Traffik; the Pakistan plotline of the miniseries was replaced with the Mexican plotline in the film. In 2004, USA Network ran a miniseries — also called Traffic — based on the movie.

Soderbergh won an Academy Award for Directing for the film. Del Toro won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Principal Supporting Cast

Awards won

Academy Awards - Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (for Benicio Del Toro), Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Golden Globe Awards - Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

Trivia

Michael Douglas originally declined the role of Robert Wakefield, and it was offered to Harrison Ford
, who accepted. Ford worked with director Steven Soderbergh to improve the character, but then decided not to do the movie. Douglas liked the change in the character so much, he accepted the revamped part.

Kevin Costner
was reportedly also offered the Judge Wakefield part.

Al Pacino
was also asked to play Judge Wakefield but couldn't fit it into his schedule and Richard Gere
was considered before Douglas came on board.

Writer Stephen Gaghan originally planned to set the Wakefield family storylines in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. During his research, he determined that Cincinnati's bad neighborhoods looked worse than Louisville's, and would serve the finished film better, so he moved the Wakefields' stories to Ohio.

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Actors - Traffic

Principal Supporting Cast

Awards won

Trivia

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