Traffic

Thriller, Crime

Don Cheadle	Montel Gordon
Michael Douglas	Robert Hudson Wakefield
Benicio Del Toro	Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez
Erika Christensen	Caroline Wakefield
Dennis Quaid	Arnie Metzger
Catherine Zeta-Jones	Helena Ayala
Jacob Vargas	Manolo Sanchez
Michael O'Neill	Lawyer Rodman
Steven Bauer	Carlos Ayala
Benjamin Bratt	Juan Obregon
Andrew Chavez	Desert Truck Driver
Michael Saucedo	Desert Truck Driver
Tomas Milian	General Arturo Salazar
Jose Yenque	Salazar Soldier / Torturer
Russell G. Jones	Mark

Director	Steven Soderbergh
Producer	Edward Zwick; Mike Newell
Writer	Stephen Gaghan; Simon Moore

Traffic follows events in the lives of four groups of people who, on the surface, are seemingly unrelated. As the plot unfolds, however, we find that they are in fact inextricably linked by the pervasive use of illegal drugs, and the United States of America’s so-called “war on drugs.” Corruption, hypocrisy, and futility are shown to be the efforts of the attempt to prohibit drug use through laws and law enforcement. The stories of the jaded protagonists shed light on the ineffectiveness and waste of the war, and invite discussion and consideration of more enlightened options for regulating use of narcotics.