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Traffik / a Picture Partnership production for Channel 4 TV ; producer, Brian Eastman ; writer, Simon Moore ; director, Alastair Reid.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoSilver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2001], ©1989.
Description1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Drug traffic--Great Britain --Drama.
Drug traffic--Pakistan --Drama.
Drug traffic--Germany (West) --Drama.
Other author/creatorEastman, Brian.
Other author/creatorMoore, Simon.
Other author/creatorReid, Alastair.
Other author/creatorPaterson, Bill, 1945-
Other author/creatorDuncan, Lindsay.
Other author/creatorShah, Jamal.
Other author/creatorHussain, Talat, 1945-
Other author/creatorPrückner, Tilo.
Other author/creatorMüller-Scherz, Fritz.
Other author/creatorOrmond, Julia.
Other author/creatorTickner, Clive.
Other author/creatorThomson, Neil.
Other author/creatorGregory, Jon.
Other author/creatorMcClelland, Andrew.
Other author/creatorSouster, Tim.
Other author/creatorRoberts, Amy.
Other author/creatorHebert, Martyn.
Other author/creatorZillmann, Hans.
Other author/creatorPicture Partnership (Firm)
Other author/creatorChannel Four (Great Britain)
Other author/creatorAcorn Media (Firm)
Variant title Traffik, 1
Abstract Docudrama following all aspects of the international illegal heroin industry. "Part one: In Pakistan to discuss a new aid agreement aimed at reducing opium production, British government minister Jack Lithgow encounters Fazal, a local farmer. In Hamburg, the seizure of a major drug shipment leads to the arrest of a high-profile German businesman, stunning his British wife, Helen. Part two: In Britain, Jack is distracted from his work by a family crisis involving his daughter, Caroline. Helen struggles to stabilize the family's finances and safeguard her children as her situation worsens and Karl is formally charged. Searching for work in Karachi, Fazal falls in with Tariq Butt, a major drug traffiker. Part three: Helen's desperation mounts and she wades deeper into her husband's world, despite constant police surveillance. As the crisis with his daughter persists, Jack's marriage begins to disintegrate. Fazal, now Tariq's chauffeur, observes the drug lord's mastery of the system."--Container.
General noteOriginally released as a television mini-series in England in 1989, and then on PBS in the United States in 1990.
General noteSpecial features: interview with writer Simon Moore and producer Brian Eastman; "From Traffik to Traffic": production notes on how the miniseries became the movie; cast and crew filmographies; interactive menus; scene selection.
CreditsDirector of photography, Clive Tickner ; editors, Neil Thomson, Jon Gregory, Andrew McClelland ; music, Tim Souster ; costume designer, Amy Roberts ; production design, Martyn Hebert, Hans Zillmann.
Cast Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah, Talat Hussain, Tilo Prückner, Fritz Müller-Scherz, Julia Ormond.
Spec. audience char. Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageEnglish, Urdu, and German languages; English subtitles.
Awards noteBritish Academy Award: 1990, BAFTA TV Award - Best Design (Martyn Hebert, Hans Zillmann); Best Film Cameraman (Clive Tickner); Best Film Sound (David Hildyard, David Old, Ken Weston)
Other title Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
ISBN1569384800 (set)
ISBN9781569384800 (set)

Available Items

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1997 .T732 2001 DVD V. 1 ✔ Available Place Hold
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