based on a true story
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
- 7.4
- 2001
- Released
- 2h 4m
Johnny Depp
George Jung
Penélope Cruz
Mirtha Jung
Franka Potente
Barbara Buckley
Rachel Griffiths
Ermine Jung
Ray Liotta
Fred Jung
Jordi Mollà
Diego Delgado
Cliff Curtis
Pablo Escobar
Paul Reubens
Derek Foreal
Miguel Sandoval
Augusto Oliveras
Max Perlich
Kevin Dulli
Ethan Suplee
Tuna
Kevin Gage
Leon Minghella
Tony Amendola
Sanchez
Jesse James
Young George
Emma Roberts
Young Kristina Jung
Dan Ferro
Cesar Toban
Bobcat Goldthwait
Mr. T
Miguel Pérez
Alessandro
Michael Tucci
Dr. Bay
Monet Mazur
Maria
Lola Glaudini
Rada
Jennifer Gimenez
Inez
Jaime King
Kristina JungCharles Noland
Jack Stevens
John Harrington Bland
FBI Waiter #1
Jimmy Burke
FBI Waiter #4
Brantley Bush
FBI Waiter #3
Kevin Chapman
DEA Eastham
Daniel Escobar
Emilio OchoaElif Guertin
Stewardess #2Faith Hoover
Stewardess #6
Dorothy Lyman
Judge (Chicago)
Genevieve Maylam
Beach Woman #1Kathleen Mullan
Beach Woman #5
Meriah Nelson
Stewardess #4Sophie Tsimel
Beach Woman #4The Dawk
Guard (Visit Area #2)Crystal Erickson
Stewardess #1Jean-Carlos Felix
Prison Guard (Warden's Office)Lazaro Galarraga
Band Singer
Brian Goodman
Guard GusJosh Herman
Detective #1
Brad Hunt
GG
Patrick Husted
Bank Manager (Mass.)Ralph Kampshoff
Guard (Visit Area ä1)
Ajgie Kirkland
James TroutSkip O'Brien
Customs Agent
Roberto Lopez
Guard (Danbury)Lydell M. Cheshier
Inmate #3Jodie Mann
Nurse (Cape Cod)Charles Martiniz
Bank Employee
Gonzalo Menendez
Ramon Ochoa
Mauricio Mendoza
BennyCarlos Mendoza
TonyAlan James Morgan
Young Tuna
Randy Mulkey
Employee #1
Tony Perez
Bank PresidentJack Polick
Ben
Michael Ralph
Inmate #2Raoul N. Rizik
Rafael OjedaMatt Robinson
Inmate #1
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Martha Oliveras
Bert Rosario
Bank President (Panama)Leslie Schirrmacher
Stewardess #5Dale Snowberger
FBI Waiter #2
Julia Vera
Clara BlancaSantiago Verdu
Juan CarlosPamela Walker
FBI Waiter #5Twyla Banks
Inmate's Daughter (uncredited)
Greg Bronson
Prison Inmate (uncredited)Janine Foster
Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Jo Price
Business Woman (uncredited)
Anna de Cardi
Friend at Pool Party (uncredited)
Released
en
$53,000,000.00
$83,300,000.00
- #drug smuggling
- #war on drugs
- #drug trafficking
- #1970s
- #drug addiction
- #rise and fall
- #cautionary
- #factual
- #dramatic
- #suspenseful
- #intense
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Reviews
Why get a respectable job when you can make millions. True for so many who just never seem to learn. Making millions means nothing to losing your family over it.
Depp, Cruz and Molla perform the characters they know so well so you won't be disappointed but the story is predictable and quite flat.