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Summary: A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is a crack addict. Two DEA agents protect an informant. A jailed drug baron's wife ...

Release Date: January 05, 2001

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: Simon Moore

, Stephen Gaghan

Runtime: 2 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: The Bedford Falls Company, Initial Entertainment Group (IEG), USA Films

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), PolyGram Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 48,000,000

Domestic: $ 124,115,725

International: $ 83,400,000

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