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The Infiltrator is a 2016 British-American biographical crime drama thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by his mother Ellen Brown Furman. The film is based on the eponymous autobiography by Robert Mazur, a U.S. Customs special agent, who in the 1980s helped bust Pablo Escobar's money-laundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessman. [4]
Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 – February 19, 1986) was an American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel.When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials.
Goat (2016) – drama film telling the true story of a 19-year-old and his brother who pledge the same fraternity and experience hazing [71] Gold (2016) – crime drama film based on the true story of the 1993 Bre-X mining scandal, when a massive gold deposit was supposedly discovered in the jungles of Indonesia [72]
Now, Chamy's story is getting the Hollywood treatment via A Man on the Inside, which debuted on Nov. 21. Here’s everything to know about the Netflix show and the real-life spy who inspired it.
From a shocking death to a last-minute arrest, Based on a True Story took some major swings while wrapping up season 2. Warning: This story contains spoilers about season 2 of Based on a True Story.
The film, directed and executive produced by Elisabeth Rohm, mimics the real life story of Steven Pladl, who was arrested in January 2018 for impregnating his biological daughter, Katie Pladl ...
Taylor also wrote, jointly with Yaron Svoray, In Hitler's Shadow: An Israeli's Amazing Journey Inside Germany's Neo-Nazi Movement, a book based on true story of the journalist's investigation Neo-Nazis in Germany in 1992–1993. [9] [10] The book became an HBO movie, The Infiltrator, starring Oliver Platt.
Stallworth was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 18, 1953.He grew up in El Paso, Texas, after his mother moved the family there.In his autobiography, he said of the move "My mother moving our family to El Paso was the best decision she ever made, as it was a far cry from the poverty, gangs, and conflict in [Chicago's] South Side, where I would have come of age if she had not left."