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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.
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."
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.
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.
Yes! Doc is loosely based on the life of Italian doctor Pierdante Piccioni, who suffered a brain injury in a car accident on May 31, 2013. He later awoke from his coma, believing it was Oct. 25 ...
29th Street (1991) – comedy drama film based on the true-life story of actor Frank Pesce, who won the first New York State Lottery in 1976 [84]; A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (1991) – biographical drama television film recounting the life of Ricky Bell, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back sickened with dermatomyositis, and Ryan Blankenship, a physically impaired child [85]