Cocaine Cowboys – Die wahre Geschichte hinter Scarface und Miami Vice (2006)

Cocaine Cowboys – Die wahre Geschichte hinter Scarface und Miami Vice: Directed by Billy Corben. With Jon Roberts, Al Sunshine, Sam Burstyn, Mickey Munday. The story of how Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States in the early 1980’s and the police officers who turned the tide on crime.

“Although I had the opportunity to see the unfinished version of what is sure to be an award-winning film, I was thoroughly impressed by Cocaine Cowboys. Without giving anything away, let me just say that this film refrains from the type of overly preachy or overly glorified view of the cocaine business in the late 1970u0026#39;s and 1980u0026#39;s. A nice balance of character analysis mixed with an abundance of archival data kept my interest throughout the experience…and I walked out of the theater feeling as though I really learned a great deal, not only about historical occurrences, and their impact on a few central characters or society as a whole; rather, I left the cinema with a grasp of the time period from many different perspectives: Columbian drug lords, Cocaine transporters and dealers, special task force members assigned to find the aforementioned groups, local media then and now, land developers, vacationers, car salesmen, and your average Miamian. Perspectives offered were not limited in scope. I highly recommend this film.”