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Starring bryan cranston, john leguizamo, diane kruger, benjamin bratt. Robert mazur spent five years undercover infiltrating the criminal. To write the infiltrator, a memoir about his five years as an undercover u. When director michael mann saw the potential in robert mazur s life story, telling him it had tremendous potential to be a movie, it was the impetus needed to begin work. I am a sucker for undercover books, but this one is like reading a manual on. The infiltrator 2016 trailers and clips in 1986, federal agent robert mazur bryan cranston goes under cover to infiltrate the trafficking network of colombian drug kingpin pablo escobar.
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The true story of one man against the biggest drug cartel in history. Customs special agent, who in the 1980s helped bust pablo escobars moneylaundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessman. The infiltrator is adapted from the memoir by robert mazur, a federal agent who went undercover among colombian druglords associated with pablo escobar and helped bring down his crooked banking. Based on the true story of federal agent robert mazur cranston as he goes deep under cover to infiltrate pablo escobars drug trafficking business in 1986, the infiltrator often feels like netflixs narcos, without the larger contextualization or room for the narrative to breathe. Mazur is the author of the infiltrator, a memoir about his undercover life, much of which was spent acting as a conduit between ruthless drug barons and corrupt legitimate appearing senior executives that cleaned billions in blood stained money through otherwise. The infiltrator follows dirty money trail in war on. Customs special agent, who in the 1980s helped bust pablo escobars moneylaundering organization by going undercover as. The film stars bryan cranston, diane kruger, benjamin. Written by ellen brown furman, based on the book by robert mazur. The the infiltrator movie is based on the true story of robert mazurmore specifically, the book he wrote about his life as a u. A book deal, and six months of intensive writing followed, and the infiltrator, authored by robert mazur was born. Svaki mjesec posjeti nas vise od 4 500 000 surfera. The infiltrator, a film based on the reallife story of former u.
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The true story behind the infiltrator robert mazur interview. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the infiltrator. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Starring bryan cranston, diane kruger, john leguizamo, benjamin bratt and olympia dukakis. Expect many scenes of realistic, bloody violence, and guns are everywhere. But there is a part of me that wishes you hadnt taken that risk.
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