Video

Traffik, 1 [DVD videorecording] / a Picture Partnership production for Channel 4 TV ; producer, Brian Eastman ; writer, Simon Moore ; director, Alastair Reid.

Eastman, Brian. (Added Author). Moore, Simon, 1958- (Added Author). Reid, Alastair, 1939-2011 (Added Author). Paterson, Bill, 1945- (Added Author). Duncan, Lindsay. (Added Author). Shah, Jamal. (Added Author). Hussain, Talat, 1945- (Added Author). Pr©ơckner, Tilo. (Added Author). M©ơller-Scherz, Fritz. (Added Author). Ormond, Julia. (Added Author). Tickner, Clive. (Added Author). Thomson, Neil. (Added Author). Gregory, Jon (Film editor) (Added Author). McClelland, Andrew. (Added Author). Souster, Tim. (Added Author). Roberts, Amy. (Added Author). Hebert, Martyn. (Added Author). Zillmann, Hans. (Added Author). Picture Partnership (Firm) (Added Author). Channel Four (Great Britain) (Added Author). Acorn Media (Firm) (Added Author). Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah, Talat Hussain, Tilo Pr©ơckner, Fritz M©ơller-Scherz, Julia Ormond. (Cast).

Summary:

Docudrama following all aspects of the international illegal heroin industry. "Part one: In Pakistan to discuss a new aid agreement aimed at reducing opium production, British government minister Jack Lithgow encounters Fazal, a local farmer. In Hamburg, the seizure of a major drug shipment leads to the arrest of a high-profile German businessman, stunning his British wife, Helen. Part two: In Britain, Jack is distracted from his work by a family crisis involving his daughter, Caroline. Helen struggles to stabilize the family's finances and safeguard her children as her situation worsens and Karl is formally charged. Searching for work in Karachi, Fazal falls in with Tariq Butt, a major drug traffiker. Part three: Helen's desperation mounts and she wades deeper into her husband's world, despite constant police surveillance. As the crisis with his daughter persists, Jack's marriage begins to disintegrate. Fazal, now Tariq's chauffeur, observes the drug lord's mastery of the system." -- container.

Record details

ISBN: 1569384800
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, [2001], c1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a television mini-series in England in 1989, and then on PBS in the United States in 1990. Special features: interview with writer Simon Moore and producer Brian Eastman; "From Traffik to Traffic": production notes on how the miniseries became the movie; cast and crew filmographies; interactive menus; scene selection.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Clive Tickner ; editors, Neil Thomson, Jon Gregory, Andrew McClelland ; music, Tim Souster ; costume designer, Amy Roberts ; production design, Martyn Hebert, Hans Zillmann;
Participant or Performer Note:	Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah, Talat Hussain, Tilo Pr©ơckner, Fritz M©ơller-Scherz, Julia Ormond.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	English, Urdu, and German languages; English subtitles.
Awards Note:	British Academy Award: 1990, BAFTA TV Award - Best Design (Martyn Hebert, Hans Zillmann); Best Film Cameraman (Clive Tickner); Best Film Sound (David Hildyard, David Old, Ken Weston)