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Based on the true story of Frank W Abagnale Jr, a gifted master of deception. Frank was able to use many guises including an airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer in order to deceive people and hot on his heels was a FBI agent who was determined to bring him to justice...Product Identifiers
ProducerSteven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes
EAN5050583000664
eBay Product ID (ePID)3960209
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleCatch Me if You Can
ActorChristopher Walken, Amy Adams, James Brolin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Nathalie Baye, Frank John Hughes, Brian Howe, Martin Sheen, Jennifer Garner
DirectorSteven Spielberg
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year2003
FeaturesCatch Me If You Can Behind The Camera\Cast Me If You Can The Casting Of The Film\Scoring Catch Me If You Can\Frank Abagnale Between Reality And Fiction\The FBI Perspective\Catch Me If You Can In Closing\Photo Gallery
GenreDrama, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs2
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsPremiere - ...CATCH encompasses a summation, a statement, and a bit of self-send-up, all in the detectable disguise of a light entertainment..., Los Angeles Times - ...In its detail and sweep, the production is immaculate...the fluidity of the filmmaking serves as another reminder that there isn't a more technically skillful director working in American movies..., Washington Post - It's brilliantly acted. But best of all, it's brilliantly made., Entertainment Weekly - ...[DiCaprio] has just the right touch of baby-cheeked deadpan innocence to make you believe in the schemes of this eager boy grifter..., The A.V. Club - Part of Spielberg's skill as a filmmaker comes in choosing the right collaborators. Janusz Kaminski's gorgeous cinematography, Michael Kahn's graceful editing, Jeff Nathanson's clever script, and John Williams' score all work well in unison, but the film's masterstroke is the casting of Walken as DiCaprio's utterly decent father., New York Times - ...[A] supremely entertaining portrait of a virtuoso impostor....Mr. DiCaprio's portrayal of this brilliant fraud is, in a word, sensational..., Box Office - ...It's a stunning pairing. DiCaprio transforms on screen....Hanks, meanwhile, is endearing....A richly detailed film with a fully developed supporting cast..., Sight and Sound - ...[With] wonderfully inventive cinematography....The film is visually arresting....DiCaprio excels as the epicene, chameleon-like young pretender who effortlessly takes on new guises...
AuthorFrank W. Abagnale, Stan Redding
Additional InformationSteven Spielberg's adaptation of Frank W. Abagnale's autobiography CATCH ME IF YOU CAN follows the cat-and-mouse chase of Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) and FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) as Abagnale travels the world passing forged checks and assuming false identities. Covering the time period from 1963-69, the film leaps from the suburbs of New York to Georgia, Louisiana, Miami, France, and the skies of Pan American airlines with Abagnale, who passes himself off as a pilot, doctor, lawyer, and socialite while constantly frustrating Hanratty's attempts to nab the increasingly cunning forger. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN finds Spielberg drawing on the father-son relationship that develops between Abagnale and Hanratty, filling a void left in the lives of each man: Abagnale's strained relationship with his tax-cheat father (Christopher Walken) and Hanratty's never-seen family left behind in the wake of a divorce. As Hanratty pursues Abagnale, their mutual admiration and respect grows, and finally they even come to rely on each other.
Movie/TV TitleCatch Me If You Can
ComposerJohn Williams
Executive ProducerTony Romano, Laurie MacDonald, Barry Kemp, Michel Shane
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\DTS Surround 5.1
ScreenwriterJeff Nathanson