Traffik
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Traffik is a 1989 television miniseries which tells the story of illegal drug trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users.
The six-part series was produced by Britain's Channel 4, written by Simon Moore, and directed by Alastair Reid. In the United States it was first aired on Masterpiece Theatre in 1990.
The film starred
- Bill Paterson as the father of a heroin addict whose job as UK Home Secretary involves him as a leader in his nation's anti-drug campaign;
- Lindsay Duncan as the wife of a drug dealer in Germany whose life is changed forever after her husband's arrest;
- Jamal Shah as a former opium poppy grower who seeks a new job in Karachi; and
- Talat Hussain as a Pakistani drug lord who hires the former poppy grower and later crosses paths with Duncan's character.
Julia Ormond played the addicted daughter, in her national television debut.
Traffik was nominated for six BAFTA Awards, winning three. It also won an International Emmy Award for best drama.
The plot of Traffik was used as a basis for the 2000 film Traffic. The success of that film led to the production of DVD and VHS versions of the miniseries, still available for sale as of 2005.
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External link
- Traffik (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096716/) at the Internet Movie Database
