Barry Seal - Only in America

Originaltitel: American Made

2017
12
1 Std. 55 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

215.946

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.340

136

Tom Cruise and Sarah Wright in Barry Seal - Only in America (2017)

Director Doug Liman talks to IMDb about working with Tom Cruise, handling the CIA, and the problems that come with too much money in 'American Made'.

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Ein Pilot erhält während der 1980er-Jahre Aufträge der CIA und arbeitet gleichzeitig als Drogenkurier im Süden.Ein Pilot erhält während der 1980er-Jahre Aufträge der CIA und arbeitet gleichzeitig als Drogenkurier im Süden.Ein Pilot erhält während der 1980er-Jahre Aufträge der CIA und arbeitet gleichzeitig als Drogenkurier im Süden.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

215.946

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

2.340

136

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 3 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Tom Cruise is a qualified pilot. He did all of his own flying scenes during filming.

Patzer
Barry Seal did not quit his job at TWA. In July of 1972 he was fired for taking fraudulent medical leave in order to participate in an explosives smuggling operation.

Zitate
Barry Seal: I'm the gringo who always delivers.

Crazy Credits
At the very end of the credits, tucked among the copyright disclaimers is the sentence, "And yes, we know that's not El Salvador." This is a reference to a joke in the film about mistaking El Salvador for Nicaragua on the map. In fact, the country on the map was neither El Salvador nor Nicaragua, it was Honduras.

Verbindungen
Featured in Half in the Bag: The Mummy (2017)

Soundtracks
A Fifth of Beethoven
Written & Performed by Walter Murphy
Courtesy of BMG Rights Management

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Ausgewählte Rezension

9/10

Doug Liam and Tom Cruise make such a great pair

Very few directors have tapped the clown in Tom Cruise the way Doug Liman has. He had directed Tom in Edge of Tomorrow which was humorous and was set amidst a post-apocalyptic alien invasion. American Made is just as humorous and is also set amidst an invasion of sorts except this movie is a true story. Captain Barry Seal had the adventure of a lifetime before falling prey to a monster of his own doing. But what an adventure it might have been for this man to smuggle contraband into and out of the States.

I felt Tom Cruise did a great job portraying the pilot in an extremely light-hearted and funny way. Cruise is known for playing roles that ooze oodles of dare-devilry. But most of those roles are of fictitious characters. For once Tom plays a real man whose daring knew no bounds. Captain Barry Seal was like a real-life Ethan Hunt. Hence I feel casting Cruise as Seal was an extremely appropriate decision and should help in filling Universal Studios Entertainment's coffers.

If you were awed after seeing the aerial sequences in Dunkirk, wait until you have seen this film. The planes are subjected to go through some intense acrobatics which will please you. If you were disappointed with Cruise after watching The Mummy, I can assure you that you will heave a sigh of relief after watching this film. The film's story is not only engaging but also witty and hilarious. There are hardly any stagnant moments so the probability of you getting bored is very low.

A very ironic thing about American Made is that in 1986 when Barry Seal must have gone through whatever turmoil he did, a young Tom Cruise played a pilot in Top Gun which released that year. Did he know he would pay a real-life pilot who was very relevant during those days almost 31 years later ?

Watch American Made . Don't watch it for Tom Cruise's stardom. Watch it because you deserve to watch an entertaining and great film on the big screen that coincidentally has a superstar playing the leading man. I humbly apologize for the length of this post but sometimes I just can't control myself from pouring my thoughts out