Cocaine Cowboys (Rental)

Moderate themes and violence, Moderate drug use and references, Moderate coarse language Out of stock Add to wishlist Add to collection  Watch Trailer Official Website

The real story that inspired SCARFACE and MIAMI VICE Miami, once a modest, coastal, melting-pot city, was transformed almost overnight into a glitzy metropolis when it became the main point of entry for cocaine into the USA. Chronicling the drug influx of the 70s and 80s – and the resulting gang wars and violence— Cocaine Cowboys is an eye-opening profile of the Miami underworld. Featuring candid interviews with key figures on both sides of the law, Cocaine Cowboys is a picture of a city over-run by drugs and warring gangs. Taking centre stage are ex-drug dealers/smugglers Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday, who lay out the structure behind the production, import and sale of cocaine, as well as providing their own reminiscences on the excessive heyday of Miami’s vice. When the drug business boomed – Miami banks almost ran out of space to store cash deposits – violence inevitably followed. An inside perspective is provided by Jorge ‘Rivi’ Alaya, a convicted former hitman for Griselda Blanco, the notoriously bloodthirsty Colombian ‘godmother’. DVD Special Features HUSTLIN' WITH THE GODMOTHER: THE CHARLES COSBY STORY Deleted scenes with commentary Commentary with producer/director Billy Corben and co-producer David Cypkin Original theatrical trailer Dolby® Digital 5.1 surround sound

Cocaine Cowboys

1 minute 42 seconds

Release Date: 12/09/2007
Audio tracks: Dolby Digital 5.1; DD 2.0
Languages: English
Genre: Documentary
Director: Billy Corben
Subtitles: N/A subtitles
Runtime: 118.0 mins
Format: DVD Rental, Region 4 (PAL)
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Widescreen Full Height Anamorphic
Catalogue: MMA2612

"Cocaine Cowboys is that rare film that truly warrants the designation 'guilty pleasure'..." SLANT MAGAZINE

"...fascinating..." VILLAGE VOICE

"Cocaine is the most aggressively edited film in years: It pounds, it churns, it spurts, it spray-paints." WASHINGTON POST

½ "It packs the furious momentum and dramatic punch of a riveting feature film." FILM THREAT

"Bullets fly and dead bodies drop like whacked weeds in this startling documentary about the bad old days of the Miami drug trade." MTV

"A hyperventilating account of the blood-drenched Miami drug culture in the 1970s and 80s, the movie overflows with cops and coroners, snitches and smugglers, reporters and importers." NEW YORK TIMES

"A rogues gallery of flamboyant gangsters paint an anecdote-rich portrait of the drug trade." VARIETY