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Guns. Drugs. Money laundering.

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American Made

Release Date: Friday, September 29, 2017 Theaters

A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.

Director: Doug Liman

Starring: Tom Cruise Domhnall Gleeson Sarah Wright Jesse Plemons Jayma Mays

R Crime 1 hr, 55 m

  • 3.7 / 5
46% 54%

A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.

Plot

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Plot
Follows Barry Seal, a TWA pilot recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America. Seal finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the U.S., one that spawned the birth of the Medellin cartel and eventually almost brought down the Reagan White House through the Iran Contra scandal.
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The film's director Doug Liman last directed The Instigators and Road House. The film's writer Gary Spinelli last wrote Chaos Walking and Stash House.

Director
Doug Liman
Screenwriter
Producers
Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Brian Oliver
Tyler Thompson

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Key Facts

  • Tom Cruise himself is a trained pilot.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating
R Restricted for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity
Runtime
1 hr, 55 m
Tagline
Guns. Drugs. Money laundering.
Also known as
Mena

Language
English

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American Made was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, September 29, 2017. There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including Flatliners, A Question of Faith and Loving Vincent.

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