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American Made Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Guns. Drugs. Money laundering.

Amy Renner Amy Renner

May. 3, 2022

American Made

Release Date: Friday, September 29, 2017 Nationwide

Tom Cruise, Tyler Thompson, Ron Howard, Doug Liman, Jesse Plemons, Domhnall Gleeson, Christopher Woodrow, Gary Spinelli, Lola Kirke, Caleb Landry Jones, Brian Grazer, Sarah Wright, Jayma Mays, Brian Oliver, E. Roger Mitchell, Michael Bassick, Benito Martinez, Alejandro Edda

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

R Crime 1 hr, 55 m

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

Plot

What's the story about?

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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Top Cast

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Crew Behind the Film

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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

Additional Information

MPA 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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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Tom Cruise himself is a trained pilot.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

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, Different Flowers and Lucky.



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Tue., May. 3, 2022

Sat., Nov. 4, 2017

  • Set the MPAA rating to R for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity

  • Added a running time of 115 minutes

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