Traffic: The Miniseries was a three-part feature on the United States cable channel
USA Network in 2004 featuring an ensemble cast portraying the complex world of drugs, their distribution, the associated violence, and the wide variety of people whose lives are touched by it all. It was inspired by the 1989 television miniseries
Traffik made by
Channel 4 in
Britain and the 2000
motion picture Traffic directed by
Steven Soderbergh. The American version was nominated for three
Emmy Awards.
Traffic: The Miniseries was directed by
Eric Bross and
Stephen Hopkins and written by
Ron Hutchinson. The cast is composed of principle actors
Cliff Curtis,
Martin Donovan,
Balthazar Getty,
Elias Koteas,
Mary McCormack,
Ritchie Coster,
Nelson Lee, and
Tony Musante, while the supporting cast includes
Justin Chatwin,
Jennifer Rae Westley,
Katia Khatchadourian,
Johanna Olson, and
Brian George. A DVD was released on November 2, 2004 but is now out of print.
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