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2006 Certificate 18
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The cocaine trade of the 70s and 80s had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Smugglers and distributors forever changed a once sleepy retirement community into one of the world's most glamorous hot spots; the epicenter of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin cartel. By the early 80s, Miami's tripled .. Read more

Starring Jon Roberts, Al Sunshine, Sam Burstyn, Mickey Munday
Director Billy Corben
Genres Documentary

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Cocaine Cowboys

The cocaine trade of the 70s and 80s had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Smugglers and distributors forever changed a once sleepy retirement community into one of the world's most glamorous hot spots; the epicenter of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin cartel. By the early 80s, Miami's tripled homicide rate had made it the murder capital of the country, for which a Time cover story dubbed the city 'Paradise Lost'. With COCAINE COWBOYS, filmmaker Billy Corben paints a dazzling portrait of a cultural explosion that still echoes as Hollywood myth.

Starring Jon Roberts, Al Sunshine, Sam Burstyn, Mickey Munday, Bob Palumbo, Toni Mooney, Edna Buchanan, Joseph Davis, Al Singleton
Director Billy Corben
Studio CONTENDER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Run time DVD: 1 hr 56 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Documentary
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 04 Feb 2008
Production year: 2006

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    Why even put this in a cinema when its intended to be devoured on DVD by potheads, 17-year-old Pablo Escobar... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    dont waste your time or DVD allocation on this awful doc o rama.

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      • Posted 29 Feb 2008 08:17

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    Thought this was a film but it turned out to be a documentery, still very interesting and shocking

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      • Bubu from Guernsey
      • Posted 28 Mar 2008 11:41

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    The Drugs. The Money. The Violence. The Incredible true story that inspired Scarface and Miami Vice hits cinemas this week. The cocaine trade of the 70s and 80s had an indelible impact on contemporary Miami. Smugglers and distributors forever changed a once sleepy retirement community into one of the world's most glamorous hot spots, the epicentre of a $20 billion annual business fed by Colombia's Medellin cartel. By the early 80s, Miami's homicide rate had tripled and made it the murder... Read more

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