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 |
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| Director | Billy Corben |
| Genres | Documentary |
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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 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 | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 04 Feb 2008 Production year: 2006 |
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
Thought this was a film but it turned out to be a documentery, still very interesting and shocking
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