Cocaine Cowboys
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| Cocaine Cowboys | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Billy Corben |
| Produced by | Alfred Spellman Billy Corben David Cypkin |
| Starring | Jon Roberts Mickey Munday Jorge "Rivi" Ayala |
| Music by | Jan Hammer |
| Cinematography | Armando Salas |
| Editing by | Billy Corben David Cypkin |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 27, 2006 (limited) |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Official website | |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
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Cocaine Cowboys is a documentary film directed by Billy Corben and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben thru their Miami-based production company rakontur. Jan Hammer composed and performed the film's original score. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2006, and distribution rights to the film in English speaking territories were licensed to Magnolia Pictures. The film opened in U.S. theaters with a limited release on October 27, 2006.
The film chronicles the development of the illegal drug trade in Miami during the 1980s with interviews of both law enforcement and organized crime leaders.
- Korten, Tristam, "Big Story, Big Screen: Two Miami Documentary Flimmakers Capture a Time and Place in 'Cocaine Cowboys' ", Miami New Times, October 10, 2005 (URL last accessed November 13, 2006).
- Hill, Logan, "Critic's Pick: Cocaine Cowboys", New York Magazine, May 4, 2006 (URL last accessed November 13, 2006).
- Goldstein, Gregg, "Magnolia Lines Up 'Cocaine' Rights", The Hollywood Reporter, July 10, 2006 (URL retrieved September 13, 2006).
- Catsoulis, Jeannette, "Film in Review; Cocaine Cowboys", The New York Times, October 27, 2006 (URL last accessed November 13, 2006).
- rakontur Website
- Cocaine Cowboys at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Website
- Magnolia Pictures site
- LA Weekly Film Review, November 1, 2006
- Official Myspace Page