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Synopsis: New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tracks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son.
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Production: DreamWorks SKG
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 41 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
75
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
PG-13
Year:
2002
141 min
$164,400,000
Website
7,895 Views


Why? Is it snowing?

Do you have a black suit?

I overslept again, huh?

We have a very important

meeting in the city.

Eat that.

Come on, come on, eat.

Ma'am, open up.

Just open up, please!

- Ma'am?

- It's important.

What?

Oh, gosh!

We don't open

for half an hour!

Open the door, please.

Just open the door.

It's important.

I-I'm sorry, we don't open

for half an hour.

What's your name, ma'am?

Darcy.

Darcy. That's a pretty name.

I'm in a bit of a fix.

I need a suit for my kid.

This is my son Frank.

Oh, hi.

He needs a black suit.

Black suit...

There was a death in the family.

My father, :
5 years old,

war hero.

Yeah?

There's a funeral

this afternoon, military funeral

planes flying overhead,

Geez.

Frank needs to borrow a suit

for a couple of hours.

I'm sorry, we don't loan suits,

and we're not open.

Darcy... Darcy, please.

- Come back.

Darcy... is this yours?

I just found it

in the parking lot.

Uh-huh.

It must've slipped

right off your neck.

Don't hit the curb.

Now get out,

walk around the back

and hold the door open for me.

All right.

What's next?

Okay, stop grinning.

When I get inside, you go back

to the front seat and wait.

Even if a cop comes

and writes you a ticket

you don't move the car,

understood?

Dad, wha-what's all this for?

You know why the Yankees

always win, Frank?

'Cause they have Mickey Mantle?

No, it's 'cause the other teams

can't stop staring

at those damn pinstripes.

Watch this.

The manager

of Chase Manhattan Bank

is about to open the door

for your father.

Mr. Abagnale, um

we don't usually

loan money to people

who have unresolved business

with the IRs.

That's a misunderstanding.

I hired the wrong guy

to do my books.

A mistake, I...

anybody could make it.

I just need you guys

to help me weather the storm.

sir, you're being investigated

by the government for tax fraud.

My store is a landmark

in New Rochelle.

I have customers

all over New York.

Well, you're not a customer

at Chase Manhattan.

We don't know you.

I'm sure your bank

in New Rochelle

they know you,

they could help you out.

My bank went out of business.

Banks like this one put

them out of business.

Now, I know I made a mistake,

I admit that

but these people want blood.

They want my store.

They've threatened

to put me in jail.

This is America, right?

I'm not a criminal.

I'm a Medal of Honor winner

a lifetime member

of the New Rochelle Rotary Club.

All I'm asking is for you

to help me beat these guys.

It's not a question

of winning and losing.

It's a question of risk.

You're the largest bank

in the world.

Where's the fu...

Whe... Where's the risk?

Dad, how could you just let him

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Jeff Nathanson

Jeff Nathanson was born on October 12, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for his work on Catch Me If You Can (2002), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) and The Terminal (2004). more…

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