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Synopsis: Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. The film takes place in the mid-1990s, when Webb uncovered the CIA's past role in importing huge amounts of cocaine into the U.S. that was aggressively sold in ghettos across the country to raise money for the Nicaraguan Contras' rebel army. Despite enormous pressure not to, Webb chose to pursue the story and went public with his evidence, publishing the series "Dark Alliance". As a result he experienced a vicious smear campaign fueled by the CIA. At that point Webb found himself defending his integrity, his family, and his life.
Director(s): Michael Cuesta
Production: Focus Features
  3 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
R
Year:
2014
112 min
$2,445,646
Website
573 Views


- Not very much sense. No it doesn't.

You have more documents?

Everything is at my house.

You want to come over?

Why don't you just send the documents

to my office? How's that?

First things first, Gary Webb.

Raffie's got court tomorrow.

- Yeah?

- Be there.

Am I late?

The judge called an early recess.

It could be fifteen minutes or so.

- Right. Yeah. So we've got time.

- There's my boyfriend, Raffie...

He looks friendly.

He doesn't like seeing me with other men.

And there is the little b*tch.

Russell Dodson.

Be right back.

So, Dodson. Gary Webb,

San Jose Mercury News.

- You always follow people into bathrooms?

- No. Not really.

So why is the local news

interested in this case?

I'm not.

But I am interested in Danilo Blandon.

Never heard of him.

Then why is he on your witness list?

You had this guy cold on major

narcotics trafficking

and you let him walk.

Why?

I have his grand jury transcript.

I know.

I've seen some screw ups outta

you guys but boy is that a big one.

So what's the story? Feds use

a bad guy to catch other bad guy?

- Do you even know what you have there?

- Yes, I know what this is.

Well, it's unheard of. It's a gift.

And I asked around about Danilo Blandon.

- No one has seemed-...

- We're talking here.

I'm telling you...

...whatever I got near,

it made him very nervous.

I know what I saw.

- And I've been doing this a long time,

- okay? So -

Don't do old and wise. I hate that.

I'm not old.

Come on. It's why you brought me in here.

To go after stories like this.

- But we're not the LA Times.

- We're not small-time, either.

There's more here, I promise you.

Get more info on Blandon

and then we'll take it to Jerry.

I gotta get back to San Jose.

Okay.

Hello, hello!

Smells good.

Who's Coral?

She's hot.

She drove a Camaro.

Of course she did.

She left this?

- Eat it.

- Mom, can we start?

- Yes.

- Yes. That looks so good.

- Yummy.

- Hello, gents.

- Hi.

- Why does she know where you live?

I don't know.

- She's a source.

- Yeah? For a story about strippers?

No. But that's a good one, though.

Drug dealers.

Okay. That's better.

Is it happening again?

- No.

- Is what happening again?

Come on.

Nothing.

- What's in the box?

- Eat your food.

- What happened with her?

- Nothing.

What happened with her?

Nothing.

I mean, I'm not going to do this again.

It's why we left my family, my friends...

- I know, I know.

- ...left Cleveland, moved out to California,

which I hate...

...all this stupid sunshine and shiny happy faces...

- Sunshine is so dumb. It's terrible.

- I'm being serious.

I know; well so am I.

Baby...

I'm not going to screw this up.

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Peter Landesman

Peter Landesman is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, novelist and painter. He wrote a number of cover stories for the New York Times Magazine, New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and others, including investigations into global arms trafficking, sex trafficking, refugee trafficking, the Rwandan genocide, and the creation and smuggling of forged and stolen art and antiquities. He also reported from the conflicts in Kosovo, Rwanda, and Pakistan and Afghanistan post-9/11. more…

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