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| Saturday Morning NewsNow Showing: 'Traffic'Aired January 6, 2001 - 7:26 a.m. ETTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Movie theater owners are hoping for a "Traffic" jam this weekend. CNN's Anna Hovend (ph) takes a look at the new and well-acclaimed film "Traffic." (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "TRAFFIC") MICHAEL DOUGLAS, ACTOR: We're going after their top guys. MIGUEL FERRER, ACTOR: Your government surrendered this war a long time ago. (END VIDEO CLIP) ANNA HOVEND, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): "Traffic" is director Steve Soderbergh's look at the war on drugs from several angles. Michael Douglas is the nation's new drug czar. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "TRAFFIC") UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: None of my friends can freakin' believe my dad's actually the drug czar. (END VIDEO CLIP) HOVEND: But the drug problem for him begins at home. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "TRAFFIC") UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: You might want to pencil in a little face time with your daughter. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: See? Now you see. UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS: Oh, let's do some more. (END VIDEO CLIP) HOVEND: Meanwhile, a pair of DEA agents are on the front lines of the drug war. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "TRAFFIC") FERRER: You hire drivers with nothing to lose and throw a lot of product at the problem. This has worked for years. BENICIO DEL TORO, ACTOR: I have actually dreams about this, about busting the top people, rich people, white people. (END VIDEO CLIP) HOVEND: Benicio Del Toro is a Mexican police officer who tries to do a good job in a corrupt world. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "TRAFFIC") FERRER: In Mexico, law enforcement is an entrepreneurial activity. DEL TORO: You should feel good about this, not feel like a traitor. (END VIDEO CLIP) HOVEND: Catherine Zeta-Jones and her husband seem to have the perfect life, until she discovers the source of her husband's income. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "TRAFFIC") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (inaudible) CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, ACTOR: (inaudible), (inaudible)? UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: ... bench warrant. ZETA-JONES: What is going on? They came into the house, they just took him away. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: The DEA has got him. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Do not discuss anything over the telephone. ZETA-JONES: How am I going to survive this? (END VIDEO CLIP) HOVEND: She's determined to keep up her lifestyle. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "TRAFFIC") ZETA-JONES: The dough is high-impact, pressure molded. It's odorless, undetectable by the dogs, undetectable by anyone. I want the principal witness against my husband killed. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Here's your dough. (END VIDEO CLIP) HOVEND: "Traffic" is rated R. With Now Showing, I'm Anna Hovend. (END VIDEOTAPE) TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com |
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