The Infiltrator
The true story of one man against the biggest drug cartel in history.
Country
Production
Budget
$28 000 000
Box office
$20 848 450
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Brad Furman, Don Sikorski, Paul M. Brennan, Miriam Segal, Bryan Cranston, Scott LaStaiti, Peter Hampden, Norman Merry, Kate Fasulo, Robert Mazur
Camera operator
Joshua Reis
Composer
Artist
Crispian Sallis
Audition
Gail Stevens
Editing
Luis Carballar, David Rosenbloom, Jeff McEvoy
Whole Team (68)
Whole Team (68)
Short description
A U.S Customs official uncovers a massive money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar.
What's left behind the scenes
- Some episodes of the film were shot at the airfield in Dunsfold, Surrey, England. The same location was used for filming the 2002 reboot of the automotive show "Top Gear".
- A representative of director Brad Furman sent a copy of Robert Mazur’s book to British producer Miriam Segal, who immediately recognized the cinematic potential of the story. Her company, Good Films, acquired the rights to an adaptation and compiled a list of potential screenwriters. Ellen Sue Brown, Furman’s mother, who is credited as Ellen Brown Furman, was included on the list. As Furman himself recounted: "Ultimately, Miriam came to me and said, 'I'm hiring your mother as a screenwriter, because there's no one better.'"
- The first film directed by Brad Furman, in which he also served as a producer.
- As costume designer Dina Colline later revealed, the appearance of the drug trafficker’s wife, played by Elena Anaya, was partially inspired by former US First Lady Nancy Reagan.
- This is Brad Furman’s second film starring Bryan Cranston and John Leguizamo. Both actors appeared in his 2011 thriller, "The Lincoln Lawyer".
- Before filming began, Bryan Cranston spent several days with Robert Mazur, whom he portrayed in the film "The Infiltrator".
- The film was shot and released seven years after the publication in 2009 of Robert Mazur's book, "Undercover Agent: My Secret Life and the Banks That Laundered Money for Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel".
- Federal agent Robert Mazur, played by Bryan Cranston, was simply called Bob by everyone. For the operation to infiltrate the criminal syndicate, he took the alias “Bob Musella”.
- In the television series “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013), Hank and Walt Jr. mention a book written by Robert Mazur, a special agent of the U.S. Customs Service. In the film “Donnie Brasco”, Bryan Cranston plays the role of Mazur.
- During "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the host asked actor Bryan Cranston if he expected to end up in Heaven after death. “After everything I’ve done in Tampa, no,” the actor replied, referring to the filming of Brad Furman’s “The Infiltrator” in Tampa.
- Actor Bryan Cranston is 180 centimeters tall. He is significantly taller than his real-life counterpart.
- Work on the film began after Brad Furman read Robert Mazur's book "The Infiltrator: My Secret Life and the Banks That Laundered Money for Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel." The book was recommended to the director by producer Don Sikorski, with whom Furman had been acquainted for many years and had collaborated with on numerous occasions.
- After Olympia Dukakis portrays the main character’s aunt, Cathy says she deserves an “Oscar” for Best Supporting Role. Dukakis actually has an “Oscar” for that category for the film “Moonstruck”.
- During a lunch in New York, where Bryan Cranston was playing Lyndon Johnson in one of the Broadway productions, director Brad Furman spoke about the film "The Infiltrator" and offered the actor a role. Cranston asked to be given the script, read it, and agreed.
- Bryan Cranston’s role in the series “Breaking Bad” (2008-2013) earned him four Emmy Awards, and he made a lasting impression on Brad Furman with his performance in “The Lincoln Lawyer” (2011).
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