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ORIGINAL TITLE: Catch Me If You Can

YEAR: 2002

RUNNING TIME: 140 min.

COUNTRY: United States

DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg

SCREENPLAY: Jeff Nathanson (Book: Frank W. Abagnale & Stan Redding)

MUSIC: John Williams

PHOTOGRAPHY: Janusz Kaminski

CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams,

Nathalie Baye, Martin Sheen, Jennifer Garner, Brian Howe, Frank John Hughes,

James Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Ellis, Ellen Pompeo

PRODUCER: DreamWorks

OFFICIAL WEB: http://www.dreamworks.com/catchthem

AWARDS 2002:

2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken), OST

2002: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actor - Drama (Leonardo DiCaprio)

2002 BAFTA Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken). 4 nominations

GENRE: Thriller. Drama. Comedy Crime. Based on a true story. 60s. 70 Years

ABSTRACT

Catch Me If You Can (Catch Me If You Can in the original version) is a 2002

comedy-drama, based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who before the age of

nineteen years old got millions of dollars by posing as a company pilot airborne,

doctor and lawyer. Their main modus operandi was check forgery, a crime in which

he achieved such skill and experience that the FBI finally recruited him as a

consultant on such scams.

Steven Spielberg directed the film, whose protagonists are Leonardo DiCaprio as

Abagnale, Tom Hanks as well, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen,

and Nathalie Baye.

The idea for the film began to develop around 1980. With the beginning of the XXI

century, filmmakers such as David Fincher, Gore Verbinski, Lasse Hallström, Miloš

Forman and Cameron Crowe were related sometime catch me if you can.

Spielberg (who was originally going to be a producer) decided to become a project

manager, discarding others like Big Fish and Memoirs of a Geisha. Filming took

place from February to May 2002. Catch Me If You Can was a critical and box

office, and the real Abagnale called it positively.

CAST

Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr.: Before he was 19 years old,

Frank got millions of dollars of checks as a pilot for the airline Pan Am, as a

physician and abogado.3

Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty: An FBI agent who chases Frank Jr. during

most of the film. Hanratty is often mocked by other agents who are not

serious about cases of check fraud. Hanratty is divorced, and his daughter

and his wife live in Chicago. Eventually, Carl and Frank Jr. become great

amigos.4

Christopher Walken as Frank Abagnale Sr: Frank's father, a veteran of

World War II. Mr. Frank loses his wife Paula and their health after

committing tax evasion. Shortly afterwards dies by falling on the tracks at

Grand Central.5

Amy Adams as Brenda Strong: Before serving as a nurse in Georgia,

Brenda had had an induced abortion. His parents strictly Lutheran thrown

out of his house, until he meets Frank Jr.6

Martin Sheen as Roger Strong: Brenda's father, and husband of Carol.

Roger is a famous district attorney in Louisiana, and is easily convinced that

Frank Jr. had graduated from law school. His alma mater is the University of

California, Berkeley.7

Nathalie Baye as Paula Abagnale: Mr. Frank met Paula when she was 18

years old in Montrichard, France during World War II. Six weeks later, the

couple married. Mr. Frank Paula and Frank Jr. were divorced when I was

fifteen, and then married Paula Jack Barnes. At the end of the film, Paula

and have Jack hija.8

James Brolin as Jack Barnes: Mr. Frank A partner in the Rotary Club of New

Rochelle, New York. Barnes later has an affair with Paula, leading to the

divorce of the parents of Frank Jr.9

Nancy Lenehan as Carol Strong: Brenda's mother and wife of Roger. When

Frank Jr. thinks was a doctor, lawyer and Lutheran, was very excited at the

prospect of marrying his hija.10

Ellen Pompeo and Elizabeth Banks have supporting roles. Brian Howe,

Frank John Hughes and Chris Ellis portray FBI agents. Jennifer Garner has

a cameo as a prostitute.

The real Frank Abagnale appears as one of the French police who arrest her

character.

WEBGRAFIA

Wiki pedía. january 20 de 2009. Cath me if you can. Retrieved 2 August

2012, from address

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atr%C3%A1pame_si_puedes

filmaffinity. 15 july de 2005. Atrápame si puedes (2002). Retrieved 26

May 2010, from address http://www.filmaffinity.com/es/film264309.html