Catch Me If You Can
Short description
Frank Abagnale Jr. is a teenager whose family life falls apart, leaving him to fend for himself. He discovers an unusual talent for deception, passing himself off as an airline pilot, a doctor and a lawyer, and funding the life that comes with those roles by forging and cashing checks worth millions of dollars. His crimes draw the attention of the FBI, and agent Carl Hanratty takes on the case, pursuing Frank across the country. Frank stays one step ahead, apparently enjoying the chase as much as his escapes.
Steven Spielberg directed the film, his twenty-fifth in chronological order, arriving between A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report. Jeff Nathanson wrote the screenplay, and Spielberg produced with Walter F. Parkes. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank, Tom Hanks plays Hanratty, and Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye and Amy Adams appear in supporting roles.
Released in December 2002, the film runs 141 minutes and is a crime drama produced by Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Pictures, among others. Against a budget of about 52 million dollars, it earned roughly 352 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 8.1 out of 10 from around 1.2 million votes, and on TMDB 8 out of 10 from a much smaller number of votes. A critics' rating of 8.1 out of 10 from 204 reviews places it in line with the audience response.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film features an Aston Martin DB5. It is Spielberg's personal car.
- Some scenes were specifically reshot, re-edited, or changed at the request of the real Frank Abagnale Jr.
- Several times, the faces of the characters talking on the phone are shown in close-up. It is noticeable that the handset is connected to the wire with a modern RJ-11 (registered jack) connector.
- Before Spielberg, the film was offered to Gore Verbinski, James Gandolfini (who, however, preferred to return to work on “The Sopranos”), David Fincher, Cameron Crowe, and Lasse Hallström.
- The character of Carl Hanratty (played by Tom Hanks) is based on FBI agent Joe Shea. In the script, the character was referred to as Joe Shea, but was changed to Carl Hanratty for unknown reasons.
- In the film, Frank Abagnale Jr. is depicted as an only child. In reality, he was one of 4 children.
- Initially, Spielberg wanted Johnny Depp to play Frank Abagnale Jr.
- The film is based on the autobiography of Frank Abagnale Jr., written in collaboration with Stan Redding, titled "Catch Me If You Can" (1980).
- In the scene where banknotes are shown in close-up, it can be noticed that they are from 1996, although the plot takes place in 1967.
- In the scene where Frank is in the uniform tailoring workshop, two yellow stripes are sewn onto the cuffs of his sleeves, but in the next scene, when he is walking down the street, there are already three stripes on his sleeves.
- Frank Abagnale Jr. himself played an episodic role in the film as one of the French police officers who caught him.
- When the character Carl Hanratty first meets Frank Abagnale, the latter introduces himself as Barry Allen. Barry Allen is a DC Comics character known as The Flash – the fastest man on Earth.
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