Catch Me If You Can

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Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 2002 biopic crime film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. The film is based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday, successfully counter-millions of dollars by posing as a pilot of Pan American World Airways, a Georgia physician and Louisiana parish attorney. The main crime is check fraud; he became so experienced that the FBI finally turned to him for help in catching other counterfeiters. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, and Nathalie Baye in supporting roles.

The development for the film started in 1980 but did not develop until 1997, when the film's rights to the Abagnale book were sold to DreamWorks Spielberg. David Fincher, Gore Verbinski, Lasse HallstrÃÆ'¶m, Milo? Forman, and Cameron Crowe had all possible prospective directors before Spielberg decided to lead. Filming took place from February to May 2002. The film was financially and critically successful, and received positively by critics and abagnales.

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Plot

In 1963, the teenage Frank Abagnale lived in New Rochelle, New York with his father, Frank Abagnale, Sr., and the mother of France Paula. When Frank Sr. denied a business loan at Chase Manhattan Bank due to unknown trouble with the IRS, the family was forced to move from their big house to a small apartment. Paula had an affair with Jack, a friend of her husband. Meanwhile, Frank poses as a substitute teacher in his French class. Frank's parents filed for divorce, and Frank escaped. When he runs out of money, he begins to rely on confidence scams to survive. Shortly, Frank was upgraded and he even mimicked airline pilots. He forged a paycheck on Pan's paycheck and managed to steal more than $ 2.8 million.

Meanwhile, Carl Hanratty, an FBI bank fraud agent, starts tracking down Frank. Carl and Frank meet at a hotel, where Frank assures Carl that his name is Barry Allen from the Secret Service, and that he is also after the scam. Frank leaves, Carl angrily realizes a little too late that he has been fooled. Later, at Christmas, Carl was still working when Frank called him, trying to apologize for deceiving Carl. Carl refuses his apology and tells him that he will be arrested soon, but laughs when he realizes that Frank actually calls him because he does not have anyone else to talk to. Frank hangs up, and Carl continues to investigate, suddenly realizing (thanks to a maid) that the name "Barry Allen" comes from a Flash comic book and that Frank is actually a teenager.

Frank, meanwhile, has expanded his detention to include the identity of a doctor and lawyer. While playing Dr. Frank Conners, he fell in love with Brenda. When he asked his father's permission to marry him, he confessed the truth about himself and asked for help with the Louisiana State Bar exam. Carl tracks him down to his engagement party and Frank can sneak out of the bedroom window a few minutes before Carl comes in. Before leaving, Frank made Brenda promise to meet him in Miami two days later so they could elope. Frank sees him waiting for her two days later, but also sees a plainclothes agent waiting to catch him; realizing that he had been arranged, he escaped on a flight to Europe.

Seven months later, Carl showed his boss that Frank had faked a check across Western Europe and asked for permission to go to Europe to look for him. When his boss refused, Carl brought Frank's check to the printing professionals who claimed that the check was printed in France. From an interview with Frank's mother, Carl remembers that he was actually born in Montrichard, France. He goes there and puts Frank, and tells him that the French police will kill him if he does not go with Carl secretly. Frank assumes he's lying at first, but Carl promises Frank that he'll never lie to her, and Carl takes him out, where the French police escort him to jail.

The scene then flickers forward to the plane back home from Frank's prison, where Carl tells him that his father has died. Feeling sad, Frank escaped from the plane and returned to his old house, where he found his mother with the man he left behind his father, as well as a girl that Frank realized was his stepbrother. Frank surrendered and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, getting visits from time to time from Carl. When Frank pointed out how one of the checks Carl brought as false evidence, Carl convinced the FBI to offer Frank a deal with which he could live the rest of his sentence working for the FBI bank fraud department, received by Frank.. While working at the FBI, Frank missed the sensation of pursuit and even tried to fly as an airline pilot again. He was cornered by Carl, who insisted that Frank would return to the FBI work because no one was after him. The following Monday, Carl was nervous that Frank had not arrived at work. However, Frank finally arrives and they discuss their next case.

Credit cover reveals that Frank has been happily married for 26 years, has three sons, lives in the Midwest, is still good friends with Carl, has captured some of the most elusive forgers in the world, and earns millions of dollars every year because his work creates checks that do not can be defeated.

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Cast

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale, Jr. Before his 19th birthday, Frank manages to cheat millions of dollars in checks as a pilot of Pan Am, a doctor, and a Louisiana parish attorney.
• Tom Hanks as Carl Hanratty, an FBI agent who chases Frank for most of the movie. Hanratty is often ridiculed by other agents who consider check fraud as a joke. Hanratty is divorced, and her daughter and ex-wife live in Chicago. In the end, Carl and Frank became good friends.
• Christopher Walken as Frank Abagnale, Sr., Frank's father, and World War II veteran. Frank, Sr. lost his wife Paula and most of his fortune after he embezzled the tax. Frank, Sr. died after falling stairs at the train station.
• Nathalie Baye as Paula Abagnale. Frank, Sr. met him when he was 18 at Montrichard, France during World War II. Five weeks later, the couple married. They divorced when Frank Jr. aged 16, leaving Paula to marry Jack Barnes, with whom he has a daughter.
• Amy Adams as Brenda Strong. Before becoming a nurse, Brenda had an abortion. The strict Lutheran parents disown, until they meet Frank, Jr.
• Martin Sheen as Roger Strong, Brenda's father, and Carol's husband. Roger is a renowned district attorney in Louisiana and is not easily convinced that Frank, Jr. graduated from law school.
• James Brolin as Jack Barnes, partner of Frank, Sr. in New Rochelle, New York Rotary Club. Barnes then did an affair with Paula, which led to the divorce of Frank Jr.'s parents.
• Nancy Lenehan as Carol Strong, Brenda's mother and Roger's wife. When thinking that Frank, Jr. is a doctor, lawyer, and Lutheran, he is very excited for his daughter's wedding.

Brian Howe, Frank John Hughes and Chris Ellis play FBI agents. Jennifer Garner acting as a call girl. Ellen Pompeo, Elizabeth Banks, and Kaitlin Doubleday have supporting roles. Frank Abagnale who actually appeared in a cameo as a French police officer who captured his character.

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Production

Development

Frank Abagnale sold the film rights to his autobiography in 1980. Executive producer Michel Shane bought the film rights in 1990, for Paramount Pictures. In December 1997, Barry Kemp bought the movie rights from Shane, taking the project to DreamWorks, with Jeff Nathanson writing the script. In April 2000, David Fincher was bound to lead for several months, but stopped supporting the Panic Room. In July 2000, Leonardo DiCaprio had entered discussion to star in, with Gore Verbinski to direct. Steven Spielberg joined as a producer, and the filming will begin in March 2001.

Casting

Verbinski plays James Gandolfini as Carl Hanratty, Ed Harris as Frank Abagnale, Sr., and ChloÃÆ'¤ Sevigny as Brenda Strong. Verbinski broke up because of DiCaprio's commitment to Gangs of New York . Lasse Hallström negotiated directly in May 2001, but came out in July 2001. At this stage Harris and Sevigny left the film, but Gandolfini was still bound. Spielberg, one of the founders of DreamWorks, offers a job as a director to Milo? Forman, and is considered to employ Cameron Crowe. During this period of negotiation, Spielberg began to consider directing the movie itself, eventually dropping projects such as Big Fish and Memoirs of a Geisha. Spielberg was officially committed to directing in August 2001.

Strong's portrayer search lasted for months but Amy Adams was finally cast. Spielberg "likes" his recordings and producer Walter F. Parkes commented that he was "as fresh and honest as we have ever seen," which is an important element in the role. Christopher Walken serves as Frank Abagnale, Sr. following Parkes' suggestion. Martin Sheen plays Roger Strong because he "intimidates the presence". Spielberg wants a French actress to portray Paula Abagnale to stay true to the facts. He enlisted the help of Brian De Palma, who lives in Paris and he performs tests with several actresses such as Nathalie Baye. Spielberg has seen Jennifer Garner at Alias ​​and wants him to play a small role in the movie because of his busy schedule.

Filming

The original start date was January 2002, but was pushed until February 7th in Los Angeles, California. Locations include Burbank, Downey, New York City, LA/Ontario International Airport (which doubled for Miami International Airport), Quebec City and Montreal. The film was taken in 147 locations in just 52 days. DiCaprio reflects, "The scene we thought would take three days took the afternoon." The filming takes place from April 25-30 on Park Avenue, just outside the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Production moved to Orange, New Jersey and returned to Brooklyn for bank scene and courthouse. The shooting also occurred at the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Quebec City was chosen for its European character and French nuance. Place Royale, in Old Quebec, stands for Montrichard - the church in the background of the arrest is Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. The filming ended on May 12 in Montreal.

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Music

The soundtrack of the film was released on December 10, 2002 by DreamWorks Records. Original score compiled and performed by John Williams.

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Historical accuracy

Despite various changes from real-life events, Abagnale believes Spielberg is the only filmmaker that "can do this movie justice". However, Abagnale is only slightly involved with the film. In November 2001 Abagnale reported, "I have never met or talked to Steven Spielberg and I have not read the manuscript, I prefer not, I understand that they now describe my father in a better light, as it really is Steven Spielberg has said to the screenwriter (Jeff Nathanson) that he wants complete accuracy in the actual relationships and frauds that I do, I hope that in the end this movie will be entertaining, interesting, funny and bring home important messages about family, childhood and divorce..

The real abagale never saw his father again after he ran away from home. Spielberg "wanted to continue to have a relationship in which Frank kept trying to please his father, by making him proud of him, by looking at him in uniform, Pan-American uniform". However, Abagnale praised the idea. "Even though I do not see my dad anymore, every night after a brilliant day and meet many women, and make a lot of money, I'll go back alone to the hotel room and I'll just think of my mom and dad and fantasize about getting them back together again , and crying.This is the justification of a fantasy. "

In the shooting script, Hanks's character is referred to as Joseph Shea, the real name of an FBI agent who actually tracked and then worked with Abagnale, but the name was changed to Carl Hanratty for an unknown reason.

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Themes

Catch Me if You Can deals with broken home themes and troubled childhoods. Spielberg's parents divorced when he was a teenager, similar to Frank Abagnale's situation. In the film, Carl Hanratty also divorced from his wife, who lives with their daughter in Chicago. "Some of my movies have to do with broken homes and people running away from a sad past," Spielberg said. "But there is a thread that makes me say: you know, there is something also about me that I can say by telling a light story like this".

Spielberg also wants to make a movie that sympathizes with criminals. He explains, "Frank is a 21st century genius who works in the purity of the mid-60s, when people are more believers than now.I do not think this is the kind of movie in which one can say, 'I have a career plan. ' "

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Release

The Game Show Network aired the 1977 episode of the Tell Tell the Truth television show featuring Frank Abagnale. Segments are shown on December 29, 2002 and January 1, 2003 as promotions. The marketing department is careful to market the film as "inspired by the true story" to avoid controversies similar to those surrounding A Beautiful Mind (2001) and The Hurricane (1999), both deviate from history. Inaugural premiere took place in Westwood, Los Angeles, California on December 18, 2002.

box office

Catch Me If You Can was released on December 25, 2002, earning just over $ 30 million in 3,225 theaters during its opening weekend. The film reached $ 164.6 million in North America and $ 187.5 million in foreign countries, totaling $ 352.1 million worldwide. The film was financially successful, recovering the $ 52 million budget sixfold. Catch Me If You Can is the eleventh best-selling film of 2002. Minority Report (also directed by Spielberg) is the tenth.

Critical response

At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a freshly certified rating of 96%, based on 197 reviews, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The site reads a critical consensus, "With the help of a strong performance by Leonardo DiCaprio as a real life Frankish harp dancer Abagnale, Steven Spielberg makes a stylish, entertaining, and very sweet movie. " At Metacritic, the film has a score of 76 out of 100, based on 38 critics, which shows "favorable general reviews".

Roger Ebert highly praised DiCaprio's performance, and concluded "This is not a great Spielberg movie, though it is a movie that is easy to watch". Mick LaSalle said it was "not the best Spielberg movie, but one of the most subtle and probably the most friendly. Colorful cinematography, smart performances and fast tempos suggest filmmakers who put aside any other encouragement for production pleasure tasks." Stephen Hunter believes DiCaprio demonstrates "the range and ease and intelligence that Martin Scorsese greatly underused in the Gang of New York".

James Berardinelli observes, " Catch Me if You Can has never considered himself or his subject too serious, and contains more funny material than about 90% of the so-called 'comedy' found in today's multiplex. ". In addition, Berardinelli praised the scores of John Williams's film, which he said was "more intimate and jazzy than the usual material, aroused (deliberately) Henry Mancini". Peter Travers is one of the few people who gave this movie a negative review. Travers thinks Catch Me if You Can becomes "jammed for 140 minutes." The movie that takes off like a rabbit at speed ends like a windless turtle. "

At the 75th Academy Awards, Christopher Walken and John Williams were nominated as Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Score. Walken won the same category at the 56th British Academy Awards, while Williams, costume designer Mary Zophres and screenwriter Jeff Nathanson received the nomination. DiCaprio was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Motion Picture - Drama. Williams also earned a Grammy Award nomination. The film's elements are then parodied in the episode of The Simpsons Catch 'Em If You Can ".

Home media

Catch Me If You Can was released on DVD on May 6, 2003 and on Blu-ray on December 4, 2012.

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Music adaptation

The musical adaptation of the same name was aired at 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle, Washington in July 2009, starring Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz. It started a preview on Broadway at Neil Simon Theater on March 11, 2011 and officially opened April 10, 2011. The music was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

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See also

• The Great Impostor , a 1961 movie based on the story of a fraudster named Ferdinand Waldo Demara.
• The Pretender , TV series

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References

• Frank Abagnale Jr. and Stan Redding. Capture Me If You Can: The Amazing Real Story of the Cursed and Boldest Man in the History of Pleasure and Profit . (ISBN: 0-06-052971-7).

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External links

• Capture Me If You Can on IMDb
• Capture Me If You Can in AllMovie
• Capture Me If You Can in the TCM Movie Database
• Capture Me If You Can in the American Film Movie Catalog
• Capture Me If You Can in Mojo Box Office
• Capture Me If You Can at Rotten Tomatoes
• Capture Me If You Can in Metacritic
• Interview with Leonardo DiCaprio - Film Features at IGN
• Official website for Catch Me If You Can the musical

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