American Made

Release Date: Friday, September 29, 2017 Nationwide

Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Ron Howard, Caleb Landry Jones, Christopher Woodrow, Doug Liman, E. Roger Mitchell, Benito Martinez, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian Grazer, Sarah Wright, Jayma Mays, Gary Spinelli, Brian Oliver, Tyler Thompson, Lola Kirke, Michael Bassick, Alejandro Edda

A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.

R Crime 1 hr, 55 m

  • 3.7

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A pilot lands work for the CIA and as a drug runner in the south during the 1980s.

Plot

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Plot
Follows Barry Seal, a TWA pilot recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America. Seal finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the U.S., one that spawned the birth of the Medellin cartel and eventually almost brought down the Reagan White House through the Iran Contra scandal.
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The film's director Doug Liman last directed Chaos Walking and Locked Down. The film's writer Gary Spinelli last wrote Chaos Walking and Stash House.

Director
Doug Liman
Screenwriter
Producers
Brian Grazer
Ron Howard
Brian Oliver
Tyler Thompson

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity
Runtime
1 hr, 55 m
Tagline
Guns. Drugs. Money laundering.
Also known as
Mena

Language
English

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  • Tom Cruise himself is a trained pilot.

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Completed

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Release Dates

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American Made was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, September 29, 2017 . There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including Flatliners, Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House and Our Souls At Night.



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Tue., May. 3, 2022

Sat., Nov. 4, 2017

  • Set the MPAA rating to R for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity

  • Added a running time of 115 minutes

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