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Storyline
New Rochelle, the 1960s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. idolizes his father, who's in trouble with the IRS. When his parents separate, Frank runs away to Manhattan with $25 in his checking account, vowing to regain dad's losses and get his parents back together. Just a few years later, the FBI tracks him down in France; he's extradited, tried, and jailed for passing more than $4,000,000 in bad checks. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the beginning of this life of crime, he's been pursued by a dour FBI agent, Carl Hanratty. What starts as cat and mouse becomes something akin to father and son. Written by
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Taglines:
The true story of a real fake.
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Release Date:
25 December 2002 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Atrápame si puedes
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Box Office
Budget:
$52,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$30,082,000
(USA)
(27 December 2002)
Gross:
$164,435,221
(USA)
(18 April 2003)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
The story of
Frank Abagnale Jr.'s exploits had one of the longest and most difficult journeys from its first pitch to its eventual production. In 1981 it was originally announced that his story would be filmed and that Frank would be played by
Dustin Hoffman.
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Goofs
Brenda is last seen waiting at the Miami airport directly behind a sidewalk curbcut for wheelchairs which was not introduced until at least the mid-1970s, particularly after federal legislation for the handicapped was enacted.
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Quotes
Frank Abagnale Sr.:
Where's your mother?
Frank Abagnale, Jr.:
I don't know. She said something about going to look for a job.
Frank Abagnale Sr.:
What's she gonna be, a shoe salesman at a centipede farm?
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Crazy Credits
For Bruce Paltrow
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Connections
Referenced in
Fear of a Movie Camera (2015)
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Soundtracks
Les Anges Dans Nos Campagnes
Arranged by
Gregory Charles See more »