The Infiltrator (2016 film)
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The Infiltrator is a 2016 American biographical crime drama thriller film directed by Brad Furman and written by his mother Ellen Brown Furman. The film is based on the eponymous autobiography by Robert Mazur, a U.S. Customs special agent, who in the 1980s helped bust Pablo Escobar's money-laundering organization by going undercover as a corrupt businessman.[4] The film stars Bryan Cranston as Mazur, with Diane Kruger, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Joe Gilgun and Amy Ryan in supporting roles.
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| Directed by | Brad Furman |
| Screenplay by | Ellen Brown Furman |
| Based on | The Infiltrator by Robert Mazur |
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| Cinematography | Joshua Reis |
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| Music by | Chris Hajian |
Production companies | Good Films Lipsync |
| Distributed by | Broad Green Pictures |
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Running time | 127 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $28–47.5 million[2][3] |
| Box office | $22.2 million[3] |
Filming began on February 23, 2015, in London. Both Mazur and Cranston received executive producer credits. The film premiered at the Tampa Theatre on July 6, 2016 and was released the following week in theaters. The film received a generally positive response from critics, but a poor response from audiences, as it grossed $22 million against a budget of between $28 and $47 million.