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Title: Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
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Jon Roberts | ... | Self |
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Al Sunshine | ... | Self |
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Sam Burstyn | ... | Self - Criminal Defense Attorney |
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Mickey Munday | ... | Self / Tow Truck Driver |
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Bob Palumbo | ... | Self - Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration (as Bob Palombo) |
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Toni Mooney | ... | Self - Jon Robert's Ex-Girlfriend |
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Edna Buchanan | ... | Self - Former Crime Reporter, Miami Herald |
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Joseph Davis | ... | Self - Former Chief Medical Examiner, Miami-Dade County (as Dr. Joseph Davis) |
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Al Singleton | ... | Self - Homicide Detective, Miami-Dade Police Department |
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Louis Caruso | ... | Self - Criminal Defense Attorney (as Louis Casuso) |
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Raul Diaz | ... | Self - Former Narcotics Detective, Miami-Dade Police Department |
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Jorge Ayala | ... | Self - Enforcer (as Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala) |
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Nelson Andreu | ... | Self - Retired Homicide Detective, Miami Police Department |
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Conrad Gomez | ... | Assassin |
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Kelly Hughes | ... | Radio Room Girl |
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen. Written by rakontur
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A very stylized documentary, for a very stylized period of time, Cocaine Cowboys takes us into the world of Miami between 1970 and 1980. Using plush diversions with still images The Kid Stays in the Picture made popular, Cocaine Cowboys shows the immense changes Miami went through as it discovered the drug cocaine. Primarily interviewing three of the main names during this drug and blood soaked era, this film delves into a world filled with money, women and more importantly cocaine. As the film informs us, the Colombian Cartel made over ten billion dollars during their escapades in the Miami area, not only for themselves, but for the Americans helping them distribute.
The characters that are being interviewed, including an inmate captured for over twenty murders, never so much as flinch as they describe in detail, brutal murders. It is truly fascinating to listen to these criminals, two of which were released from prison, reminisce their achievements within crime organizations. This documentary does lack some of the more interesting comparisons director Billy Corben does brag about in his advertising for the film. Saying that it is the true story behind Scarface and Miami Vice, Cocaine Cowboys barely touches on these comparisons, and seems to bring the most interest from these brief allegories.
Despite this small short coming, the rest of the film is entertaining and educational, especially for a native Floridian like myself. I never really knew how large this business was in Miami until I watched this true rendition of the over fantasized films it claims to be the inspiration for. Explaining allot of what the American government will look away from, due to hefty drug money profits, does put a perspective on its true intentions, be it accepting drug money, ammunition money, or any type of blood money.