American Made (2017)

***American Made*** is a 2017 American action comedy film directed by Doug Liman, written by Gary Spinelli, and starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Alejandro Edda, Mauricio Mejía, Caleb Landry Jones, and Jesse Plemons. It is inspired by the life of Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who flew missions for the CIA, and became a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the 1980s. In order to avoid jail time, Seal became an informant for the DEA.

The film was first released in Taiwan on August 18, 2017, and then in the United States on September 29, 2017. It is the first film directed by Liman to be released by Universal Pictures since *The Bourne Identity* in 2002, and played in 2D and IMAX in select theaters. It grossed $134 million worldwide against a budget of around $50 million and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Cruise's performance.

## Shooting

* Principal photography on the film began on May 18, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. Filming locations there include counties Cherokee, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Morgan and Pickens. Filming on the Georgia Unit wrapped on July 12, 2015. On August 20, 2015, Cruise arrived in Medellin, Colombia, and on August 31, in Santa Marta to scout filming locations for the film. Filming in Colombia commenced on August 26, 2015 and wrapped on September 11, 2015. Production on the film resumed February 3, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana as filming has been suspended due to a plane crash in Colombia that occurred in September 2015. Reshoots occurred in late January 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia to February 2017.

## Cast

* Tom Cruise - Barry Seal
* Domhnall Gleeson - Monty 'Schafer'
* Sarah Wright - Lucy Seal
* Jesse Plemons - Sheriff Downing
* Caleb Landry Jones - JB
* Lola Kirke - Judy Downing
* Jayma Mays - Dana Sibota
* Alejandro Edda - Jorge Ochoa
* Benito Martinez - James Rangel
* E. Roger Mitchell - Agent Craig McCall
* Jed Rees - Louis Finkle
* Fredy Yate - Carlos Lehder (as Fredy Yate Escobar)
* Mauricio Mejía - Pablo Escobar
* Robert Farrior - Oliver North
* Morgan Hinkleman - Christina
* Alberto Ospino - Manuel Noriega
* Felipe Bernedette - Translator
* Daniel Lugo - Adolfo Calero
* Jayson Warner Smith - Bill Cooper (Snowbird #1)
* William Mark McCullough - Pete (Snowbird #2) (as Mark McCullogh)
* April Billingsley - Stewardess
* Lauren Boyd - Secretary
* Lauren Revard - Teller
* Marcus Hester - Parka
* Mike Pniewski - Willie (State Police)
* Frank Licari - DEA Agent #1
* Alex Collins - ATF Agent #1
* Scott Poythress - ATF Agent #2
* Connor Trinneer - George W. Bush
* Alpha Trivette - Judge Linkletter
* Kevin L. Johnson - Agent Horace Wainwright (as Kevin Johnson)
* DeVere Jehl - Plain Clothed Man
* Emilio Sierra - Héctor (Colombian Driver)
* Leon Lamar - Elderly Man
* Tony Guerrero - Federico Vaughan
* Maria Howell - NSC Woman
* Darla Delgado - Customs Agent
* Justice Leak - DEA Agent Winter
* Robert Pralgo - Gary (Cubicle Mate)
* Mickey Sumner - North's Aide Fawn Hall
* Daniel Thomas May - CIA Man
* Chloe Swan Sparwath - LeAnn
* Alex Quarles - Aaron
* Trip McCarthy - Dean (as James McCarthy III)
* Zachary Powell - Dean
* Daniel Diaz - Sandinista Soldier (as Daniel Díaz)
* Byron Wigfall - Contra #1
* Matt Mercurio - FBI Analyst
* Carlos Lopez Jr. - CIA Station Chief (as Carlos Lopez)
* Jairo Ordoñez - Scar
* Jeff Olsen - State Trooper
* Stephen Conroy - Military Police / Advisor
* Juan Esteban Ramírez Toro - Antonio (Bull Fighter)

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Emmy Allin - Flight Attendant Anna (uncredited)
* Chris Angerdina - Airport Passenger (uncredited)
* Nargis Aniston - Flight Attendant (uncredited)
* John L. Armijo - Honduran Soldier (uncredited)
* Jon Arthur - Federal Agent (uncredited)
* Se Ba - Motel Girl (uncredited)
* Gralen Bryant Banks - Radio Host #1 (uncredited)
* Tony Beard - CIA Agent (uncredited)
* Brett Beoubay - DEA Agent (uncredited)
* Na Bil - Motel Boy (uncredited)
* Bill Billions - Radar Op. #1 (uncredited)
* Carter Birchwell - Young Dean (uncredited)
* Jb Blaine - Flight School Boy (uncredited)
* Míkhaiah Blake - Parisienne Stewardess (uncredited)
* Brad Blanchard - NSA Agent (uncredited)
* Bradley Bowen - US Customs Officer Cunningham (uncredited)
* Dawlish Carmauta - Passenger (uncredited)
* Derek Carver - FBI Agent (uncredited)
* Cuyle Carvin - Phil (uncredited)
* Carl A. Chauvin - Day Laborer (uncredited)
* Michelle L. Clarke - Fundraising Patron (uncredited)
* Alissa Collins - Flight Attendant (uncredited)
* Sharon Conley - DEA Agent Grace (uncredited)
* William Curtis Coppersmith - NSC Agent (uncredited)
* Steve Coulter - Buzz Sawyer (Snowbird #4) (uncredited)
* Leslie Danielsen - Flight Attendant (uncredited)
* Stephen Dean - CIA Agent (uncredited)
* Javier Diaz - Truck Driver (uncredited)
* Dino Dos Santos - Contra (uncredited)
* John Duley - Baton Rouge Passenger (uncredited)
* Calen Curtis Edwards - DEA Agent (uncredited)
* Scott Everett - Drug Dealer (uncredited)
* Mark Falvo - DEA Agent (uncredited)
* Jason Fortuna - Pawn Store Customer (uncredited)
* William Frasca - DEA Agent (uncredited)
* Dudley Fuqua - Vagrant (uncredited)
* Fred Galle - Senator National Security Committee (uncredited)
* Chris Gann - Donor #2 (uncredited)
* Juan Gaspard - Day Laborer (uncredited)
* Derrick Gilbert - David Johnson (uncredited)
* Jim Gleason - Donor #1 (uncredited)
* Lara Grice - Female Reporter (uncredited)
* Bob Hartnack - CIA Agent (uncredited)
* Robert Hatch - Arkansas State Trooper (uncredited)
* Billy James - Drug Dealer (uncredited)
* Alicia Davis Johnson - Neighbor (uncredited)
* Matthew Jolly - Count Room Employee (uncredited)
* Andrew R. Kaplan - Auctioneer (uncredited)
* Steve Kish - DEA Agent (uncredited)
* Joe Knezevich - Dan (uncredited)
* Inder Kumar - Middle Eastern Auction Bidder (uncredited)
* Omar Lagudali - Vaughn's Military Bodyguard (uncredited)
* Demetri Landell - Pizza Delivery Guy (uncredited)
* Douglas LaPonzina - FBI Agent (uncredited)
* Robert Larriviere - Radar Sup. (uncredited)
* Hayley H. Long - George H. Bush's Secretary (uncredited)
* Rhes Low - NSC Guy (uncredited)
* John Archer Lundgren - Airline Passenger (uncredited)
* Walter Mall - DEA Pilot #1 (uncredited)
* Dorry Marie - Passenger (uncredited)
* Edward Marrero - Contra (uncredited)
* Hans Marrero - Colombian Assassin #1 (uncredited)
* Miguel Angel Marrero - Contra (uncredited)
* Eric McCrea - Winter Passenger (uncredited)
* Rickye McGowan - Passenger (uncredited)
* Michael Mercaldi - Sandinista (uncredited)
* Noel Mirabal - Vaughn's Body Guard (uncredited)
* Robert Lloyd Moore - DEA Agent (uncredited)
* Duane Moseley - Day Laborer (uncredited)
* Shawn Mousavi - Sheik (uncredited)
* Rob Muller - NSC Agent (uncredited)
* Jody Mullins - DEA Pilot #2 (uncredited)
* Mandy Oakes - Airport Passenger (uncredited)
* Jay Oliver - Chubbys Chicken Patron (uncredited)
* Johnny Otto - Pilot (uncredited)
* Cameron Padgett - CIA Agent (uncredited)
* Kayla Perkins - Waitress (uncredited)
* Anna Phillips - Stewardess (uncredited)
* George Pringle - State Trooper (uncredited)
* Carolina Roberts - Pablo Escobar's Wife (uncredited)
* Luis Sanchez - El Paso Passenger (uncredited)
* Shaker Sangam - Aeroplane Bidder (uncredited)
* Patti Schellhaas - Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
* David Silverman - Seedy Man (uncredited)
* Chris Smith - Airline Passenger (uncredited)
* Dan Southworth - Agent Winters (uncredited)
* Jonathan Tabler - CIA Chief (uncredited)
* Corey Jason Thomas
* Mateo Uribe - Sandinista (uncredited)
* Christopher Van Escobar - Businessman (uncredited)
* Ruben Vidal - Vaughn Body Guard #1 (uncredited)
* Eli Wanounou - Middle Eastern Bidder (uncredited)
* Andrew Ward - Military Truck Driver / Soldier (uncredited)
* Wes Weems - Arkansas State Trooper (uncredited)
* Bobby 'JoJo' White - Homeless Clerance (uncredited)
* Aaron Wiggins - FBI Agent (uncredited)
* Callan Wilson - Young Barry Seal (uncredited)
* Jonathan Yaskoff - DEA Agent (uncredited)
* David Zalkind - Radio Host (uncredited)

### Archival footage

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