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Catch Me If You Can Free FREE CATCH ME IF YOU CAN PDF Thalia Kalkipsakis,Ash Oswald | 92 pages | 01 Jun 2008 | St Martin's Press | 9780312346546 | English | New York, United States Catch Me If You Can : Leonardo DiCaprio From Coraline to ParaNorman check out some of our favorite family-friendly movie picks to watch this Halloween. See the full gallery. New Rochelle, the s. High schooler Frank Abagnale Jr. Along the way, he's posed as a Pan Am pilot, a pediatrician, and an attorney. And, from nearly the Catch Me If You Can 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. On Leonardo DiCaprio's 31st birthday, I have the pleasure of praising one of the finest actors working today. I didn't realize what I was seeing when that homeless boy showed up on 'Growing Pains'--a show not exactly known for the quality of its actors. And I didn't see much to like about "Titanic" except the excitement of watching Catch Me If You Can people evacuating and the ship Catch Me If You Can. Also, 'Romeo and Juliet' was just corny, with year-old dialogue in a modern setting. But if he could be nominated for Catch Me If You Can 'Aviator' performance, DiCaprio must be doing something right. And here he shows us what he is capable of. Especially when Frank Jr. The strange but enjoyable chemistry between these two characters goes a long way toward making this movie work. Frank Jr. Imagine what he could have accomplished if he had stayed on the right side of the law. But his life on the run was more fun to watch. Tom Catch Me If You Can, as popular Catch Me If You Can he is, can be commended for his willingness to play second banana for a change. And he did a fine job. Martin Sheen and Christopher Walken also made an impact here. I loved the old cars and the even older songs. The clip from 'To Tell the Truth' was a nice touch. The theme song still gives me a craving for vanilla ice cream after nearly 30 years I didn't Catch Me If You Can I had time to watch the new version. This was Oscar-caliber. Too bad the Academy Awards people didn't seem to agree. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. Director: Steven Spielberg. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. Halloween Movies for the Whole Family. The Leonardo DiCaprio Collection. Catch Me If You Can Drama. Steven Spielberg. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Top Rated Movies Nominated for 2 Oscars. Frank Abagnale Jr. Tom Hanks Carl Hanratty Christopher Walken Frank Abagnale Martin Sheen Roger Strong Nathalie Baye Paula Abagnale Amy Adams Brenda Strong James Brolin Jack Barnes Brian Howe Earl Amdursky Frank John Hughes Tom Fox Steve Eastin Paul Morgan Chris Ellis Special Agent Witkins John Finn Assistant Director Marsh Jennifer Garner Cheryl Ann Nancy Lenehan Carol Strong Ellen Pompeo Edit Storyline New Rochelle, the s. The true story of an ingenious deception. Edit Did You Know? Trivia Leonardo DiCaprio was an ironic choice for the lead, Frank Abagnale was known to have resembled an adult at a young age. While in Hollywood, Leo is known for his very young appearance despite his age. Quotes Principal Evans : Mr. Abagnale, this is not a question of your son's attendance. I regret to inform you that, for the past week, Frank has been teaching Mrs. Glasser's French class. Paula Abagnale : He what? Principal Evans : Your son has been pretending to be a substitute teacher, lecturing the students, uh, giving out homework, uh. Glasser has been ill, there was some confusion with the real sub. Your son held a teacher-parent conference yesterday and was planning a class field trip to a French bread factory in Trenton. However in the film, Howe played Amdursky and Hughes played Fox. However, this was corrected for the DVD release. Alternate Versions In the French language version of the film, Frank teaches his high school Spanish class instead of French. Music by C. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Country: USA Canada. Language: English French. Runtime: min. Color: Color. Edit page. Catch Me If You Can () - Rotten Tomatoes The film is based on the life of Frank Abagnalewho, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. His foremost crime was check fraud ; he became so highly skilled that the FBI later turned to him for help catching other check forgers. Development for the film began in but dragged on untilwhen Spielberg's DreamWorks bought the film rights to Abagnale's book of the same name. Filming took place from February to May The Catch Me If You Can opened on December 25, to critical and commercial success. When Frank Sr. Paula carries on an affair with Jack Barnes, her husband's friend. Meanwhile, Frank has to transfer to public school and gets into trouble when he begins posing as a substitute French teacher on his first day there. Frank runs away when his parents divorce. Needing money, he turns to confidence scams to survive and his cons grow bolder. He impersonates an airline pilot and forges Pan Am payroll checks. Soon, his forgeries are Catch Me If You Can millions of dollars. Carl finds Frank Catch Me If You Can a hotel, but Frank cons Carl into believing he is a Secret Service agent who is also after the fraudster, and escapes before Carl realizes that he was fooled. Frank's cons now include impersonating a doctor and a lawyer. As Dr. Frank Conners, he falls in love with Brenda, a naive young hospital worker. He asks Brenda's attorney father for permission to marry her, and also wants his help with arranging to take the Louisiana State Bar exam, which Frank passes. Carl tracks Frank Catch Me If You Can his and Brenda's engagement party, but Frank escapes through a bedroom window minutes before Carl reaches Catch Me If You Can. Before leaving, Frank asks Brenda to meet him at the Miami airport two days later. At the airport, Frank sees Brenda, but also spots plainclothes agents everywhere and realizes Brenda has betrayed him. Frank then re-assumes his identity as a Pan Am pilot and stages a false recruiting drive for stewardesses at a local college. He recruits eight women as stewardesses, conceals himself from Carl and the other agents walking through the Miami airport with the stewardesses and escapes on a flight to Madrid, Catch Me If You Can. Carl tracks down Frank in MontrichardFrance, his mother's hometown. Carl arrests Frank and two years later is able to extradite him to the U. Prior to landing, Carl informs Frank that Frank Sr. Grief-stricken, Frank escapes from the plane and goes to where his mother and stepfather live. As the police arrive, Frank surrenders after seeing his mother moved on with her life and has a young daughter. He is sentenced to 12 years in a maximum security prison. Carl occasionally visits him. During one visit, Carl shows Frank a check from a case he is working on, and Frank immediately identifies that the bank teller was involved. But Frank finds the work tedious and restrictive and misses his former life. One weekend, he attempts to fly as an airline pilot again. On the following Monday, Carl grows nervous when Frank has not yet arrived at the office. However, Frank eventually shows up, and they discuss their next case. The ending credits reveal that Frank is real and has been married for 26 years, has three sons, lives in the Midwest and has maintained a friendship with Carl. He now earns millions of dollars as a bank security expert, has designed secure bank checks and has helped apprehend numerous counterfeiters. Jennifer Garner cameos as a call girl named Cheryl Ann. The real Frank Abagnale appears in a cameo as a French police officer arresting his character. Frank Abagnale sold the film rights to his autobiography in Two years later, they sold the rights to Columbia Pictureswho in turn sold the rights to producer Hall Bartlett. Bartlett and business partner Michael J. Lasky hired Steven Kunes to write the screenplay, but Bartlett died before the project found a distributor. At this stage, Harris and Sevigny left the film, but Gandolfini was still attached. During this negotiation period, Spielberg began to consider directing the film himself, eventually dropping projects such as Big Fish and Memoirs of a Geisha. The search for Sevigny's replacement as Brenda Strong lasted months, Catch Me If You Can Amy Adams was eventually cast. Spielberg "loved" her tape, Catch Me If You Can producer Walter F. Parkes commented that she was "as fresh and honest as anyone we'd seen," which was an important element in the role.
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