Catch Me If You Can (movie)
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| Directed by | Steven Spielberg |
| Screenplay by | Jeff Nathanson |
| Based on | Catch Me If You Can by Frank Abagnale Jr. Stan Redding |
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| Cinematography | Janusz Kamiński |
| Edited by | Michael Kahn |
| Music by | John Williams |
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| Distributed by | DreamWorks Pictures |
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Running time | 141 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $52 million |
| Box office | $352.1 million |
Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American biographical crime drama movie. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. The movie was directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the 1980 book by Frank Abagnale.
Catch Me if You Can is set in 1963. Frank Abagnale is played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Frank is sixteen years old. Carl Hanratty is played by Tom Hanks. Carl is an FBI investigator. When Frank's parents get divorced, Frank decides to leave his house and to change his name. He buys a pilot uniform and forges (makes a fake copy of) a pilot licence. He travels with PanAm airlines to many countries. He pays with forged cheques in the USA.
Then Frank decides to work as a doctor. He again forges the documents. In the hospital he meets a girl. He works as a lawyer, so that he can marry the girl from the hospital. Carl Hanratty is at the wedding. Carl reveals to the girls' father who Frank is. In the meantime, Frank tells his wife the truth about his life and what he has done. Carl searches the house, but Frank has already left. Frank escapes and moves to Mont-de Marson, France where he tries to escape. Carl Hanratty finds him and convinces Frank to come quietly to face his crime. Frank goes quietly with Carl. When Frank leaves jail, he works with Carl Hanratty, helping Carl to catch criminals who forge cheques and other documents.
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- ↑ "Catch Me If You Can". British Board of Film Classification. December 13, 2002. Archived from the original on January 14, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
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