Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.Barely 17 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 16 wins & 46 nominations total
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- TriviaFrank Abagnale Jr.: The French officer that arrests Frank on Christmas Eve, 1967.
- GoofsWhile Frank and Carl are flying back to the US Frank looks out the window and tells Carl that they are over Fiorello LaGuardia Airport and runway Number 44. All runway ends are painted/labeled based on the compass direction or bearing it is facing or heading. A Due North is runway "36", meaning 360 degrees and the opposite end marked "18", for 180 degrees. Runway numbers include 1 to 36. No runway 44 exists.
- Quotes
Frank Abagnale Sr.: Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.
- Crazy creditsDuring the first thirty seconds of the credits we hear the FBI typewriters.
- Alternate versionsIn the French language version of the film, Frank teaches his high school Spanish class instead of French.
- ConnectionsEdited from To Tell the Truth (1969)
- SoundtracksTo Tell the Truth
Written by Paul Alter and Robert Israel
It's hard to believe that people were so naive, that they allowed Frank Abagnale to achieve what he did, but i have give the guy credit for pushing the system, and riding the high life for as long as he did.
Leonardo DiCaprio does a great job of capturing the character of Frank Abignale Jr. (strange i didn't picture him in the role of a jet setting Gigalo) and the rest of the cast although only little more than fringe characters, are all very well cast and give typically fine performances, as you would expect with the calibre of Hanks and Walken.
All in all this is a fine film, that most people will enjoy watching 8/10
- mjw2305
- Jan 16, 2005
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- Atrápame si puedes
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- Budget
- $52,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $164,615,351
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,053,627
- Dec 29, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $352,114,312
- Runtime2 hours 21 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1