Catch Me If You Can

''Catch Me If You Can'' is a 2002 in film movie set in the 1960s. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted by Jeff Nathanson loosely from the book by Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding. The movie states that it depicts the true life story of Abagnale; the movie diverges somewhat from the real events as #Comparison with the book on his exploits. Tagline: ''The true story of a real fake''. ==Movie plot== The film dramatizes the true story of a teenaged con man who stole over $4 million through forgery and other frauds, throughout a crime career lasting six years from 1963 to 1969. The film diverges from the protagonist's actual life story for dramatic effect. According to the movie, Frank's impersonations typically served to gain him temporary prestige, as an aviator, physician, or lawyer, as well as aiding him in cashing forged checks. He was caught by the FBI in 1969, and reduced his sentence by agreeing to assist FBI's bank fraud division by detecting forgeries and advising on countermeasures. Frank William Abagnale Jr. is the son of Frank William Abagnale and Paula Abagnale. Paula Abagnale was born in Montrichard, France. ==Awards== The movie was nominated for Academy Awards for Academy Award for Original Music Score (John Williams (composer)) and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Christopher Walken). ==Cast==
==Comparison with the book== Compared to the actual events described in Abagnale's book, ''Catch Me If You Can (book)'', the movie can be described as ''loosely based'' on true events. The name of the protagonist and some of his exploits are the same as in real life, but the manner in which he achieved them has been changed. The movie never claimed to be a documentary. One example of the changes in the movie include Abagnale's promiscuity. In the movie, Abagnale had one or two liaisons. In real life, Abagnale had numerous liaisons with dozens of women he encountered while in his false guises (airline pilot, doctor, etc.). Abagnale showed no remorse for his "love 'em and leave 'em" attitude towards most of these women, stating that they were promiscuous themselves and had, more or less, thrown themselves at him and weren't interested in long-term relationships anyway. While posing as a doctor, Abagnale left the hospital voluntarily in the movie. In real life, he was "fired" after almost letting a baby die of oxygen deprivation (Abagnale had no idea what the nurse meant when she said there was a "Blue baby syndrome"). Abagnale was able to fake his way through most of his duties before the final one, by letting the orderlies handle most of the cases that came in during his rather late night shift, such as setting broken bones and other such tasks. One of his exploits covered in the movie, forging checks in France, shows Abagnale running the checks off himself. In real life, he had the father of one of his girlfriends print the checks. The father owned a print shop, but had no idea that he was printing unauthorized documents. Abagnale had given him a sample (real) Pan Am paycheck and the man duplicated them, with different numbers, but otherwise identical to the original paycheck (Abagnale told him Pan Am was thinking of switching check printers and wanted a sample run). The "sample run" he provided Abagnale contained 10,000 checks. Unable to use so many checks, Abagnale kept a small portion and discarded the rest. The movie also dramatizes the capture of Abagnale in France (outside the aforementioned print shop). The movie depicts this event with dozens of police and patrol cars appearing, seemingly, out of the ether and descending upon Abagnale. The French police are depicted as overexcited and intent on shooting Abagnale should he make the slightest attempt to resist; the FBI agent is on the spot to talk Abagnale into surrendering. Abagnale in real life was captured in a French airport by two uniformed police officers. Though he tried to con his way out of it, he was arrested with little excitement. In the movie, Abagnale becomes bored with his 9-to-5 job after his release from prison and goes off on another exploit. There is no evidence of it in the book (the book ends as Abagnale evades capture by the FBI after being deported from Sweden back to the United States). It probably didn't happen at all, but is another invention of the movie makers. The relationship between Abagnale and the FBI agent in the movie is never explored in the book. The book reveals no connection with any one agent at all. ==Films and other works with the same title== * A 1959 black and white crime drama * A 1989 film about high schoolers and illegal racecar gambling, directed by Stephen Sommers. * A 1998 film about a child finding stolen money, directed by Jeffrey Reiner. (Also released as ''Deadly Game (1998 film)'' and ''Hide and Seek (1998 film)''.) * "Catch 'em If You Can" is a ''Simpsons'' episode which aired on April 25, 2004. It details the Simpson childeren chasing their parents around the country, traveling from one major tourist city to another. It also parodies the title scene of the film released in 2002. ==External links== * [http://www.dreamworks.com/catchthem/jump2.html Official movie site] * * [http://www.abagnale.com/comments.htm Abagnale's own comments on the movie, from the website of his company] * [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/03/26/retro_titles.html Article discussing the opening title sequence] * [http://www.nexusproductions.com/main.html The title sequence on its creator's website] (Macromedia Flash required) Spielberg films 2002 films Drama films Films based on actual events Best Supporting Actor Oscar Nominee (film)

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==Grotesque France== And the image of France in that movie is grotesque! User:David.Monniaux 20:45, 18 Sep 2003 (UTC) I'm not surprised to see that the arrest sentence was entirely bogus... It just seemed unrealistic, and did not fit with the procedures, as far as I know. User:David.Monniaux 22:23, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC) ==Differences?== Perhaps someone who knows could add the particular ways in which the movie differs from the real life events. Every movie is fictionalized in some respect, so just to say that it differs is a pretty meaningless statement. User:Gamaliel 19:50, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC) :How's that? Look at Catch_Me_If_You_Can#Comparison the Comparison. It's been a while since I've the read the book (better than the movie, BTW) or seen the movie, but those are the differences as I remember them. :-) User:Frecklefoot — User:Frecklefoot | User talk:Frecklefoot 18:39, Jul 8, 2004 (UTC) ::Nice work. I did remove the section about the call girl though, as that incident does appear in the movie. (She's played by Jennifer Garner.) And the movie does show him with women other than Brenda (I think that's the name of that nurse) but perhaps not as many as in real life. User:Gamaliel 19:29, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC) :Thanks for that change. Like I said, it's been a while since I've seen the movie and wasn't sure if that incident was included. I re-introduced some of the paragraph you removed since his liasons with women are a big theme in his book. User:Frecklefoot — User:Frecklefoot | User talk:Frecklefoot 19:45, Jul 8, 2004 (UTC) == Remake == The page for Stephen Sommers says he made this movie in 1989, and linked to this page. Thus, this one is a remake. Someone fill us in. --User:The Inedible Bulk User_talk:The_Inedible_Bulk 01:50, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC) :It's not a remake. After a quick trip to http//www.allmovie.com, I created the "other films with the same title" section. This should clear up any confusion. I don't think any of these films are significant enough to be encyclopedia so we won't be needing a disambiguation page. User:Gamaliel 02:03, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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