English -Catch me if you can
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Stephen Spielberg’s film, ‘Catch Me If You Can’ is a comedy-drama crime film based on the real-life story of Frank Abagnale, Jr, a con man and a mastermind who successfully impersonated a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer and ended up on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for forging approximately $2 to $4 million dollars in checks all while still a teenager. Tom Hanks plays Carl Hanratty, the agent hot on Frank's tail who eventually catches him. His primary crime was cheque forgery, becoming so skilful that the FBI eventually turned to him for help.
From the title, ‘Catch me if you can’ it is immediately suggested that it is about someone pursuing someone, this is very effective technique used as it gives an outline of the plot already in just a few words.
Well here’s a summary of the plot. It starts of with a gifted forger attempts to stay one step ahead of the law in this comedy-drama from Steven Spielberg. Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a 16-year-old high school student who finds himself emotionally cut adrift when his mother, Paula (Nathalie Baye), leaves his father, Frank Abagnale Sr. (Christopher Walken), after Frank Sr. falls into arrears with the IRS (Internal Revenue Service). One day at school, Frank Jr. attempts to pass himself off as a substitute teacher, and easily makes the gimmick work. His small-scale success gives Frank some ideas, and he soon discovers bigger and more profitable ways of cheating others, passing himself off as an airline pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer. Along the way, Frank learns how to become a proficient forger, and uses his talent and charm to pass over 2.5 million dollars in phony checks. Frank's increasingly audacious work soon attracts the attention of Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), an FBI agent who is determined to put Frank behind bars. Frank seems to enjoy being chased by Carl, and even goes so far as to call Carl on the phone to chat every once in a while. While posing as a doctor, Frank falls in love with Brenda Strong (Amy Adams), a sweet girl. When Frank asks Brenda to marry him, he decides to assume a new identity to impress her father, Roger (Martin Sheen) - who happens to be the District Lawyer of New Orleans, LA. This plot is very straightforward to follow as it is man who wants more and more and this is the reason why it is also notably believable as this is what most people whether it’s fifty or hundred years ago it will always remain in people.
