Catch Me If You Can

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Frank Abagnale, Jr., (right) with Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrayed the former in the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can.

Catch Me If You Can

film by Spielberg [2002]

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Frank Abagnale, Jr., (right) with Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrayed the former in the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can. — Frank Abagnale, Jr., (right) with Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrayed the former in the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can. Publicity still of Leonardo DiCaprio and Frank Abagnale, Jr., from the 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg.

The 2002 film Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg, is based on the memoir of Frank Abagnale, Jr.. The film chronicles Abagnale's fraudulent activities during the 1960s and 1970s, where he impersonated various professionals, including a pilot and a doctor, and cashed millions of dollars in fraudulent checks. Leonardo DiCaprio starred as a young Abagnale in the film adaptation of his life story. While Abagnale's memoir details these exploits, many of his claims have been credibly disputed.12

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Amy Adams
Breakthrough and stardom
…DiCaprio in the crime comedy Catch Me If You Can (2002). Her performance as the naive wife Ashley in the independent film Junebug (2005), about the troubled relationships hidden in a Southern family, earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. That charismatic innocence led to Adams’s later…
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…DiCaprio in the crime comedy Catch Me If You Can (2002). Her performance as the naive wife Ashley in the independent film Junebug (2005), about the troubled relationships hidden in a Southern family, earned her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. That charismatic innocence led to Adams’s later…
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Frank Abagnale, Jr.
In 2002 a film adaptation of Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a young Abagnale. Many of Abagnale’s claims about his life experiences have been credibly disputed in recent years.
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In 2002 a film adaptation of Catch Me If You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg, was released, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a young Abagnale. Many of Abagnale’s claims about his life experiences have been credibly disputed in recent years.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Films with Scorsese
, in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can. Reteaming with Scorsese, DiCaprio portrayed a young Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004), for which he received a best actor Academy Award nomination.
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, in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can. Reteaming with Scorsese, DiCaprio portrayed a young Howard Hughes in The Aviator (2004), for which he received a best actor Academy Award nomination.
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Steven Spielberg
The 2000s
The radically different Catch Me If You Can was also released in 2002, and it was even more widely admired. The biopic was based on the memoir of con man extraordinaire Frank Abagnale, Jr., who as a teenager in the 1960s bilked both people and organizations out of…
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The radically different Catch Me If You Can was also released in 2002, and it was even more widely admired. The biopic was based on the memoir of con man extraordinaire Frank Abagnale, Jr., who as a teenager in the 1960s bilked both people and organizations out of…
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Jennifer Garner
Roles from the 2000s and marriage to Ben Affleck
…memorable scene from Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can in 2002. She starred opposite Affleck in the 2003 comic book hero film Daredevil, in which she played Elektra. Her first starring role came in 2004 with the romantic comedy 13 Going on 30. The film was a commercial success,…
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…memorable scene from Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can in 2002. She starred opposite Affleck in the 2003 comic book hero film Daredevil, in which she played Elektra. Her first starring role came in 2004 with the romantic comedy 13 Going on 30. The film was a commercial success,…
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Tom Hanks
…with Leonardo DiCaprio in Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, and he portrayed Robert Langdon, a professor of symbology, in the 2006 film adaptation of Dan Brown’s hugely popular The Da Vinci Code; he reprised the role of Langdon in Angels & Demons (2009) and Inferno (2016). In Charlie Wilson’s…
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…with Leonardo DiCaprio in Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, and he portrayed Robert Langdon, a professor of symbology, in the 2006 film adaptation of Dan Brown’s hugely popular The Da Vinci Code; he reprised the role of Langdon in Angels & Demons (2009) and Inferno (2016). In Charlie Wilson’s…
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Ellen Pompeo
Later life and career
…roles in the crime biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), the superhero film Daredevil (2003), the comedy Old School (2003), the action thriller Art Heist (2004), and the comedy-drama Life of the Party (2005). She made a guest appearance on the widely popular situation comedy series Friends in 2004.
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…roles in the crime biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002), the superhero film Daredevil (2003), the comedy Old School (2003), the action thriller Art Heist (2004), and the comedy-drama Life of the Party (2005). She made a guest appearance on the widely popular situation comedy series Friends in 2004.
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Martin Sheen
Career
…Strong in the crime biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002) and the police captain Oliver Queenan in Martin Scorsese’s organized crime thriller The Departed (2006).
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…Strong in the crime biopic Catch Me If You Can (2002) and the police captain Oliver Queenan in Martin Scorsese’s organized crime thriller The Departed (2006).
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Christopher Walken
Film and television work
(played by Leonardo DiCaprio), in Catch Me If You Can (2002).
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(played by Leonardo DiCaprio), in Catch Me If You Can (2002).
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