‘I’LL BE 5 MINUTES’

With the announcement last year of a series based on the life of dope-dealer Howard Marks, I thought back to the original 2010 movie (starring Rhys Ifans) and the many movie depictions of dealers as good guys/anti-heroes. Although if  Marks had been pushing heroin I doubt he would have been so lionized.

Here’s my list of the most notable, which includes both comedy and serious drama:

• LIGHT SLEEPER (1992)
• STRANGE DAYS (1995)
• PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (2008) & Various ‘Stoner Comedies’ from the likes of Cheech & Chong.
• SAVAGES (2012)
• BLOW (2001)
• AMERICAN GANGSTER (2007)
• KING OF NEW YORK (1990)
• AMERICAN MADE (2017)
• SUPERFLY (1972)

Drug dealers may make unlikely heroes, but there’s plenty of evidence from the movies to say that they’ve now become romanticized outlaw figures to many.

Any others?