In a few days, one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s best films will be removed from the Netflix catalog. There’s just over a week left to find out and it would be a shame to miss out!
The weeks pass and things remain the same on Netflix: while many new features are offered to the millions of subscribers of the streaming platform with the red logo, content is regularly removed. And this month of September is no exception to the rule, since On September 30, 2023, one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s biggest films will be removed from the Netflix catalog. It is Stop me if you can directed by Steven Spielberg and inspired by the life of Frank Abagnale Junior. As can be seen on Rotten Tomatoes, this film is considered by critics to be the second best of Leonardo Dicaprio’s career. It scores 96%, just behind Killers of the Flower Moon, which will be released in theaters on October 18, and is rated 97%. So there’s only one big week left to find out Stop me if you can which had more than 3.6 million admissions in French cinemas at the time of its release in 2002.
Stop me if you can ! : what is the story of the film?
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The film’s story takes place in the 1960s and follows Frank Abagnale Junior, an ace scammer. The latter managed to embezzle 2.5 million dollars. Obviously, he was one of the targets of the FBI who continued to hunt him down. The problem is that Frank Abagnale Junior is clever and multiplies identities. One time, he is an airline pilot, the other time, he is a doctor or even a university professor. FBI agent Carl Hanratty then has a single obsession: to arrest this young crook specializing in check forgery. A mission that will prove to be much more difficult than that to achieve.
Leonardo DiCaprio wasn’t Steven Spielberg’s first choice for Stop me if you can !
If Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank Abagnale Junior to perfection, he was not Steven Spielberg’s first choice. For this film, the multi-successful director wanted Johnny Depp to play the main character. But as the most famous pirate refused the offer, it was ultimately Leonardo Dicaprio who landed this role. The latter had just finished filming Gangs of New York by Martin Scorsese when he followed up with that of Stop me if you can.
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Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias.
