Coats made of coke. WTF?


Pretty much as re - fu -ckin - diculous as it gets. An insult to the intelligence of a beer can. How does that crap make it through the final cut? I mean......it doesnt get worse than that....ever....anywhere......ever

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This is, according to the director, based on fact. Russians were smuggling coke in the fabric of children's clothing.

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Im betting he meant that they sewed bags of coke in the lining....nay, Im positive

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No, the fabric was impregnated with the coke.

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I also remember hearing about that, it was done, and nothing in this film was improbable, in fact, much of it was based on things that actually happened as in this case.

If you don't know what you're talking about don't make posts like this.

"Why would a banana grab another banana? Those are the kinds of questions I don't want to answer."

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You gotta be kidding. The cost of pressing coke into the fur/whatever of coats would be exorbitant. There is absolutely no sense in this procedure. Then you have the ridiculous process of removing the stuff by soaking the coats in water (probably thousands of coats by the way) then boiling the water, etc etc.
You guys are full of gullable sh- it. The director heard a "story"....period.

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You do realize the character is a furrier and the coats are synthetic? If he owned the mills the coke could be applied during the manufacturing process.
It would not be neccessary to boil the water. It could be spread thin enough to evaporate. The heating of the spoon was just so the customer could check the product at that time.
If this was on a very large scale, it is quite plausible.
I've lived long enough to know that if you can think it, someone else is probably doing it.

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You obviously know a lot about cocaine, too

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Never used it. Chemicals are applied to fabrics most of the time. Usually sizers, finshes or color fixatives. Cocaine would be easy to add to a sizer or finisher if it remained stable. Who's to say it would work on synthetic fur? It's just an idea that Gray came up with. The real case was regular children's clothing, which means cotton, wool, or polyester. My guess would be cotton since it would'nt be as likely to have a chemical reaction.

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I was being sarcastic

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I was being serious.

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The OP: "WTF, this plot point was totally unbelievable! It's impossible!"

People replying in thread: "Actually, it's based on a real event. You see..."

The OP: "Nuh uh! I don't find that to be logical! There is no way that there could possibly be facts that I am simply unaware of! I know everything and am infallible!"

People replying in thread: "Here's exactly how the procedure works..."

The OP: "You're a poopyhead!"

/thread

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The OP: "WTF, this plot point was totally unbelievable! It's impossible!"

People replying in thread: "Actually, it's based on a real event. You see..."

The OP: "Nuh uh! I don't find that to be logical! There is no way that there could possibly be facts that I am simply unaware of! I know everything and am infallible!"

People replying in thread: "Here's exactly how the procedure works..."

The OP: "You're a poopyhead!"

/thread


Exactly right.

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How about you suspend logic when you watch a damn fictional movie. I liked the movie and i didn't give a damn about how that got the drugs in the country. If you wanna watch a movie about that watch Maria full of grace!

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sensored

ur stupid

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why?

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According to James Gray, it happened. It was applied to cotton children's shirts. Apparently the perpetrators were caught, but not right away.

I noticed something when I re-watched the film. A flame was applied to the spoon with the cocaine and solvent. It boiled off and cocaine was left. Because it didn't flame, I assumed it was water. However, when the cops announced their presence, the large container, from which the spoon was filled, was dumped and set afire.
Question, why didn't it burn in the spoon? Dramatic license or mistake?

BTW, I know clothing manufacturing, but I bow to your knowledge of cocaine.

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maybe in can happen, but the fact of the matter is that in 1988 there are much more possibilities and easier ways to smuggle things, this is a procedure i would find more appropriate for these days with all the new knowledge and heightened security.
In my opinion james gray dropped the *beep* ball in this film, there was a lot of other far fetched things, Phoenix's character being a protected informant and going back to the club and then being able to have a few minutes alone? are u serious? I never knew that it was that easy to become a cop or at least get the clearance to go out and get revenge with them...... yea

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You remind of the kids I used to molest in church. Where do live?

That's probably the best forum insult I've ever seen.

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just seemed to me that that would have been more work than it was worth...

to soak the coats & then to dry out the water to get the drugs? geez.

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"just seemed to me that that would have been more work than it was worth...

to soak the coats & then to dry out the water to get the drugs? geez. "

Right. Cause there's no profit in cocaine smuggling.


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I actually believe it. And I believe that it's a smart idea as well. I'm confused as to why you're baffled by this. People try to smuggle in suit cases made with coke all the time. the drug business is all about craft.

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"In March 1992, nine of his associates were arrested following the discovery of 10 kg of cocaine which had arrived from Colombia. The cocaine was soaked into clothes which were then smeared with solvents to distract sniffer dogs; the clothes would then be treated in Castellamare di Stabia and the cocaine reconstituted"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Ammaturo

"Smugglers from Mexico and Colombia soak shirts and sweaters in liquid heroin, dry them and pack them inside suitcases, allowing them to evade airport customs officers and drug-sniffing dogs. Upon arrival in the United States, the heroin is washed off with water and turned back into powder."

http://en.rian.ru/society/20100531/159272675.html

"Officials reportedly detained a 28-year-old Dutch woman after they became suspicious during a random search as some of her clothing was heavier than normal. The woman was found to be carrying clothing and towels soaked in a liquid solution of dissolved cocaine. "

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Two+women+detained+in+Suriname+for+alleg ed+drug+smuggling.-a0104016515

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Wyonch was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport last year for trying to smuggle the cocaine from Peru to Montreal by soaking more than three kilograms of cocaine into her clothes.
That process makes cocaine more difficult to detect and results in only a small loss of the drug, authorities said."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/05/18/Smuggler-soaked-clothes-in-c ocaine/UPI-93261274194217/

uhh...i could go on. 81 000 options came up in a quick search.
but i'd hate to insult your beer can's intelligence hahaha...

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Thank you, shewasmyrushmore

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I thought it was heroin not cocaine.

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Cocaine, definitely.
I think, at one point, heroin was mentioned as one of the drugs that the Russians were importing and dealing.

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