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Plot. In 1985, drug smuggler Andrew C. Thornton II drops a shipment of cocaine from his plane. He attempts to parachute out with a drug-filled duffel bag, but knocks himself unconscious on the doorframe, causing him to fall to his death.
Feb 24, 2023 · Cocaine Bear: Directed by Elizabeth Banks. With Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta. An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
Cocaine Bear, also known as Pablo Eskobear (sometimes spelled Escobear) [2] [3] or Cokey the Bear, [4] was a 175-pound (79-kilogram) female American black bear that fatally overdosed on cocaine in 1985. The cocaine had been dropped by a group of drug smugglers in the wilderness in Tennessee, United States.
Dec 1, 2022 · Nearly 40 years after a 175-pound black bear found and ingested cocaine in a Georgia forest, the drug binge has inspired a movie.
Nov 30, 2022 · Directed by Elizabeth Banks (Charlie’s Angels, Pitch Perfect 2) from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden (The Babysitter: Killer Queen), Cocaine Bear is produced by Oscar® winners Phil Lord and ...
Inspired by the true story of a drug runner's plane crash, lost cocaine and the bear that ate it. This wild comedy shows an apex predator on a rampage for blow—and blood.
Feb 24, 2023 · Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and...
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Feb 24, 2023 · A 175-lb. black bear dead near a duffle bag and some $2 million worth of cocaine that had been opened and scattered over a hillside. The parachutist, a former Kentucky narcotics investigator, had fallen to his death in a backyard in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Sep 28, 2023 · Yes, Cocaine Bear is based on the true story of a bear who ate way too much cocaine. Everything you need to know about the real story behind Elizabeth Banks' wild action-comedy.
Feb 24, 2023 · Screenwriter Jimmy Warden has taken the basic facts—a 175-pound Georgia black bear ingested some cocaine that a drug smuggler dropped from an airplane in 1985—and imagined what might have happened if the bear hadn’t died, but rather sampled the stuff and gotten hooked.