A.T.F.

1999 American TV series or program

Patricia Cornwell
Michelle Ashford

Story byPatricia CornwellDirected byDean ParisotStarring

Kathy Baker
Amy Brenneman

Music byWendy BlackstoneCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionProducers

Michelle Ashford
Patricia Cornwell
Tracy Fetterolf
Jeff Henry
David J. Latt
Dean Parisot
Larry Rapaport

CinematographyJerzy ZielińskiEditorNed BastilleRunning time88 minutesProduction companies

Columbia TriStar Television
Round 2 Productions

Original releaseNetworkABCReleaseSeptember 6, 1999 (1999-09-06)

A.T.F. is a 1999 American television film directed by Dean Parisot and written by Patricia Cornwell and Michelle Ashford, based on a story by Cornwell. The film stars Kathy Baker and Amy Brenneman as ATF agents who work to infiltrate an armed militia, a group which the film describes as akin to the Branch Davidians, a religious group held off ATF agents and were later set siege to by the FBI in Waco, Texas in the Waco Siege of 1993.

A.T.F. was produced by Columbia TriStar Television (later Sony Pictures Television) as a television pilot for ABC,^[1] on which it aired on September 6, 1999.

Plot

Following the infamous tragedy in Waco, Texas, in which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (A.T.F.) found themselves in a battle with an armed militia, the organization, led by director Maggie Hale (Kathy Baker), finds itself in a new fight. Agent Robyn O'Brien (Amy Brenneman) goes undercover to infiltrate a militia selling illegal street-sweeper guns, dismissing Hale's orders to stay away. When O'Brien gets held prisoner inside the militia's compound, the A.T.F. is left with the decision to start another Waco and attack the militia, or come up with another way to save her.^[2]

Cast

Kathy Baker as A.T.F. Director Maggie Hale
Amy Brenneman as Agent Robin O'Brien
Vincent Angell as Agent Reeve Aquilar
Michael O'Neill as Asst. A.T.F. Director Ben Walker
Keith David as F.B.I Director Richard Long
Mark Boone Junior as Jake Neill
William Richert as Patrick McKennan
Sarah Trigger as Carol
John Philbin as Randy
Raphael Sbarge as Director Hale's Assistant
John Beasley as Secretary Robert Edwards
Coby Bell as Agent Dinko Bates
Sean Bridgers as Smitty

References

^ Schneider, Michael (May 11, 1998). "Network Pilots Run From 'Quirky' to 'Hollyweird': Capturing a Youthful Viewing Audience More Glitz than Science". Ad Age. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
^ "ATF (1999)". www.Shop.WarnerArchive.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.