Cocaine Cowboys is a documentary film which charts the rise of the Miami based drug industry in the 1980's and it has just received a possible distribution deal. Amazingly enough the film will feature a soundtrack from Jan Hammer, of Miami Vice soundtrack fame.

The film is described in Yahoo News by the buyer of the English language territory rights.

"It's 'Miami Vice' stripped of its cool pretension and peopled by characters that make Al Pacino's Scarface look like a wimp," Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles said. "'Cocaine Cowboys' is a visually imaginative, fantastically constructed and too-strange-not-to-be-true account of how the Miami of today was built."

It sounds like it could be a powerful and interesting film. It's received quite a high rating at IMDB and even with only 12 votes, although to be fair those votes are probably all from those friendly to the movie. Still, it's a great topic and with Miami Vice the film appearing, it's perfect timing for a release.