# A.T.F.
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{{Short description|1999 TV film directed by Dean Parisot}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = ATF1999TVfilm.jpg
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| genre =
| creator =
| based_on =
| writer = {{Plainlist|
*[Patricia Cornwell](/source/Patricia_Cornwell)
*[Michelle Ashford](/source/Michelle_Ashford)
}}
| story = Patricia Cornwell
| director = [Dean Parisot](/source/Dean_Parisot)
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*[Kathy Baker](/source/Kathy_Baker)
*[Amy Brenneman](/source/Amy_Brenneman)
}}
| narrator =
| music = Wendy Blackstone
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_episodes =
| producer = {{Plainlist|
*Michelle Ashford
*Patricia Cornwell
*Tracy Fetterolf
*Jeff Henry
*David J. Latt
*[Dean Parisot](/source/Dean_Parisot)
*Larry Rapaport
}}
| editor = Ned Bastille
| cinematography = [Jerzy Zieliński](/source/Jerzy_Zieli%C5%84ski_(cinematographer))
| runtime = 88 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
*Round 2 Productions
*[Columbia TriStar Television](/source/Columbia_TriStar_Television)
}}
| budget =
| network = [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company)
| released = {{start date|1999|9|6}}
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'''''A.T.F.''''' is a 1999 American [television film](/source/television_film) directed by [Dean Parisot](/source/Dean_Parisot) and written by [Patricia Cornwell](/source/Patricia_Cornwell) and [Michelle Ashford](/source/Michelle_Ashford), based on a story by Cornwell. The film stars [Kathy Baker](/source/Kathy_Baker) and [Amy Brenneman](/source/Amy_Brenneman) as [ATF](/source/Bureau_of_Alcohol%2C_Tobacco%2C_Firearms%2C_and_Explosives) agents who work to infiltrate an armed [militia](/source/militia), a group which the film describes as akin to the [Branch Davidian](/source/Branch_Davidian)s, a religious group held off ATF agents and were later set siege to by the [FBI](/source/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) in [Waco, Texas](/source/Waco%2C_Texas), in the [Waco Siege](/source/Waco_Siege) of 1993.
''A.T.F.'' was produced by Round 2 Productions and [Columbia TriStar Television](/source/Columbia_TriStar_Television) as a [television pilot](/source/television_pilot) for [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company),[{{cite web |url=https://adage.com/article/news/network-pilots-run-quirky-hollyweird-capturing-a-youthful-viewing-aundience-glitz-science/65838/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106173846/http://adage.com/article/news/network-pilots-run-quirky-hollyweird/65884/ |archive-date=January 6, 2016 |title=Network Pilots Run From 'Quirky' to 'Hollyweird': Capturing a Youthful Viewing Audience More Glitz than Science |last=Schneider |first=Michael |work=[Ad Age](/source/Ad_Age) |date=May 11, 1998 |access-date=March 13, 2025}}{{cbignore}}] 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.[{{cite web|url=http://shop.warnerarchive.com/product/atf+%281999%29+1000380210.do?sortby=bestSellersAscend|title=ATF (1999)|work=www.Shop.WarnerArchive.com|accessdate=3 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074248/http://shop.warnerarchive.com/product/atf+%281999%29+1000380210.do?sortby=bestSellersAscend|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}]
==Cast==
* [Kathy Baker](/source/Kathy_Baker) as A.T.F. Director Maggie Hale
* [Amy Brenneman](/source/Amy_Brenneman) as Agent Robin O'Brien
* Vincent Angell as Agent Reeve Aquilar
* [Michael O'Neill](/source/Michael_O'Neill_(actor)) as Asst. A.T.F. Director Ben Walker
* [Keith David](/source/Keith_David) as F.B.I Director Richard Long
* [Mark Boone Junior](/source/Mark_Boone_Junior) as Jake Neill
* [William Richert](/source/William_Richert) as Patrick McKennan
* [Sarah Trigger](/source/Sarah_Trigger) as Carol
* [John Philbin](/source/John_Philbin) as Randy
* [Raphael Sbarge](/source/Raphael_Sbarge) as Director Hale's Assistant
* [John Beasley](/source/John_Beasley_(actor)) as Secretary Robert Edwards
* [Coby Bell](/source/Coby_Bell) as Agent Dinko Bates
* [Sean Bridgers](/source/Sean_Bridgers) as Smitty
==See also==
* [Waco Siege](/source/Waco_Siege)
* [List of television films produced for American Broadcasting Company](/source/List_of_television_films_produced_for_American_Broadcasting_Company)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0138993|A.T.F.}}
{{Dean Parisot}}
Category:1999 television films
Category:1999 films
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Category:American Broadcasting Company original films
Category:Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in fiction
Category:Films directed by Dean Parisot
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Category:Sony Pictures Television films
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