Sulaco (fictional spacecraft) Sulaco in Conrad's "Nostromo" is the home of the owners of the silver mine figuring in the book, while the "Sulaco" in "Aliens" transports soldiers to investigate unknown troubles at a corporate outpost of Weyland-Yutani and to protect their investment—drawing parallels between the "corporate" owners in Conrad's work and the shadowy business entity forming a central part of the Aliens franchise. The "Sulaco" is a "Conestoga"-class starship that transports United Systems Colonial Marines to investigate the loss of communication with a colony on LV-426 in the "Aliens" film. While carrying only a small complement in the movie, and only two
Catch Me If You Can (book) the amount of money he wrote in bad checks, and the years in which his crimes took place. The 2002 film "Catch Me If You Can", directed by award-winning director Steven Spielberg, stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Abagnale and Tom Hanks as Hanratty. The film is based upon his life and the autobiography and is mainly true to the source as Abagnale was a consultant to the writers, but some of the details were changed to create a more dramatic narrative for film. Abagnale's life has been adapted into a musical of the same name, which previewed on March 11, 2011,