Catch Me If You Can: Frank Abagnale's Story 

should have started his speech with "my name is Frank Abagnale, that's Abagnale, not Abagnarle, not Abagnaile, but Abagnale."

My old grandfather used to tell me, Frank Abagnale is worthy of people's respect and admiration, but should never forget he is a criminal and did bird for it...Frank is an interesting person, what he did in 5-6 years many could not pull off in 5-6 lifetimes...He is a good talker as well and quite witty at times

I just wish I can have a quarter of his courage and confidence. I can't even order my own food at McDonald's without stuttering.

He sounds like he has retold his story 1000s of times.

Who's watch this after watching the movie?

“In 2020, journalist Alan C. Logan provided documentary evidence that the majority of Abagnale's claims had been at best wildly exaggerated and at worst completely invented.” ~ Wikipedia

He got away with it because he believed what he was saying and doing. His composure allowed him to follow through even with a glitch presented. It was a survival technique he mastered.

"Where are you going tonight, Frank? Somewhere exotic?"

I must say this, you certainly are one million percent correct about the corruption of this world today. Also you are very correct about how the things we choose to do when younger stay with you for many years, if not forever. I also have to applaud you for making it clear what a father and a Daddy is, that surely is a very different thing, I agree with that. I also really appreciate how you have owned up to your transgressions, it takes a real person to do that. Thank you for your many heartfelt words of wisdom, that came from an no doubt undesired personal experience.

He has memorized this speech very well as he’s got only half an hour aprox.to tell everything about his life! For years, he has given the speech to many. He is amazing!

just watched his Google talk and its a carbon copy of this one.... word for word... he still has amazing abilities

What a great father he is His words about his wife and children were so inspiring Thank you sir and god bless you and your family

The power of forgiveness is important. This is a wonderful video.

One of the most important lessons of my life and I’m an ex International Banker with Barclays Bank. DCO IN Cyprus Sudan and Sierra Leone until 1961 and returned to U.K. to start a family..90 in February 2022.

All children, teenagers and adults need the love and understanding of their mother and father, is so true. High standards, thanks so well spoken!

Frank Abagnale speech from word to word, sentence to sentence is same to same in atleast three seminar's. OMG...ITS EXCELLENT NARRATION.

Wow!!! I could not check my tears towards the end of Frank's speech when he talks about many fathers burt very few daddies in the world, about his country for giving him second chance, about loving our parents etc.

He's one fantastic public speaker giving a wealth of information. Thank you for sharing your information.

kinda crazy that this speach is memorized

He gives the exact same speech at every appearance... Idk if he memorized it or is reading it. But I've seen 3 different appearances he's made. All the same... If you look him up in wiki , it paints a less than flattering picture of him since his release.

What an amazing man! The true definition of a real mensch.

I got choked up when he spoke about his wife. What a good man.

This guy proves that some people are too smart for their, or others', own good.

This is absolutely awesome! Mr. Abagnale is very smart and definitely great public speaker. Thanks for the upload!

I just watched him do this same speach at a different location on a different date. Its UNCANNY he is repeating this speech word for word, same exact cadence....he is like a human robot or computer! The only reason I can tell its not the same speech at the same place is he is wearing a different colored suit.

He is so well spoken...

to those who say he memorized his speech or it sounds like he told this story a lot, OF COURSE HE HAS!!! People, you and I included are fascinated with the life he had. How many other people can say the have done what he did then ended up a great American, family man, and of great moral character? He has become an outstanding man.

you used to a criminal but somehow I adore your life story. played by one of the best actors the d caprio, your story dazzled me very much. you inspired people that nothing impossible if we want to work hard.

It gets deep at 30 minutes 37:00 for Ethics of Society today!. 55:00 for Debit vs Credit[ spoiler - He uses the system to beat the system ] Entertaining in a strange way, after seeing DiCaprio's version of Frank. I loved the film. Still one of my favourites. He speaks in a strange recital monologue until he gets personal about his family.

A rare person who is the very epitome of morals and ethics and genuine remorse - plus he practised what he preached and went on to raise outstanding children.

His story is more about repentance and redemption than anything else. I think most people seem to forget what Jesus said "He who is without sin cast the first stone".

Uncle Abagnale: "So Frank Jr., what are you going to be when you grow up?" Frank Jr. "I am not sure. Give me some time to cash a check and find out." :)

oh my god this made me cry.

I am 30 years old and just now I've finished watching the film for the first time. Wow. 😳

He would've been the perfect/natural spy.

Thank you kind Sir

the greatest long con ever this man has been lying for close to 50 years

He probably tells the story the same way, verbatim, every single time. It’s like a memorized speech. I have one story like that and I tell it the same way, every time I’m asked.

Paula Parks was a new Delta stewardess, with whom FA had a huge attraction to. He was able to smooth-talk her parents into inviting him to live with them. Mark Zinder was a publicist and booking agent for FA early in FA career. Parks and Zinder contributed a LOT to the book, that shows most of the FA story is a hoax. Released in December 2020, The book 'The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can" by Alan C. Logan (Author), Paula Parks (Foreword), Mark Zinder (Foreword The book very thoroughly investigated the life of FA, and clearly shows what parts of the FA book are fiction, and which could be verified. With hundreds of receipts and convincing data, Logan clearly shows that FA has perpetuated a great hoax, and most of his story are absolutely lies upon more lies.

Frank abagnale for president 2022

Either way it's still a really good movie...I like the part where teller Eliz Banks laughs because she doesn't know what the #'s @ the bottom of the check mean.

I got to sit next to FA, in 2002, after the film came out. I was a "dead head" pilot going back to Atlanta for Captain upgrade and got a seat in First Class. The gate agent pulled me aside and said, "Your sitting next to the star of Catch Me If You Can!" I asked, "Leonardo?" She said " no, Frank Abignale!" We chatted the entire flight- interesting guy!

Great Story/speech!

I just heard this exact same speech on another video

All at the age of 16 wow

I would have liked to ask him, "How did you feel about CORRUPTION within the FBI when he Started"? And "How do you feel about CORRUPTION within the FBI today"? I would have liked to "hear" the Answer, and also to really try to read "IF HE WAS BEING OPEN, AND HONEST". I do wonder.

All the time while watching this, was thinking, how kids can literally take a blame of two adults actions. Choosing a parent it's devastating, for me it was.

By the way, this talk was actually given on November 20, 2010 (Monday) at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches. The summary up top says it was November 30, 2010. That's incorrect. Meanwhile, I don't want anyone to think I am a pedant, so let me explain why I stopped by. I am writing a book and the date of this talk is something I needed for it.

damn! his failures (if you could understand why I call it that), actually gave him wisdom

wow so this is not at all what i was looking for, to anyone who can help im looking for a documentary of the same name as this it was on Netflix a long time ago, it's about some black guy who essentially goes over ways to disappear and use misinformation, keep cameras from seeing you with these led lights and a bunch of other cool stuff but I CANNOT find it anywhere or any mention of it, it's like the documentary itself disappeared ironically enough can anyone tell me where to find it or if not what happened to it?

A black man could never get away with this😂😂😁

What a great man!!! He knows what he did, n he accepts responsibility 4 it. No bragging, only thankful 4 a second chance in life, n realized God, wife, n children, r the greatest gifts in life. God bless this man. But I guess God already did. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤️🙏

an amazing man. i admire that at this very young age; broke and alone, he used his brains for creativity and to survive; as opposed to taking drugs. he deserves all the blessings bestowed on him.

As long as he didn't want to hurt anyone and his only goal was to scam money it's a bit of a laugh...😆...!

I love the story

Frank said it all.....and he is 100% correct. Jim Hagan. Thanks more than words can describe.Ever................

Heart touching

Although Mr. Abignale's story is one movies are made of (obviously). He states he was not set or met the actors and had nothing to do with the movie in any way.....how can he say this, when he's in the movie????

From 44min on how not to get into a trap of doing something wrong and pay a price for that. I’d like to call it a 3 min rule to have time before taking action. I see this applies not just to commit crime but to make any decision so that one can avoid making mistakes - by simply taking time to be quiet and be aware of the situation one is in. I am into spiritual path to live life by being sincere and truthful, eg, Zen. There are ideas like this that we may benefit from - example; when one gets upset or angry, but if we can sustain to be quiet for 90 seconds, the anger may just dissipate. (this, I heard from from Jill Bolt Taylor - stroke of insight). To me, it like a biological dimension of getting to know ourselves - who we are and why we do what we do. In short, catch yourself if you can!

I pulled a Frank A. In Chiapas, Mexico. No visa, AMERICAN woman who luckily spoke Spanish. Blonde Mexican son in tow. I managed to talk my way out of getting thrown off the bus. Sometimes calling a bluff can work. I went on to survive a machine gun robbery by four bandits later on in this trip but my main concern at that Frank A. Time were the two Guatemalan kids who were hiding in the luggage storage. They paid the bus driver to cross into Mexico. They were about 13/14 years old. Hotter than Hades and just couldn’t imagine those poor kids roasting in the hold. What could I do? Rat out the kids and the bus driver? No... just pulled a Frank...

A truly amazing man

This guy speaks just like Kevin Spacey portraying Frank Underwood. It's incredibly eerie.

Frank himself for five years he was on the run and everywhere he went he bounced checks and paperhanged. In 1969 he was spotted by a flight attendant who was actually an INTERPOL ghostwriter and they tailed him to Marseille and the suburb of Montpellier where he was caught. Frank spent time in the hole at Perpignan Prison where he got extradited to the United States and received 12 years in Atlanta. most of the scenes in Catch Me If You Can are true some of the names were changed to protect the innocent and to protect the identity of undercover agents. Frank then tried to escape at JFK Airport but got arrested by security when he entered Canada without a passport. he busted out of Atlanta but got sent back in 71 he was freed and then he went to work for the FBI since then he is the president of Abagnale and Associates and is the head of the FBI Bunco Squad with assistance from his son Scott whose job it is to put people who try to copycat Abagnale behind bars. since 71 Frank has made more then 800 arrest most of these crimes were bunco related everything from paperhanging, identity theft, check fraud, check floating, and check washing.

He memorized his story to the last word.

Typical a case of existential loyalty. This was ripped apart the moment the judge asked to choose between parents. He couldnt chose either one of them, because he loved them both, so the only answer was: Not chosing any of them, and run away, and stay away as far as possible from that.

Im watching it now😮

I was disappointed in his delivery of this speech. He’s such a great personality, and this was so dry. If you really want to know about him , read the book “Catch Me If You Can.” It’s even better than the movie and a great read!

I think he exaggerated in his book where he alleged that he was a college professor for awhile.

i don't get the adoration for this guy, so he was a really good self-centered con man. yet a lot of other people who make the world a better place, everyday, go unnoticed.

badass

He ran away from home, (a divorce) and was on his own at the age of 16,--where in that youthful American mind of the time, anything is possible. He did not earn a scholarship in HS, and public school probably bored him. The pivotal point was running away because of parental divorce. I wonder what he would have done with his life if his parents stayed together, or he never ran away? We can't know that. He may have become great, but I bet the rest of us never would have known about his life.

Genious, dude.

The bit 22:26 where he tells us that he used a magnetic encoder to encode his own bank details onto the cheque deposit slip card seems a bit strange. From what I understand..... The bank had some type of form used for people to deposit cheques into their own account. At the bottom of the form, attached was credit card type card with magnetic strip....that the bank would presumably then encode with your bank details, so you could then deposit the cheque into the correct account. My question is......surely this is bassically just another bank card........why would the bank issue you with blank bank cards.........for you to have to get encoded at the bank when you want to deposit money. Also........if he then encoded his own details on there......surely the banks encoder would pick up on the fact that the card already had someone elses details on it. Seems strange to me........am I misunderstanding???

There's another video of him giving this exact same speech... by rote. Read Kevin Dutton's book "The Wisdom of Psychopaths", Frank Abagnale is mentioned in it by Dutton. He has all the manipulative traits, the confidence, the gift with words. I just cant help but think that this man has no guilt ,empathy or conscience.

How do you get a hold of him I might have some important information if you believe in spirits

When a B.S. artist wasn't a politician.

the best part of his speech it was all great but ethics something noone has anymore!

He has change so much from the kid out in the world trying to make it work. Is he a true criminal yes and no or no and yes. He is no longer the kid or person he was at 16 or 17 just as kids sent to NAM at 18 had to grow up some never came back and those that did were not the same He is a amazing person and what he did was no less amazing What is a criminal under the law or under God's Law Thanks for posting his story is well time well spent.

I love this man

Insane life. So well spoken and you can tell how much he’s learned from his mistakes in life

At least he redeemed himself. He really didn't need to forge checks though to earn money. He was a smart guy, he just didn't utilize his talent properly.

Sometimes crime does pay.

Here he comes again. Ooh. Catch him if you can. Ooh. He will shout with all of his might -

amazing talk

He is right I wish more couples saw his speech. Divorce screws up the kids for life. Doesn't really matter the age obviously the younger the more difficult but even older kids and young adults. Most people don't really think about that. Great speech. You can tell this guy is wise just how he talks and carries himself. Thanks for posting

When Frank was playing as a doctor did he married the nurse Brenda at the party night or was the ending of the movie Frank was trying to get back on the airport was he going back to see Brenda to try to marry her? I didn't understand that part of the movie or was he was to see his dad really did die?

I just cried when he said it was bc if his wife that changed his life!!!!

Number one he's no dummy he speaks very well he's quite Charming I can see how he got away with a lot of the stuff that he got away with although he's older now I'm sure he was quite good-looking when he was young when you're charming and nice looking you get away with a lot of stuff

These are people who are my heroes. The people who had the balls AND the ingenuity to play the system at its own game and at least to some degree, win. I have little intrest in gangster tough guys who make money selling drugs, debt collecting and enforcment, I like the guys who step back a bit and have a look at the system theyre living in and find a way of abusing it. Even though the government and banks know the criminals want to, even though the government have the intel and technology, the criminals STILL manage to beat it. Anyone can get a gun and do a robbery. Anyone can by an ounce of coke and turn a profit. But not anyone can have the vision to imagine a possibilty and the inteligence to 'hack' the system we are enslaved by. I love scam artists. Just dont target the average working man.

Something is off about this ostensibly reformed guy

Really kind of ruins a big part of the film, since Chris Walken's character is such a great supporting role.

"I'm the purchasing officer... Getting ready to expand new routes... We're very impressed by the PanAm format ..." How does a 16-18-year-old know how to speak like that? That's not just intelligence; that know-how has to come from somewhere, some kind of lived experience.

PUNCH Pavle Stanimirović Memorization is really a skill.

much respect for you !!

To say Frank Abagnale is self-possessed -- well, that's something of an understatement, isn't it?

21:40 to 24:40 never heard of it before ; question parts 38:00 first question about heidenberg press

I dont agree with "what makes u a man" Because what if you are the best husband a man can be ? U provide, u never cheat, etc, but the woman suddenly gets a midlife crisis, and start doing things which are diametricaly opposed to who she was ? And even leave her man, because in her mid 40's (or 50, whatever) start acting like a 16yr old instead of a real mother or wife ? (Or another example) What makes u a man, is to overcome everything in life what they throw at you in life ! What makes u a man, is when everything around you, all odds are against you, NOT giving up and go on ! Together with having a moral compass, ur word, and ABOVE all "Loyalty" THAT is what makes you a man !

Wow. What a story. I loved the movie too

The part from 22:40 to 23:20 seems a bit far fetched. Didn't the other people have to write in their account number on those forms somewhere? He's a brilliant guy and it's a hugely entertaining story, but I'm sure much of it is seriously embellished. I mean, that's this guy's game after all.

Last half is true picture of western civilization.