American Gangster
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
Year: 2007
Studio: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lymari Nadal
Crew: Michael Costigan (Executive Producer), Branko Lustig (Executive Producer), Avy Kaufman (Casting), Brian Grazer (Producer), Ridley Scott (Director), Pietro Scalia (Editor)
Runtime: 157 minutes
Release: Nov 02, 2007
IMDb: 7.59/10 by 5,569 users
Popularity: 7
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 100
Revenue: 266
Keyword : new york city, vietnam, drug smuggling, society, gangster, drug trafficking, heroin, junkie, ghetto, nightclub, ambition, rise and fall, cop, organized crime, drug dealing, police corruption, wedding, police detective, family, surveillance, bribery, law enforcement, aftercreditsstinger, dishonesty, 1960s, provocative, factual, violence, suspenseful, intense, brisk
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