American Gangster
American Gangster
“ There are two sides to the American dream. ”
CINEMA2007-11-02
DIGITAL2014-03-27
RegionUS
Runtime157 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Storyline
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
DIRECTOR / Director
Ridley Scott
KEYWORDS
new york cityvietnamdrug smugglingsocietygangsterdrug traffickingheroinjunkieghettonightclubambitionrise and fallcoporganized crimedrug dealingpolice corruptionweddingpolice detectivesurveillancebriberylaw enforcementaftercreditsstingerdishonesty1960sprovocativeviolencesuspensefulintensebrisk
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Denzel Washington
From historical drama and social cinema to Oscar-winning performances, action heroes and classical roles, he built one of American cinema’s most commanding screen personas.
Denzel Washington is one of the defining actors of modern American cinema. From historical and political roles in Glory and Malcolm X to dangerous figures in Training Day, Man on Fire and American Gangster, and later performances in Fences and The Tragedy of Macbeth, he has moved between mainstream Hollywood, Black cinema, stage adaptations and action films while developing a screen persona defined by authority, intensity, moral conflict and individual will.
