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      • This isn't to suggest Scott's film is a bad one: On the contrary, the movie is exceptionally well-made, with a sharp script, meticulous direction, and typically terrific performances from its leads, Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
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      The Movie Review: 'American Gangster' - The Atlantic

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    Nov 2, 2007 · Bob Mondello NPR.org Ridley Scott's gangster flick aims high and ... Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/08/24 Full Review Mate P American Gangster is a good movie. It's interesting, it ...

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    American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. The film is 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 ...

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  6. www.nytimes.com › 2007/11/02 › moviesAmerican Gangster - Movies - Review - The New York Times

    Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster. Directed by Ridley Scott. Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller. R. 2h 37m. By Manohla Dargis. Nov. 2, 2007. Greatness hovers just outside “American Gangster,” knocking,...

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  7. www.imdb.com › title › tt0765429American Gangster (2007) - IMDb

    Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin. An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

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  8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0765429American Gangster (2007) - American Gangster (2007) - User ...

    Ridley Scott's new flick American Gangster was a good one. Though Im not gonna be saying it's the best film of the year or anything like that. It was directed well, barely any dull scenes, great acting by an enormous cast and was really well-written. Unfortunately the story never seemed "new" to me.

  9. www.theguardian.com › 19 › youreviewamericangangsterYou review: American Gangster | Action and adventure films ...

    Nov 19, 2007 · Ben Child. Mon 19 Nov 2007 11.00 EST. Face off... Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in American Gangster. A Ridley Scott gangster movie was always going to be a hard sell: a director of...

  10. www.allmovie.com › movie › american-gangster-vmAmerican Gangster (2007) - Ridley Scott, Brian Grazer ...

    Unlike Matchstick Men or Black Hawk Down, American Gangster feels like an impersonal work for the director, and in this case that is a very good thing. Scott allows his remarkably gifted collaborators -- cinematographer Harris Savides, editor Pietro Scalia, and screenwriter Steven Zaillian -- to do what they do best and simply uses his own ...