American Gangster (film)
2007
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- 1. Stanley Tookie Williams Nov 28, 2006
- Stanley "Tookie" Williams co-founds the Crips street gang and is convicted for murder.
- 2. Freeway Ricky Ross Dec 5, 2006
- The rise and fall of drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross.
- 3. Leroy Nicky Barnes Dec 12, 2006
- Leroy Barnes becomes one of New York City's largest heroin dealers.
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, before being detained by a task force led by Newark ...
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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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Ridley Scott
- 2007-11-02
Nov 2, 2007 · American Gangster is a gritty and entertaining throwback to classic gangster films, with its lead performers firing on all cylinders. Frank Lucas earns his living as a chauffeur to one of Harlem's ...
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- Ridley Scott
- R
- Denzel Washington
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The film opens with Bumpy Johnson (Clarence Williams III) and Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) pouring gasoline on a Hispanic man in a dark alleyway at night and then lighting him on fire. As the man screams in pain, Frank shoots him. It is November 1968, New York City. Bumpy is a local gangster who operates and runs most of Harlem, and Frank ...
Nov 1, 2007 · Apart from the detail that he was a heroin dealer, Frank Lucas' career would be an ideal case study for a business school. "American Gangster" tells his success story. Inheriting a crime empire from his famous boss Bumpy Johnson, he cornered the New York drug trade with admirable capitalist strategies. He personally flew to Southeast Asia to buy his product directly from the suppliers, used an ...
Release Date: November 2, 2007Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Brian Grazer, Steve Zaillian and Ridley Scott team to tell the true juggernaut success story ...
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