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American Gangster

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7.6/10 • 5.4K

2007-11-022h 37m

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There are two sides to the American dream.

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.

Directors
Ridley Scott
Editors
Pietro Scalia

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  1. Russell Crowe

    Russell Crowe

    Richie Roberts

  2. Denzel Washington

    Denzel Washington

    Frank Lucas

  3. Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Huey Lucas

  4. Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Cuba Gooding Jr.

    Nicky Barnes

  5. Josh Brolin

    Josh Brolin

    Detective Trupo

  6. Ted Levine

    Ted Levine

    Lou Toback

  7. Armand Assante

    Armand Assante

    Dominic Cattano

  8. John Ortiz

    John Ortiz

    Javier J. Rivera

  9. John Hawkes

    John Hawkes

    Freddie Spearman

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Andres Gomez

Jul 14, 2015

6/10

Quite a disappointed since it is really as much as you expect, but nothing new. Washington and Russell perform really well, so, as a characters movie, it works. It doesn't work at all as a biopic. Too much Hollywood on it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$100,000,000.00
Revenue
$266,500,000.00
Keywords
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