American Gangster

Digital Premiere Date
2020-02-16
Format
Feature Movie
Movie Rated
16+
Genre
BIOPIC,CRIME,DRAMA
Language
English-
Director(s) :
Ridley Scott
Producer(s) :Ridley Scott Brian Grazer
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Cast :
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin, Ted Levine,Armand Assante, John Ortiz, John Hawkes, RZA
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Cinematographer (DoP) :
Harris Savides
Music Director :Marc Streitenfeld
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Production House :
Imagine Entertainment Scott Free Productions Relativity Media
American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian. The film is fictionally 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 detective Richie Roberts. The film stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in their first lead acting roles together since 1995's Virtuosity. The film also co-stars Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Ruby Dee, Lymari Nadal and Cuba Gooding Jr.