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Release Date: 2007

Cast: Skyler Fortgang, Yul Vazquez, Lymari Nadal, Common, Denzel Washington, John Ortiz, KaDee Strickland, Josh Brolin, Roger Guenveur Smith, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Carla Gugino, Roger Bart ...MORE

Cast: Skyler Fortgang, Yul Vazquez, Lymari Nadal, Common, Denzel Washington, John Ortiz, KaDee Strickland, Josh Brolin, Roger Guenveur Smith, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Carla Gugino, Roger Bart, Clarence Williams III, Ritchie Coster, Ted Levine, Malcolm Goodwin, Armand Assante, Norman Reedus, Idris Elba, Joe Morton, Albert Jones, Russell Crowe, Bari K. Willerford, Warner Miller, Kathleen Garrett, Ruby Dee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr., T.I., J. Kyle Manzay, Al Santos, RZA, John Hawkes ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Crime Drama, Period piece, War film, Gangster, Crime Thriller, Biographical film

American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Steve Zaillian. The film is 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. It features Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in leading roles, with John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Ruby Dee, and Lymari Nadal in supporting roles. Development for the film initially began in 2000, when Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment... MORE

American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Steve Zaillian. The film is 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. It features Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in leading roles, with John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Ruby Dee, and Lymari Nadal in supporting roles. Development for the film initially began in 2000, when Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment purchased the rights to a New York magazine story about the rise and fall of Lucas. Two years later, screenwriter Steven Zaillian introduced a 170-page scriptment to Scott. Original production plans were to commence in Toronto for budget purposes; however, production eventually relocated permanently to New York City. Because of the film's rising budget Universal Pictures canceled production in 2004. After negotiations with Terry George, it was later revived in March 2005. Principal photography commenced over a period of five months from July to December 2006; filming took place throughout New York LESS