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Release Date: 2007

Cast: Ruby Dee, Denzel Washington, Roger Guenveur Smith, Malcolm Goodwin, Joe Morton, Ritchie Coster, Al Santos, J. Kyle Manzay, Carla Gugino, Norman Reedus, Common, KaDee Strickland ...MORE

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

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, War Film, Biographical Film, Crime Fiction, Crime, Crime Thriller, Crime Drama, Period Piece, Gangster

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