American Gangster
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Gangster, Crime Fiction, War film, Crime Thriller, Period piece, Biographical film, Crime Drama, Drama
Year: 2007
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, T.I., RZA, Josh Brolin, Ted Levine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ruby Dee, Cuba Gooding, Jr., KaDee Strickland, John Hawkes, Carla Gugino, Clarence Williams III, Armand Assante, Joe Morton, Idris Elba, Lymari Nadal, Yul Vazquez, John Ortiz, Norman Reedus, Roger Bart, Common, Al Santos, Roger Guenveur Smith, Kathleen Garrett, Skyler Fortgang, Malcolm Goodwin, Bari K. Willerford, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ritchie Coster, Warner Miller, Albert Jones, J. Kyle Manzay
American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime drama 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
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