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American Gangster : is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced 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 before being detained by a task force led by detective Richie Roberts. The film stars Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington 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.
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Directed by : Ridley Scott
Produced by : Ridley Scott,Brian Grazer
Screenplay by : Steven Zaillian,Based on"The Return of Superfly" by Mark Jacobson
Starring : Russell Crowe,Denzel Washington,Chiwetel Ejiofor,Cuba Gooding, Jr.Josh Brolin
Ted Levine,Armand Assante,John Ortiz,John Hawkes,RZA,Ruby Dee
Music by : Marc Streitenfeld,Cinematography Harris Savides
Edited by : Pietro Scalia
Production company : Imagine Entertainment,Scott Free Productions,Relativity Media
Distributed by : Universal Pictures
Release dates : October 19, 2007 (Apollo Theater)November 2, 2007 (United States)
Running time : 158 minutes
Country : United States
Language : English
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American Gangster : In 1968, Frank Lucas the limo driver-turned-right-hand man of Harlem gangster Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnso inherits Johnson's gang when Johnson dies of a heart attack. Disliking the new, flashy gangsters of the neighborhood, Lucas decides to take control of Harlem's crime scene.Meanwhile, Newark detective Richie Roberts is hated in his precinct for being honest. After his exiled and addicted partner dies from accidentally overdosing on a relatively low-priced but unusually potent brand of heroin called "Blue Magic", Captain Lou Toback puts Roberts in charge of a task force targeting major drug trafficking in Essex County, New Jersey. The investigation will focus on the actual supplier rather than the middle-men.Blue Magic is being supplied by Lucas, who has decided to buy his drugs directly from producers in Thailand, which are then smuggled by U.S. servicemen returning from the Vietnam War. This allows Lucas to provide a higher quality product at a cheaper price than his rivals, eventually wholesaling drugs to most of the dealers in the New York area. With Blue Magic's monopoly,