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American Gangster (2007)

Directed by Ridley Scott

Crime | Biography | Gangster

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Overview

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.

Rated R | Length 157 minutes

Actors

Russell Crowe | Denzel Washington | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Josh Brolin | Ted Levine | Armand Assante | John Ortiz | John Hawkes | RZA | Lymari Nadal | Yul Vazquez | Ruby Dee | Idris Elba | Carla Gugino | Joe Morton | Common | Ritchie Coster | Jon Polito | Kevin Corrigan | Roger Guenveur Smith | Malcolm Goodwin | Ric Young | Roger Bart | T.I. | KaDee Strickland | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Norman Reedus | Kathleen Garrett | Albert Jones | J. Kyle Manzay | Melissia Hill | Skyler Fortgang | Bari K. Willerford | Warner Miller | Quisha Saunders | Robert Funaro | Tom O'Rourke | Robert C. Kirk | Tom Stearns | Jon DeVries | Jim R. Coleman | Lee Shepherd | Gavin Grazer | Linda Powell | Roxanne Amandez | Pierra Francesca | Eddie Rouse | Maryann Urbano | Cedric Sanders | Jason Veasey | Roosevelt Davis | Eric Silver | Saycon Sengbloh | Conor Romero | Daniel Hilt | Daniel Farcher | David Spearman | Maurice Ballard | Paul Doherty | William C. Tate | George Lee Miles | Jason Furlani | Chris McKinney | David Wayne Britton | Tommy Guiffre | Laurence Lowry | Dan Moran | Marjorie Johnson | Larry Mitchell | Chuck Cooper | Kevin Geer | Chance Kelly | Hamilton Clancy | Sam Freed | Joey Klein | Scott Dillin | Anthony Hamilton | Sarah Hudnut | Jeff Greene | Tyson Hall | Kirt Harding | Bryant Pearson | Al Santos | William Hudson | Christopher A. Sawyer | Dylan Gallagher | Jehan-Pierre 'The Preacher' Vassau | Dawn A. Douglas | Robbie Neigeborn | Clinton Lowe | Wilhelm Lewis | James Hunter | Neville White | Lonnie Gaetano | Jeff Mantel | Serena Joan Springle | Ron Piretti | Nino Del Buono | Panama Redd | Arthur M. Mercante | Fab 5 Freddy | Jonah Denizard | Steve McAuliff | Bill Richards | Fatima Robinson | Celestine Rae | Monique Lea-Gall | Shannon MacMillan | Latonya Tolbert | Cicily Daniels | Sandra Park | Yuri Kamino-Fennell | Brian Albanese | Brian Keith Allen | Ephraim Benton | Myo Campbell | John Cenatiempo | J.W. Cortes | Cris D'Annunzio | Ernest Dancy | Michael Den Dekker | Mark DiConzo | Kevin van Doorslaer | Monique Dupree | Joseph Ferrante | Eddie Goines | Kelvin Hale | Gabriel Hansen | Jermel Howard | Hristo Hristov | Atif Lanier | Tina Lorraine | Artie Pasquale | Nick Poltoranin | Kevin Pinassi | Louis Rosario | Paula Rittie | Billy Smith | Aija Terauda | Tammy Vaughn | Philippe Vonlanthen | Clarence Williams III | Brad Lee Wind | Ray Wineteer | Frances Mignano

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

I watched the unrated director’s cut for the first time and I seemed to like this version better. It still has an unsatisfactory ending for all the build up. Great to see Idris Elba in this as I’d have had no clue who he was the last time I watched it.

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