American Gangster
"There are two sides to the American dream."
2007-11-02
7.587
en 157mDramaCrime
Loosely 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 Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Casting
Avy Kaufman
Producer
Brian Grazer
Executive Producer
Branko Lustig
Editor
Pietro Scalia
Producer
Ridley Scott
Screenplay
Steven Zaillian
new york city vietnam drug smuggling society gangster drug trafficking heroin junkie ghetto nightclub ambition rise and fall cop organized crime drug dealing police corruption wedding police detective family surveillance bribery law enforcement aftercreditsstinger dishonesty 1960s provocative factual violence suspenseful intense brisk
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$269,755,430Budget
$100,000,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Film Rites
- Imagine Entertainment
- Universal Pictures
- Relativity Media
