Rating
Popularity7
Runtime2h 37m
Release DateNovember 2, 2007
Budget$100,000,000
Revenue$269,755,430
American Gangster
There are two sides to the American dream.
Overview
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.
Production
Film Rites(US)
Imagine Entertainment(US)
Universal Pictures(US)
Relativity Media(US)
Scott Free Productions(US)Status
Released
Original Language
English
Spoken Languages
English
Age Rating
All Ages
Top Cast
Key Crew
DirectorRidley Scott
ScreenplaySteven Zaillian
ProducerBrian Grazer
ProducerRidley Scott
Director of PhotographyHarris Savides
Videos & Trailers
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What You Gonna Do? Extended Preview
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Never Come Here Unannounced
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Kill or Be Killed... Right? Extended Preview
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