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American Gangster (2007)
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Year of U.S. Release: 2007

Starring: Russell Crowe, Denzel Washington, Dania Ramirez, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ted Levine, Josh Brolin, John Ortiz, Yul Vazquez.
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenwriter(s): Steve Zaillian, Terry George
Producer(s): Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Prod. Company: Imagine Entertainment
Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Gangster
Runtime: 2 hrs. 37 min.
U.S. Release Date: November 02, 2007 (Wide)
DVD Release Date: February 19, 2008
Rated Restricted for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality.
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The story revolves around a Harlem heroin kingpin who figured out a way to smuggle heroin in the coffins of American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.

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Based on the life of drug-kingpin-turned-informant, Frank Lucas, who grew up in segregated North Carolina where he watched as his cousin was shot by the Klan for looking at a white girl. He eventually made his way to Harlem where he became a heroin kingpin by traveling to Asia's Golden Triangle to make connections, shipping heroin back to the US in the coffins of soldiers killed in Vietnam. He soon made upwards of one million dollars a day in drug sales. Lucas was shadowed by lawman, Richie Roberts, who finally helped bring the kingpin to justice. The two then worked together to expose the crooked cops and foreign nationals who made importing heroin so easy.
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