American Gangster
movie
There are two sides to the American dream.
Released November 02, 2007
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.
Runtime
2h 37m
Budget
$100,000,000
Revenue
$269,755,430
Origin Country
United States
Original Language
English
Original Title
American Gangster
Status
Released
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English
Production Companies
- no logo available
Film Rites
United States
Imagine Entertainment
United States
Universal Pictures
United States
Relativity Media
United States
Keywords
- 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
