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American Gangster Blu-ray Disc 025195045681 Front

American Gangster [Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle]  - Blu-ray Disc

SKU:  9053392 Release Date: 10/14/2008
Rating:  R
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Violent, drug-fueled drama isn't for kids.

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Synopsis

Director Ridley Scott spins this yarn concerning a Harlem drug kingpin (Denzel Washington) who smuggles heroin into the country by hiding it in the bodies of U.S. soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam. There was a time when no one noticed reserved driver Frank Lucas (Washington), but when the criminal kingpin he was charged with transporting through the city streets suddenly dies, Lucas seizes the opportunity to build his own criminal empire. In the following months, Lucas solidifies his status as Harlem's most innovative drug dealer by delivering a product that is purer than the competitors' and cheaper, as well. When innovative businessman Lukas attempts to go semi-legit by becoming one of the Manhattan borough's biggest civil supporters, however, street-savvy outcast cop Ritchie Roberts (Russell Crowe) begins to sense a sizable shift in the hierarchy of the drug underworld. But Roberts is one of the few honest detectives operating within a corrupt system, and as he sets out to investigate the case, crooked detective Trupo (Josh Brolin) does everything in his power to compromise the integrity of his idealistic counterpart. Upon clearing all of the usual Mafia-connected suspects, Roberts begins to believe that a previously unknown black power player has come out of the woodwork to dominate the local drug trade. While Roberts and Lucas may be operating on opposite sides of the law, the one thing that both men have in common is a strict code of ethics that separates them from their opportunistic colleagues. Now, as a confrontation between the two men becomes inevitable and the fate of each becomes inexorably tied to the other, it gradually becomes apparent that only one of them will emerge from the conflict victorious. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast

Albert Jones - Terrence Lucas
KaDee Strickland - Richie's Attorney
Common - Turner Lucas
Ric Young - Chinese General
John Ortiz - Javier J. Rivera
Norman Reedus - Detective in Morgue
Roger Bart - U.S. Attorney
Idris Elba - Tango
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Huey Lucas
RZA - Moses Jones
Warner Miller - Melvin Lucas
Armand Assante - Dominic Cattano
Josh Brolin - Det. Trupo
Russell Crowe - Det. Ritchie Roberts
Russell Crowe - Richie Roberts
Ruby Dee - Mama Lucas
Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Nicky Barnes
Carla Gugino - Laurie Roberts
John Hawkes - Freddie Spearman
Ted Levine - Lou Toback
Joe Morton - Charlie Williams
Jon Polito - Rossi
J. Kyle Manzay - Dexter Lucas
T.I. - Stevie Lucas
T.I. - Stevie
Yul Vázquez - Alfonse Abruzzo
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas
Clarence Williams III - Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
Malcolm Goodwin - Jimmy Zee
Yul Vásquez - Alfonse Abruzzo
Tip "T.I." Harris - Stevie Lucas
Robert F. Diggs - Moses Jones

Crew

First Assistant Director: Darin John Rivetti
Composer (Music Score): Marc Streitenfeld
Executive Producer: Karen Kehela Sherwood
Casting: Avy Kaufman
Sound/Sound Designer: William Sarokin
Executive Producer: Branko Lustig
Second Unit Director: Alexander Witt
Production Designer: Arthur Max
Cinematographer: Harris Savides
Costume Designer: Janty Yates
Re-Recording Mixer: Bob Beemer
Supervising Sound Editor: Per Hallberg
Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Minkler
Musical Direction/Supervision: Kathy Nelson
Art Director: Nicholas Lundy
Executive Producer: James Whitaker
Screenwriter: Steven Zaillian
Executive Producer: Steven Zaillian
Co-producer: Jonathan Filley
Executive Producer: Nicholas Pileggi
Set Decorator: Leslie Rollins ,Beth A. Rubino
Editor: Pietro Scalia
Director: Ridley Scott
Producer: Ridley Scott
Executive Producer: Michael Costigan
Co-producer: Sarah Bowen
Producer: Brian Grazer
Production Designer: Arthur Mak
Executive Producer: Jim Whitaker

Customer Reviews

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A great movie as expected
5
Posted by: from Wilmington, NC on 09/12/2010I expected a great movie from the actors and was not dsappointed. As a BlueRay disk the details were awesome.

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great acting
5
Posted by: from watertown wi on 04/03/2009american gangster is a great movie with two of hollywoods best in denzel washington and russell crowe. whats so great about this movie is it shows you how far one man will go to be the best at what he does and how the other wont stop until he brings him down looks great on the blu ray version

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