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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Brian Grazer, Steve Zaillian
and Ridley Scott team to tell the true juggernaut success
story of a cult hero from the streets of 1970s Harlem in American
Gangster.
Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas (Oscar® winner Washington),
the quiet driver to one of the inner city's leading black
crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits
the opening in the power structure to build his own empire
and create his own version of the American Dream. Through
ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the
inner-city drug trade, flooding the streets with a purer product
at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime
syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline
corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars.
Richie Roberts (Oscar® winner Crowe) is an outcast cop
close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in
the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing
the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect
that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate
the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical
code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making
them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies
of these two men will become intertwined as they approach
a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.
Washington (Training Day) and Crowe (Gladiator) lead a spectacular
cast of accomplished and rising stars - including Josh Brolin,
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Carla Gugino, T.I., RZA and John Ortiz -
in this blistering tale of a true American entrepreneur directed
by Oscar® nominee Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and produced
by Academy Award® winner Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind)
from a screenplay by Academy Award® winner Steve Zaillian
(Schindler's List).
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Production Co:
Imagine Entertainment
Relativity Media
In Association With
Scott Free Productions
Release Date:
November 2, 2007
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Director Info
en.wikipedia.org
Production Site
www.imagine-entertainment.com
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