Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful, epic story. Armed with ruthless, streetwise tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem’s chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets .. Read more
| Starring | Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Carla Gugino |
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| Director | Ridley Scott |
| Genres | Drama |
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Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) is welcoming his brothers, cousins and nephews to their new life in Harlem with a celebratory lunch. He's brought them here from rural Carolina to guarantee a loyal crew now that he's all set up to become the number one drug dealer north of 110th Street. Then he spots one dude, a loudmouth dealer by the name of Tango, who might have a problem with that walking down the street. Cool as ice cream, Frank empties out the sugar bowl and walks out of the café. Then he Read more
Ridley Scott's newest effort American Gangster has beaten Beowulf to the top of the UK box office chart. For the weekend beginning November 16th, American Gangster took approximately £2.56 million while Beowulf debuted with around £2.19 million, according to AC Nielsen data. The two new entries spent their first week ahead of Ratatouille, the animated tale of a rat who is a rather talented chef. Stardust, starring Sienna Miller and Ricky Gervais, occupied fourth place, ahead of... Read more
There was little change at the UK box office this week as Ridley Scott's New York epic American Gangster stayed at number one for the second week. According to AC Nielsen, the weekend beginning November 23rd saw the film take another £1.82 million in receipts, putting it ahead of Beowulf once again. Fantasy drama Stardust spent its sixth week on release at number three, followed by Rataouille and Good Luck Chuck, starring Jessica Alba. Positions six, seven and eight were occupied by new... Read more
American Gangster : as Russell Crowe commented the other day, it's amazing nobody came up with the title before now; the two words fit together snug as a .45 in your fist. America didn't invent crime or corruption, and there are some terrific British, Japanese and Hong Kong gangster movies. But it was in America that capitalism was held up as a model for social betterment, that the pursuit of happiness was enshrined in the constitution, and that hundreds of thousands of European immigrants... Read more
Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg has been honoured for her Hollywood career at a New York fundraising gala. The Ghost star was presented with the Marlon Brando Award at the 2009 Stella by Starlight Gala on Monday (19Oct09). Goldberg, who was handed the prize by American Gangster star Ruby Dee, admits she was flattered to receive the accolade but would rather have her late friend Brando back by her side instead. She says, "It (the award) was great just because of my relationship with Marlon, so it... Read more