American Gangster Unrated Extended Edition

Rating:  UR
Number of Discs:  2
Running Time:  2:37
Color: COLOR

Selection #: 4865200
Studio:  Universal Studios Home Video
Theatrical Release:  2007

Format: Widescreen learn about formats >
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Description
Oscar® winning superstars Denzel Washington* and Russell Crowe** set the screen on fire in director Ridley Scott’s American Gangster. Brilliantly capturing the look and sounds of an era, this searing drama tells the true juggernaut success story of a legendary cult figure from the streets of 1970s Harlem.

Washington is electrifying as Frank Lucas, who starts out as a driver for one of the inner city’s leading African-American crime bosses, and realizes his own version of the American Dream as a ruthless drug lord overseeing a multi-million dollar empire. Crowe is equally intense as Richie Roberts, an outcast street-smart cop who suspects that a new power is dominating the drug underworld. Both men share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their contemporaries, and while on opposite sides of the law, their destinies will be intertwined on a fierce, violent road to confrontation—where only one can come out on top.

Vivid direction and a superb supporting cast—including a notably nasty Josh Brolin in a standout turn as a corrupt cop—make American Gangster “a new American classic” (Ben Lyons, E!).

*(1989, Best Supporting Actor, Glory; 2001, Best Actor, Training Day)
**(2000, Best Actor, Gladiator)

Cast

• Harris Savides
• Josh Brolin
• Steven Zallian
• John Hawkes
• Lymari Nadal
• Roger Guenveur Smith
• Russell Crowe
• Chiwetel Ejiofor

• Pietro Scalia
• Denzel Washington
• Ted Levine
• Marc Streitenfeld
• Brian Grazer
• Ridley Scott
• Ridley Scott

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