American Gangster

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biographical film crime drama film film

American Gangster is a 2007 crime drama film starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe that chronicles the rise and fall of Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas in 1970s New York City.

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Label Occurrences
American Gangster canonical 35
American Gangster (2007 film) 3
film "American Gangster" 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
awardNominationRecipient Denzel Washington ⓘ
Ruby Dee ⓘ
basedOn the criminal career of Frank Lucas ⓘ
boxOffice 266500000 USD ⓘ
budget 100000000 USD ⓘ
castMember Armand Assante ⓘ
Chiwetel Ejiofor ⓘ
Cuba Gooding Jr. ⓘ
Idris Elba ⓘ
John Ortiz ⓘ
Josh Brolin ⓘ
Lymari Nadal ⓘ
RZA ⓘ
Ruby Dee ⓘ
Ted Levine ⓘ
cinematographer Harris Savides ⓘ
composer Marc Streitenfeld ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ridley Scott ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor Pietro Scalia ⓘ
extendedCutRuntime 176 minutes ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
gangster film ⓘ
mainCharacter Frank Lucas ⓘ
Richie Roberts ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
narrativeFocus rise and fall of drug lord Frank Lucas ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Bumpy Johnson ⓘ
Frank Lucas ⓘ
Nicky Barnes ⓘ
Richie Roberts ⓘ
producer Brian Grazer ⓘ
Ridley Scott ⓘ
productionCompany Imagine Entertainment ⓘ
releaseDate 2007-11-02 ⓘ
releaseYear 2007 ⓘ
runtime 157 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Steven Zaillian ⓘ
setInLocation Harlem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1970s ⓘ
starring Denzel Washington ⓘ
Russell Crowe ⓘ
theme drug trafficking ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
police corruption ⓘ

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