American Gangster (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Ridley Scott

Escritores (WGA):

Steven Zaillian (written by)
Mark Jacobson (article)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

2 noviembre 2007 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama

Frase comercial:

There are two sides to the American dream.

Plot:

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.

Plot Keywords:

Heroin | Harlem | Death | Vietnam | Mafia

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 28 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Detractors of this film were fooled by the trailer.

US TV Schedule:

Thur. July 9	8:00 PM	HBO
Sun. July 12	3:15 AM	HBO
Wed. July 15	12:30 AM	HBO

Reparto

Denzel Washington	...	Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe	...	Richie Roberts
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Huey Lucas
Josh Brolin	...	Detective Trupo
Lymari Nadal	...	Eva
Ted Levine	...	Lou Toback
Roger Guenveur Smith	...	Nate
John Hawkes	...	Freddie Spearman
RZA	...	Moses Jones
Yul Vazquez	...	Alfonso Abruzzo
Malcolm Goodwin	...	Jimmy Zee
Ruby Dee	...	Mama Lucas
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	...	Doc
Carla Gugino	...	Laurie Roberts
Skyler Fortgang	...	Michael Roberts

También conocida como:

The Return of Superfly (USA) (working title)
Tru Blu (USA) (original script title)
Gánster americano (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Uruguay) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality.

Duración:

157 min | USA:176 min (unrated version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

UK:18 | Netherlands:16 | Germany:16 | Ireland:16 | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #43495) | Finland:K-15 | Taiwan:R-18 (original rating) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | Japan:R-15 | France:U (with warning) | Hong Kong:IIB | Malaysia:18PL | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | Peru:14 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA

Compañía:

Universal Pictures

Trivialidades:

Antoine Fuqua was originally set to direct this project in 2004 with Denzel Washington and Benicio Del Toro starring, but production was halted one month before shooting after Universal Pictures canceled the film over budget concerns.

Errores:

Anacronismos: Just after Frank hears the news of the imminent fall of Saigon on TV and goes to ring his contact, we see a modern car drive past the window.

Citas:

[first lines]
Bumpy Johnson: Happy Thanksgiving!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "HBO First Look: The Making of 'American Gangster' (#14.27)" (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

Hold On I'm Comin'

Detractors of this film were fooled by the trailer.

American Gangster has been really hated upon in many of the former posts I have read. Yet it seems like they are all saying the same thing, that Gangster didn't have enough action and was really drawn out. Anyone who has every seen a Ridley Scott film will know that his films are long! Blade Runner, A Good Year, Matchstick Men, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, G.I. Jane, Thelma and Louis, and Alien all ran for at least two hours or more, so big surprise there guys. In addition Scott didn't set out to film another scarface, he set out to tell a story not just about Frank Lucas but rather a tale of corruption and how pervasive it is. One user commented that this film had many side story lines that "bloated" the story. This is completely untrue as every "side story" is actually the overarching story about the fight against corruption in every facet of life, even Frank Lucas attempts several times to eradicate the corruption in his organization.

Over all this is a great film which really gets into every nook and cranny of an issue. Don't see this film if your just looking for cheap thrills, this is a thinking film about the pervasive dishonesty of our culture.

I gave this film 8 stars because i could find nothing solid that detracted from it, but rather a slew of minor details which gradually brought its score down. But I will put this film in my top films for the year, if only because I have been immensely unsatisfied with the bulk of releases this year.