What is American Gangster (movie)?
{{italictitle}} '''''American Gangster''''' is a 2007 [[United States|American]] [[biopic|biographical]] [[crime]] [[drama movie]]. It is set in [[New York City]], [[New Jersey]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]. [[Denzel Washington]] stars as real life [[African American]] [[Illegal drugs|drug]] smuggler [[Frank Lucas]]. [[Russell Crowe]] stars as the [[detective]] determined to stop the drug empire controlled by Lucas. The movie was released in November 2007. Despite being set in the late 1960s and the 1970s, the movie has many [[anachronism]]s. The film premiered in New York City on October 19, 2007, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 2, 2007. == Other websites == *{{imdb title|0765429}} <!--[[Category:2007 crime movies]]--> [[Category:2007 drama movies]] [[Category:2000s biographical movies]] [[Category:2000s crime drama movies]] [[Category:American biographical movies]] [[Category:American crime drama movies]] [[Category:American gangster movies]] [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:Movies about drugs]] [[Category:Movies set in New Jersey]] [[Category:Movies set in New York City]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1960s]] [[Category:Movies set in the 1970s]] [[Category:Vietnam War movies]] [[Category:Movies about the illegal drug trade]] {{movie-stub}}