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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rated by buyers R (Restricted)
Type of bind: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN num: 0025193228024
Format: Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Quantity: 2
Publishing house: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Running Time: 174 minutes
Sale Popularity Level: 625
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is 'a brutal and brilliant film' (Pete Hammond, Maxim)
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Ridley Scott puts on his 'sweeping saga' gameface again, this time not for the sci-fi vistas of Blade Runner or the ancient world of Gladiator but for an urban epic. American Gangster gives the story of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a real-life Harlem crime lord who built an empire on Southeast Asian heroin in the 1970s. Running parallel to Lucas's somewhat standard story is the investigation led by a persistent New Jersey cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). Roberts is a more interesting character than Lucas--too honest for his own good, unlucky in his personal life--and this kind of character, easily patronized by others, fits Crowe like a polyester shirt. Scott's tendency to hit his points square on the noggin is much in evidence here, including the typecasting of the supporting roles and the predictable Serpico atmosphere of the whole thing. (And speaking of supporting actors, the film needs more Chiwetel Ejiofor, whose role as a Lucas sidekick feels cut down.) It succeeds as a kind of chewy entertainment, fueled by the presence of two big stars working their muscles. Both Washington and Crowe look pretty brawny here. --Robert Horton
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This movie is great! The wait was worth it. It took so long for the Blu-ray release but everything about it is top notch!
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The movie itself was amazing. I love most movies With Denzel Washington in them. For some reason though, the HD side of my disc would not play. It is almost like the manufacturer just did not put any data on the HD side. When you look at the HD side of the disc, there is no line where the data stops. The SD side works fine though. Unfortunately, I did not actually endeavor to play the HD side on my HD DVD player until long after the return policy was up. This was probably just an isolated incident which is why I still gave it 4 stars. The movie itself is definitely 5 stars. Be sure you check both sides of the disc within the time limit of the return policy. Besides that, enjoy this great movie!
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The positive reviews' already written says it all. The scene where Denzel's Lucas burns the $50,000 Chinchilla coat said it all for me. See what happen's when you show off? You draw unwanted attention to yourself! Lucas was on top of the world and still ended up in jail, his family in ruins. Great film (and object lesson) for the interested.
I rate this movie: 5 stars!
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Ridley Scott's American Gangster is a gritty portrait of the New York drug underworld in the early 1970's. With great performances by both DenzelWashington as drug kingpin Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as cop Richie Roberts the film takes on both the gangster lifestyle and the currupt police problem of New York.
The film has all the earmarks of an epic. The story written by Steve Zaillian, while a bit long at times, effectively portrays life on the streets at the time period. The camara work by Harris Savides is both gritty and dark.
The disc I viewed was the HD DVD and while presenting a great picture and sound field is not without its problems. Now that HD has fallen to Blu Ray this may just be a passing footnote to the industry. The disc presents both the HD movie and the standard definition extended cut( some 18 minutes of additional scenes). Both versions present an audio commentary by Scott and Zaillian which is very informative. Scott takes on the problems of filmmaking on such an extensive project while Zaillian talks about the writing.
The HD special features include the deleted scenes that were placed back into the extended version and a five minute featurette with the real Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. The problem is that this is all that is included as extras. The standard definition disc have many more additional features that are not included in the more expensive HD package.
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