Tag: John Hawkes

American Gangster is a 2007 film directed by Ridley Scott. He also co-produced the film with Brian Grazer with Steven Zaillian writing the screenplay. The film is based on the book The Return of Superfly by author Mark Jacobson. American Gangster stars Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in their first lead acting roles together since 1995's Virtuosity. It also co-stars Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Ruby Dee, Lymari Nadal, Cuba Gooding Jr, Armand Assante, John Hawkes and RZA. Based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) who is a gangster from La Grange in North Carolina. He built his criminal career on smuggling heroin in the US on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War. That was until being detained by a task fo...

American Gangster is a 2007 film directed by Ridley Scott. He also co-produced the film with Brian Grazer with Steven Zaillian writing the screenplay. The film is based on the book The Return of Superfly by author Mark Jacobson. American Gangster stars Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington in their first lead acting roles together since 1995's Virtuosity. It also co-stars Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus, Ruby Dee, Lymari Nadal, Cuba Gooding Jr, Armand Assante, John Hawkes and RZA. Based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) who is a gangster from La Grange in North Carolina. He built his criminal career on smuggling heroin in the US on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War. That was until being detained by a task fo...