American GangsterMark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Year | 2007 |
Country | USA , United Kingdom  |
Premiere | |
Budget | $100 000 000 |
Box | in world | $267 975 037 | USA | $130 164 645 | In other countries | $136 300 392 | Russia | $1 510 000 |
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DVD | 11.11.2008 |
Blu-Ray | 22.02.2011 |
Duration | 02:37 |
Storyline
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.