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About
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Theatrical
Nov 2, 2007
Box Office
$269.8M
Budget
$100.0M
Return
2.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 19, 2008
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions
Keywords
new york city
drug trafficking
nightclub
junkie
ghetto
heroin
vietnam
gangster
drug smuggling
society
ambition
rise and fall
cop
organized crime
drug dealing
police corruption
wedding
police detective
family
surveillance
bribery
law enforcement
aftercreditsstinger
dishonesty
1960s
provocative
violence
suspenseful
intense
brisk
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Cast
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Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe
Richie Roberts
Josh Brolin
Detective Trupo
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Huey Lucas
C
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Nicky Barnes
L
Lymari Nadal
Eva
T
Ted Levine
Lou Toback
A
Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano
J
John Ortiz
Javier J. Rivera
J
John Hawkes
Freddie Spearman
R
RZA
Moses Jones
Y
Yul Vazquez
Alfonso Abruzzo
R
Ruby Dee
Mama Lucas
Idris Elba
Tango
Carla Gugino
Laurie Roberts
J
Joe Morton
Charlie Williams
C
Common
Turner Lucas
R
Ritchie Coster
Joey Sadano
J
Jon Polito
Rossi
K
Kevin Corrigan
Campizi
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There are two sides to the American dream.
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Confrontation and Tension Among Characters
Richie:
And you would know that how? Why? Cause your head is stuck up your fucking ass?
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