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American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian.The film is 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 ...
Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia.
Keep reading to test your knowledge of the net worths of some of the world's most famous movie stars. Last updated: July 9, 2021 Closing Ceremony, 77th Venice Film Festival, Italy - 12 Sep 2020
In the 1999 film Life, musician Rick James plays a Harlem gangster, "Spanky Johnson", who was loosely inspired by Bumpy Johnson. In the 2007 film American Gangster, Johnson is portrayed by Clarence Williams III. In the 2018 Netflix documentary series Drug Lords, Johnson was featured in the third episode of the first season.
In fact, he earned a salary of $60 million for his work on The Little Things alone, and the success of American Gangster earned him a whopping $40 million. Meanwhile, Man on Fire and Out of Time ...
This legacy is bolstered by the film American Gangster in 2007; however, crime historian Ron Chepesiuk states that Roberts "was a minor figure in the Lucas investigation; the idea that Roberts was the key official in bringing Lucas down is Hollywood's imagination."
Khun Sa is portrayed by Ric Young in the 2007 film American Gangster. Khun Sa is mentioned in Hong Kong movie To Be Number One in which real life triad boss Ng Sik-ho connects to him circa 1973 in order to supply Hong Kong domestic supply and export. The film includes footage of Khun Sa.
Josh James Brolin (/ ˈ b r oʊ l ɪ n /; born February 12, 1968) [1] [2] is an American actor. A son of actor James Brolin, he gained fame in his youth for his role in the adventure film The Goonies (1985). After years of decline, Brolin had a resurgence with his starring role in the crime film No Country for Old Men (2007).