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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN. EAN: 0025193228024 Format: Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Universal Studios Home Entertainment MPN: 61032280 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 19, 2008 Running Time: 174 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: November 02, 2007 Editorial Review: Product Description: 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.System Requirements:Running Time: 174 minutes Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/CRIME & CRIMINALS Rating: NR UPC: 025193228024 Manufacturer No: 61032280 Amazon.com: 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 Beyond American Gangster on DVD
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 Rating: - American Gangster - Blu-ray InfoVersion: U.S.A / Region A, B, C VC-1 BD-50 / Advanced Profile 3 / U-Control (Advanced Profile 2) Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Disc size: 48,70 GB DTS-HD Master Audio English 4010 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 3934kbps (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 1536kbps) DTS Audio French 768 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit / 768kbps Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps ... Read More Rating:  - Can ya feel me!!!On another film I reviewed on Amazon, I said that I only follow directors and not actors. Here, I'll make two strong exceptions. But, first let me digress a moment to applaud Mr. Scott for yet another great film. There are directors who I look upon as the infrastructure--the superhighways--on today's movie landscape. Spielberg, Cameron, Scorsese, Scott (Tony), Lynne, Tarantino, Greengrass, Nolan, Greenaway, Tykwer, Verhoeven, Noe, Amoldavar, Jackson, Inarritu, Anno, Lee--when I see these names attached ... Read More Rating: - Does Mr. Washington have any bad movies?Apparently not. This man is the greatest living hollywood actor that i know of. He puts mind, heart, spirit and soul into his roles, his whole self it seems. With each movie ive seen, he alone makes the movie, even if its not a masterpiece (john Q), he alone, his very performance, is worth the price of admission to get a seat in a packed theater. American Ganster is no exception. A well done inspiring picture that tells the story of a man living outside of the law, who desired ... Read More Rating: - A true story about the 60's and 70's drug tradeI never knew about this true account of how drugs were brought in the USA during the late 60's and 70's.The acting and story are brilliant.I just got done watching the film,and I can't wait to see it again. Rating: - THE ACADEMY WAS OUT TO LUNCHIt's a disgrace that this movie wasn't nominated for Best Picture last year. An absolutely riveting story very well told and acted. It held my interest from beginning to end. It's everything I want in a movie. Thanks to all involved, I appreciated it. |
