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Universal Pictures |
Release Date:
November 2, 2007
Summary:
Nobody used to notice Frank Lucas, the quiet driver for one of the inner city's leading black crime bosses. But when his boss suddenly dies, Frank exploits the opening in the power structure to build his own empire and create his own version of the American Dream. Through ingenuity and a strict business ethic, he comes to rule the inner-city drug trade and floods the streets with a purer product at a better price. Lucas outplays all of the leading crime syndicates and becomes not only one of the city's mainline corrupters, but part of its circle of legit civic superstars. Richie Roberts is an outcast cop close enough to the streets to feel a shift of control in the drug underworld. Roberts believes someone is climbing the rungs above the known Mafia families and starts to suspect that a black power player has come from nowhere to dominate the scene. Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, which makes them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men will become intertwined as they approach a confrontation in which only one of them can come out on top. [Universal]
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Details
| Runtime: | 157 min |
| Rating: | Rated R for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality. |
| Production: | Universal Pictures |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Feb 19, 2008 |
| Director | Credit |
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| Ridley Scott | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Mark Jacobson | Article "The Return Of Superfly" |
| Steven Zaillian | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Denzel Washington | Frank Lucas |
| Russell Crowe | Richie Roberts |
| Cast | Credit |
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| Carla Gugino | Laurie Roberts |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor | Huey Lucas |
| John Hawkes | Freddie Spearman |
| Josh Brolin | Detective Trupo |
| Lymari Nadal | Eva |
| Malcolm Goodwin | Jimmy Zee |
| Roger Guenveur Smith | Nate |
| Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Doc |
| Ruby Dee | Mama Lucas |
| Skyler Fortgang | Michael Roberts |
| Ted Levine | Lou Toback |
| The RZA | Moses Jones |
| Yul Vazquez | Alfonso Abruzzo |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Branko Lustig | Executive Producer |
| Brian Grazer | Producer |
| James Whitaker | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Filley | Co-Producer |
| Michael Costigan | Executive Producer |
| Nicholas Pileggi | Executive Producer |
| Ridley Scott | Producer |
| Sarah Bowen | Co-Producer |
| Steven Zaillian | Executive Producer |
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