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"American Gangster" Movie Trailer

Unread post by 'X' » June 9th, 2007, 3:55 pm




Looks like the brutha Denzel has another memorable performance...

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Unread post by KINGFEAR62 » June 9th, 2007, 4:43 pm

looks like its gonna be a great movie

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Unread post by Old Shatterhand » June 9th, 2007, 7:33 pm

I think they should have gotten Combs for the lead role.

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Unread post by andrew » June 10th, 2007, 4:50 pm

combs?hes an awful actor!!! you are either a whiteboy or on crack.....just watch carlitos way part 2 and youll see....better yet read the book first and you wouldnt forgive him for botching the storyline so bad and making up some role for himself bein a some kind of fantasy badass

shit they shoulda used samuel l or that guy who played bonadfide on blood in blood out

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Unread post by Old Shatterhand » June 10th, 2007, 6:32 pm

I don't do drugs Andrew. And I am a white man not a white boy. I liked the way he handled himself in MADE. It was a gangster comedy and he came off well in that movie. Check it out. They made a good choice but it's all so predictable to me. Samuel would have been a better one in my opinion.
andrew wrote:combs?hes an awful actor!!! you are either a whiteboy or on crack.....just watch carlitos way part 2 and youll see....better yet read the book first and you wouldnt forgive him for botching the storyline so bad and making up some role for himself bein a some kind of fantasy badass

shit they shoulda used samuel l or that guy who played bonadfide on blood in blood out

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Unread post by perongregory » June 10th, 2007, 9:33 pm

hell no they shouldn't use puffy, he don't got the depth...Denzel probably tore the role up.

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Unread post by $outhPhillypuppet » June 10th, 2007, 9:36 pm

perongregory wrote:hell no they shouldn't use puffy, he don't got the depth...Denzel probably tore the role up.
Denzel always rip that ish up.

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Unread post by jeff » June 13th, 2007, 1:23 am

wow, a movie i might actually go to the theatre to see.

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Unread post by alexalonso » June 17th, 2007, 1:50 am

Old Shatterhand wrote:I think they should have gotten Combs for the lead role.
Did you see him in the new Carlito's Way? he is a terrible actor.

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Unread post by Old Shatterhand » June 17th, 2007, 5:26 pm

Yes. I agree he was terrible in what was an otherwise good movie. I'm now taking the statement that Combs should have gotten the lead role back... lol. I can see I'm out voted by a WIDE margin. I wonder how Laurence Fishburne might have handled the role though?
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Old Shatterhand wrote:I think they should have gotten Combs for the lead role.
Did you see him in the new Carlito's Way? he is a terrible actor.

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Unread post by KINGFEAR62 » June 17th, 2007, 5:58 pm

puffy cant play a gangsta in any movie

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Unread post by Richboy17 » June 18th, 2007, 7:28 am

KINGFEAR62 wrote:puffy cant play a gangsta in any movie
He never really motivated in movies, hes like too laid back.

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Unread post by Noog » June 19th, 2007, 3:53 am

Looks like puffy had probs playing gangster in movies and life he he. Glad its Denzel, he's a very good actor, very good, thats why its him, mans can move betwen roles like fluid, he's talent.

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Unread post by NICKELS » June 19th, 2007, 11:48 pm

alexalonso wrote:
Old Shatterhand wrote:I think they should have gotten Combs for the lead role.
Did you see him in the new Carlito's Way? he is a terrible actor.
AGREED ...TERRIBLE ,

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Unread post by NICKELS » June 19th, 2007, 11:52 pm

KINGFEAR62 wrote:puffy cant play a gangsta in any movie
HE DONT HAVE A CLUE WHAT IT IS TO BE A GANGSTER , UNLESS YOU COUNT BEING ASTORTIONED AND SLAPPED AROUND BY THEM AND PAYING THEM TO PROTECT YOU , CAUSE ALL THAT , HAS HAPPEN TO P . DIDDY......HE CAN LEARN FROM THAT....LOL

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Unread post by Aquafresh » June 21st, 2007, 6:23 pm

What person/events is this based off of?

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Unread post by BuCCyBlue » June 21st, 2007, 6:39 pm

Aquafresh wrote:What person/events is this based off of?

Frank Lucas was a heroin dealer in Harlem in the early 1970s. He claims to have grossed $1 million a day selling drugs on 116th Street.[1] Federal judge Sterling Johnson, who was special narcotics prosecutor in New York at the time of Lucas's crimes, called Lucas's operation "one of the most outrageous international dope-smuggling gangs ever . . . an innovator who got his own connection outside the U.S. and then sold the stuff himself in the street."[1]

He is particularly remembered for the "Cadaver Connection," in which the coffins of dead American servicemen being returned from Vietnam would also include a dozen or so kilos of 98% pure heroin.

In 1976, Lucas was convicted of both federal and (New Jersey) state drug violations, and sentenced to 70 years in prison. The next year he began giving evidence that led to the convictions of more than 100 other drug criminals, and in 1981 he was released from jail for his cooperation. Two years later he was arrested once again and charged with conspiring to distribute heroin. In 1984 he was found guilty of the new charge and sentenced to seven years in prison.[2][3]

Actor Denzel Washington will portray Frank Lucas in the film American Gangster directed by Ridley Scott, due for release on November 2, 2007.

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Unread post by NICKELS » June 23rd, 2007, 10:08 pm

HE WAS CALLED " SUPER FLY " A TERM HE CREATED FOR HISSELF , HE WAS PROUD TO BE AN INDEPENDANT BLACK HUSTLER , WITH NO ITALIAN OR LATIN CONNECTION ,

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Re: "American Gangster" Movie Trailer

Unread post by Lawsth07 » January 22nd, 2019, 2:38 am

Oh! Thanks for this. I am already looking for new movies and shows to add in my list. I was about to finish shows by Andy Yeatman and thought of finding more online. These shows are fantastic and I feel bad that they are going to get over soon.

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