Film Genre Research

Image result for american gangster awardsAmerican Gangster is a film about Frank Lucas, a Harlem drug dealers rise to power in the corrupt 1970's New York. The movie opens up to three mysterious men. You cant tell who they are or what they look like because shadows cover there faces. There is screaming and sirens in the background. It cuts to a mid shot of a man poring gasoline on another man tied up in a chair. He then lights him on fire, and the screen goes black. No job titles are shown in the opening scene. American Gangster had a budget of 100 million dollars and it grossed 266.5 million at the box office. It won many awards, including a BET award for best actor.


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