American Gangster (2007)
Directed by Ridley Scott · Cinematography by Harris Savides
R157 min62 frames
DramaCrime
There are two sides to the American dream.
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What is American Gangster about?
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 Detective Richie Roberts.
American Gangster is a 2007 American biographical crime drama 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 Detective Richie Roberts. The film stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, with co-stars Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ruby Dee, Lymari Nadal, Cuba Gooding Jr., Armand Assante, John Hawkes and RZA.
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What does the cinematography of American Gangster look like?
Across 61 sampled frames, American Gangster builds its coverage from wide compositions (31% of the sample), with medium shots (30%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Harris Savides keeps 51% of it in soft, low-key light. 44% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of American Gangster?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of American Gangster (2007) are #32302d, #54504a, #171513, #787570, #d2d0cb, #8d8777 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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