American Gangster


American Gangster may refer to:

  • American Gangster (film), a 2007 film by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and Josh Brolin
  • American Gangster (album), the Jay-Z album inspired by the 2007 film
  • American Gangster (TV series), a documentary series on the BET network
  • The American Gangster, a 1992 documentary film on early 20th century American gangsters
  • The American Gangster, nickname of mixed martial artist Chael Sonnen

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or gangster:

    “It seems that American patriotism measures itself against an outcast group. The right Americans are the right Americans because they’re not like the wrong Americans, who are not really Americans.”
    —Eric J. Hobsbawm (b. 1917)

    “Jim Wilson: Cops have no friends. Nobody likes a cop. On either side of the law. Nobody.
    Captain Brawley: Is that what you want? People to like you? Then you’re in the wrong business and you ought to get out.
    Jim Wilson: It’s the only job I know. Has been for eleven years now.
    Captain Brawley: Then make up your mind to be a cop. Not a gangster with a badge.”
    —A.I. (Albert Isaac)