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American Gangster

Picking Nits

Frank’s market position, lack of consequences, unclear chronology, family awareness, and fabricated epilogue are challenged

In the discussion (8)
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  • Frank’s superior direct supply should have let him eliminate Harlem competition
  • Territory and distribution relationships are offered as constraints on expansion
  • Frank faces no repercussions for shooting Tango in public
  • Harlem loyalty is offered as an explanation for the silence
  • Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are shown together before their real relationship and before Keaton was well known
  • The chronology is too unclear about whether scenes are weeks or years apart
  • Frank’s mother knowing he sells drugs is criticized as disconnected from the movie’s reality
  • The closing-title claims are mocked for extending the film’s fabrications