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American Gangster
American Gangster
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Rewatchables episodes featuring Armand Assante’s films
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- Armand Assante is offered as the Judd Nelson-style overacting choice and criticized as excessively broad — Chris Ryan
What’s Aged the Worst?
Poor athlete doubles, historical inaccuracies, Armand Assante concerns, the title, and an excessively racist prosecutor scene
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- The Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier doubles have aged poorly — Bill Simmons
- The Wilt Chamberlain double is also criticized — Bill Simmons
- Joe Morton’s stylized mustache is criticized, though the real subject may have worn it
- Armand Assante playing the Italian mob boss is initially criticized on mistaken ethnicity grounds
- Research establishing Assante’s Italian and Irish ancestry retracts that objection — Bill Simmons
- The romance between Frank and Eva is judged underdeveloped — Chris Ryan
- Blue Magic is proposed as a better title than American Gangster
- No-knock warrants have aged poorly — Van Lathan
- The prosecutor’s racist dialogue during the coffin search is criticized as excessive and dramatically crude — Van Lathan
Most Rewatchable Scene
Frank killing Tango; the final Frank–Richie interview; Frank bringing his family to Harlem; the Bangkok material
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- The opening, with Frank setting a man on fire and shooting him, is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Richie and Javier debating whether to turn in $987,000 is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Richie screaming during his custody dispute is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Frank’s Bangkok and Golden Triangle trip is nominated as material that could sustain a whole film
- Jake’s unraveling, corpse transport, and leap from a moving vehicle are nominated — Bill Simmons
- The Blue Magic manufacturing montage is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Richie’s courtroom work and kitchen encounter with his lawyer are nominated
- Frank killing Tango is the scene said to live on beyond the film
- Stringer Bell’s death in The Wire is preferred as Idris Elba’s best screen death — Chris Ryan
- The family audience and Tango’s refusal to pay are debated as reasons Frank shoots him — Van Lathan
- Richie reclaiming the seized money from Trupo is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Frank’s party outburst and piano assault are nominated
- Stevie choosing Frank’s life over baseball is praised for Frank’s conflicted reaction — Van Lathan
- The Ali-Frazier event is nominated but criticized for its impersonators and brevity — Bill Simmons
- Trupo ruining Frank’s wedding day is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Frank selling Blue Magic to Nicky Barnes is nominated and Cuba Gooding Jr.’s controlled performance is praised
- The plane and coffin search is nominated — Bill Simmons
- The final police shootout and naked gunfight are nominated — Bill Simmons
- Frank leaving church into a mass arrest is nominated — Bill Simmons
- The final Frank-Richie interrogation is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Trupo’s suicide is nominated — Bill Simmons
- Frank killing Tango is selected as the most rewatched scene — Chris Ryan
- The final Frank-Richie interview is selected as a favorite scene — Chris Ryan
- Frank bringing his family to Harlem is selected as the most important scene — Van Lathan
- Every Denzel Washington and Armand Assante exchange is praised — Van Lathan
- The Bangkok material is producer Craig’s choice — Van Lathan
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