Nicholas Pileggi

American Gangster -- Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with Director Ridley Scott in this powerful epic inspired by a true story. American Gangster is 'a gritty masterpiece' (GQ).

City Hall -- He's a consummate politician who walks a mile in your shoes, feels your pain. But there may be more to populist New York City mayor Al Pacino than meets the eye.

Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim)

Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with Director Ridley Scott in this powerful epic inspired by a true story. American Gangster is "a gritty masterpiece" (GQ).

Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with Director Ridley Scott in this powerful epic inspired by a true story. American Gangster is "a gritty masterpiece" (GQ).

Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts sets out to bring down Lucas's empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation.

Non-stop action and comedy ensue when a loveable small-time crook's dreams of hitting it big are interrupted when two strangers - his kids - suddenly appear on his doorstep.

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition, white-hot passion and 24-karat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice.

He's a consummate politician who walks a mile in your shoes, feels your pain. But there may be more to populist New York City mayor Al Pacino than meets the eye.

He's a consummate politician who walks a mile in your shoes, feels your pain. But there may be more to populist New York City mayor Al Pacino than meets the eye.

He's a consummate politician who walks a mile in your shoes, feels your pain. But there may be more to populist New York City mayor Al Pacino than meets the eye.

John Cusack (HIGH FIDELITY, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH) stars as the dedicated deputy mayor to popular New York City mayor, Academy Award-winner Al Pacino (INSOMNIA, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY). When a shooting in Brooklyn escalates into a citywide scandal, Cusack discovers that the road to the truth has many detours. This powerful political drama stars Bridget Fonda (A SIMPLE PLAN, JACKIE BROWN), Oscar-winner Martin Landau (THE MAJESTIC, READY TO RUMBLE), Oscar-nominee and Emmy-winner Danny Aiello (2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY, THE PROFESSIONAL), and Oscar-nominees David Paymer (STATE AND MAIN, BAIT) and Tony Franciosa (THE DROWNING POOL, A HATFUL OF RAIN).