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Film Description
A collection of the very best contemporary gangster films, featuring Mean Streets (1973), Scarface (1983), Carlito's Way (1993), Casino (1995) and American Gangster (2007).
In 'American Gangster' (2007), when his boss dies, underworld driver Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) seizes his chance and begins to build his own criminal empire. Utilising the bodies of dead US soldiers, Lucas begins importing heroin direct from South-East Asia, increasing purity on the street, and undercutting his rivals in one swoop. Before long he's amassed a fortune, bringing him to the attention of maverick policeman Ritchie Roberts (Russell Crowe), an honest cop in an otherwise corrupt force, who makes it his business to shut Lucas down.
In 'Scarface' (1983), up-and-coming gangster Tony Montana (Al Pacino) arrives in Miami as a Cuban refugee. With his friend Manny (Stephen Bauer), Tony carries out a hit on a politician, earning him the gratitude of drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia). Tony rises rapidly in the 'organization', but courts disaster when he becomes involved with Lopez' cocaine-addicted wife, Elvira (Michelle Pfeiffer).
In 'Casino' (1995), director Martin Scorsese casts Robert De Niro as Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, the mob's frontman for a billion dollar Las Vegas casino. The story begins in 1973; Ace falls for hooker Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), while boyhood companion Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci) is appointed as his muscle at the club. Over the years various jealousies surface and erupt in a series of violent betrayals and, ultimately, the destruction of Rothstein's empire.
In 'Carlito's Way' (1993), Carlito (Al Pacino) is a Hispanic drugs boss just released from prison. Determined to go straight and move to the Bahamas with his girlfriend, Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), Carlito is tempted back to the wrong side of the law by his lawyer, nerdish coke-head David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn), for 'one last job'. Brian De Palma directs this visually eloquent film about a man's inevitable tragic demise with his familiar penchant for the big set piece and violent action.
Finally, in 'Mean Streets' (1973), four Italian-Americans from New York's lower East Side hang around at a local bar. Charlie (Harvey Keitel), the most responsible of the group, tries to protect his girlfriend's cousin Johnny Boy (Robert De Niro) from the local debt collectors, but his young charge seems determined to live fast and die young. Heavily influenced by the French New Wave, 'Mean Streets' provided the first high-profile success for director Martin Scorsese and star Robert De Niro.
American Gangster: Extended Version, Feature commentary with director Ridley Scott and writer Steven Zaillian
Fallen Empire: Making American Gangster
Tru Blu - The Real Story – in depth look at the true story
Killer Threads – A look at the costumes and world of the 70s
Crime War - Follow production from New York to Thailand
Into the Arena - Setting up the infamous Ali vs. Frazier fight
Rhythm of the Streets - Sound, Music, and Editing
Case Files: Script Meeting, Heroin Test Show and Tell, Setting up the Takedown
Deleted Scenes – including an alternate opening
The BET Special: The Making of American Gangster
Dateline NBC: American Gangster First Look
Hip Hop Infusion
Music Videos: Theatrical Trailer
32 Page Exclusive American Gangster Booklet. Carlito’s Way: Making-of
Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailer. Casino: Moments with Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone, Nicholas Pileggi and more: Audio commentary with Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker, Barbara De Fina, Nicholas Pileggi, Rita Ryack, Frank Vincent, and Sharon Stone
Casino: The Story
The Cast & Characters
The Look
After the Filming
Vegas & the Mob
History Alive: True Crime Authors - The History Channel highlights the career of writer Nicholas Pileggi
Deleted Scenes. Mean Streets: Director Commentary by Martin Scorsese
Vintage Featurette: Martin Scorsese back on the block
Trailer. Scarface: Deleted Scenes
The Rebirth of Scarface
Acting Scarface
Creating Scarface
Scarface: The TV Version
Theatrical Trailer
Teaser Trailer
Def Jam Presents: Origins of a Hip Hop classic
'Remastered Producer’s Mix’ with new sound effects
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Brian de Palma's version of Scarface, Universal have issued an impressive 10-disc collection including several of the most strikin... more >
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Brian de Palma's version of Scarface, Universal have issued an impressive 10-disc collection including several of the most striking films in the gangster genre, including Carlito's Way, American Gangster and Mean Streets (as well as Scarface, of course). It's a cherishable set, loaded with impressive extras: one wonders if De Palma and Pacino have observed the way their film (which is both fascinated and repelled by its murderous cokehead anti-hero) has made Tony Montana a role model for the hip-hop generation, with a million posters? But we can't blame the filmmakers for that - their intentions were clear! < less
