Book Vs Movie: "American Gangster" (2007) Denzel Washington

<p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>The Return of Superfly</em> Vs <em>American Gangster </em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 2000</strong> <strong><em>New York</em></strong> <strong>magazine article from Mark Jacobson Vs the 2007 Ridley Scott Film</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/American_Gangster_poster.jpg" alt="" width="251" height="396" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos are heading back to NYC in the gritty 1970s talking about the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New York</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">magazine article</span> <em><a href= "https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/3649/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Return of Superfly</span></a></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by</span> <strong>Mark Jacobson</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">which appeared in their August 14, 2000 issue and was immediately bought as a film property for</span> <a href= "https://imagine-entertainment.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Imagine Entertainment</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">/</span><a href= "https://www.universalpictures.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Universal Pictures</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. It took seven years and went through many different hands before</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley_Scott"><strong>Ridley Scott</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">filmed the 2007 movie starring</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzel_Washington"><strong>Denzel Washington</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe"><strong>Russell Crowe</strong></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The story focuses on a heroin dealer from North Carolina (Frank Lucas/Washington) who came t