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Aug 2020

50m 34s

11: American Gangster, Part 1

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About this episode

Dave and Joanna talk about this fast-paced but very long film with so many cameos but maybe too many characters. Denzel gives a stellar performance as real-life gangster Frank Louis, but how much is real is up for debate . . . after all, gangsters aren’t known for being entirely truthful.

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Truth vs Hollywood’s theme is “Temples” by Six Umbrellas. Music in this episode is “Distilled” by Nctrnm; “Passages” by Kai Engel; and “I Bet You Wonder Why” by Lee Rosevere.

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