UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF AMERICAN GANGSTER

UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF AMERICAN GANGSTER

TO BENEFIT BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA AND BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MOUNT VERNON

AT APOLLO THEATER IN HARLEM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2007

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: The world premiere of the drama AMERICAN GANGSTER

WHO: AMERICAN GANGSTER director/producer Ridley Scott; producer Brian
Grazer; cast members Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel
Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Josh Brolin, Ted Levine, Armand
Assante, John Ortiz, RZA, Lymari Nadal, Yul Vazquez, Idris Elba,
Carla Gugino, Joe Morton, Common, Roger Guenveur Smith, T.I.
Harris, Kadee Strickland, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Melissa Hill and
Ruby Dee; screenwriter Steven Zaillian

Plus many additional celebrity guests.

WHERE: Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street
New York City, NY

WHEN: Friday, October 19, 2007
5:30 PM Press Call Time
6:30 PM Celebrity Arrivals
7:30 PM Screening Begins

AMERICAN GANGSTER arrives in theaters nationwide on Friday, November 2, 2007.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact:

Source: Universal Pictures

CONTACT: Television-Radio, Stacey Zarro, +1-212-445-3804; or
Print-Photographers, Damion Stene, +1-212-445-3833; or On-Line, Lindsey
Mesenbourg, +1-818-777-4758; or Boys & Girls Clubs of America,
Jan Still-Lindeman, +1-404-487-5739

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