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What do you think of monopoliesYou mean like the gameNo I just think monopolies were made illegal in the country frank'cause nobody wants to compete you knowNobody wants to compete not with a
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American Gangster

You're paying what? Seventy-five? Eighty thousand a kilo? I'm a Renaissance Man too. I'll...

Dominic Cattano:
What do you think of monopolies?Frank Lucas:You mean like the game?Dominic Cattano:Nah, I just think that monopolies are made illegal in the country, Frank, 'cause Nobody wants to compete. Y'know? Nobody wants to compete. Not with a monopoly. I mean, you let the dairy farmers do that, right? They'd be out of business tomorrow.Frank Lucas:Just tryin' to make a livin'.Dominic Cattano:'Course you are right. Everyone's right. It's America. We just can't do it at that unreasonable expense of others. Because then it becomes un-American. That's why the price we pay for that gallon of milk could never represent the true cost of production 'cause It's Gotta be controlled, right? It's got to be set. It's Gotta be fair.Frank Lucas:Gotta be controlled by who? I set a price that I think is fair.Dominic Cattano:I don't think it's fair.Frank Lucas:You don't?Dominic Cattano:I don't think it's fair.Frank Lucas:I think it's fair.Dominic Cattano:I know your customers are happy Frank. Bunch of fuckin' junkies that they are. What about your fellow dairy farmers out here, Frank? Are You thinkin' of us? You thinkin' of them?Frank Lucas:Dairy farmers?Dominic Cattano:Yeah.Frank Lucas:I'm thinking of them, Dominic, about as much as they've ever thought about me.Dominic Cattano:I'm just thinking out loud now. If you took some of your inventory, Frank, and you sold it wholesale, we could work. We could do some distribution.Frank Lucas:I dunno. I'm pretty good, Dominic. Yannow, I've got 110th to 155th-river to river-I'm alright.Dominic Cattano:Well that's kind of a mom and pop store next to what I'm talking about. I mean, Let's go at least bigger than K-mart. I'm talking about L.A. Chicago. Detroit. Las Vegas. Let's go nation-wide. Yannow. I'm gonna guarantee you peace of mind here. You're gonna want that. You're gonna need it. I don't know how you view me. Y'know, I'm kinda a Renaissance Man, Frank. Y'know, people I deal with on a daily basis, t-t-They're not enlightened, Frank. You talk to them about Civil Rights, they don't know, Y'know? They're not open to things. Not from the way things are done. And who's doin' it? I talk to them, there's just no misunderstandings. And that's what I mean. Buy you peace of mind. Yeah.Frank Lucas:You're paying what? Seventy-five? Eighty thousand a kilo? I'm a Renaissance Man too. I'll consider fifty thousand

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What do you think of monopolies
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You mean like the game
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No I just think monopolies were made illegal in the country frank
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'cause nobody wants to compete you know
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Nobody wants to compete not with a monopoly
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I mean you let the dairy farmers do that
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half of them would be out of business tomorrow
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Just trying to make a living
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That's your right I mean it's everyone's right It's america
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We just can't do it at the unreasonable expense of others
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'Cause then it becomes UN American
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That's why the price we pay for that gallon of milk
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could never represent the true cost of production
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'cause it's got to be controlled
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It's gotta be set It's gotta be fair
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Gotta be controlled by who
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I set a price that I think is fair
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I don't think it's fair You don't
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I don't think it's fair I think it's fair
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I mean I know your customers are happy frank
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bunch of fucking junkies that they are
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But we fellow dairy farmers out here frank are you thinking of us
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You thinking of them
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The dairy farmers
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I'm thinking of them Dominic
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about as much as they've ever thought about me
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I'm just thinking out loud now
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If you took some of your inventory frank and you sold it wholesale
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We could work
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We could do some distribution
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I don't know I'm pretty good Dominic
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You know I got 110th 155th river to river
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I'm all right
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That's kind of a mom and pop store
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next to what I'm talking about
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I mean let's go at least bigger than kmart
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I'm talking about la Chicago Detroit Las Vegas
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Let's go nationwide huh
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I'm gonna guarantee you your peace of mind here You don't want that
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You're going to need it
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I don't know how you view me you know
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I'm kind of a renaissance man frank
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You know the people I deal with on a daily basis
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you know they're not enlightened frank
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You talk to them about civil rights they don't know you know
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They're not open to change
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Not from the way things are done and who's doing it
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I talk to them there's just no misunderstandings
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And that's what I mean by your peace of mind
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You're paying what 75 000 80 000 a kilo
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I'm a renaissance man too
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I'll consider 50 000
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Duration
146 seconds
Views
4,852
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:13
Uploaded
Feb 20, 2026
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Production
Film Rites,Imagine Entertainment,Universal Pictures,Relativity Media,Scott Free Productions

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Movie Summary

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Actors

Armand Assante
Dominic Cattano
Denzel Washington
Frank Lucas