Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe leans against a period car on the Brooklyn set of his new movie, Universal Pictures' "American Gangster" on Aug. 4, 2006.
Ridley Scott, back to camera, gives direction to actor Russell Crowe on set during the filming of Universal Pictures' "American Gangster" on Aug. 4, 2006, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Scott's crime drama is about a drug lord who uses returning Vietnam vets to smuggle heroin into Harlem in 1970s.
Actor Russell Crowe, playing a police detective, is behind the wheel of a car as he films a scene from Universal Pictures' "American Gangster" on Aug. 4, 2006, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Actor Russell Crowe crosses the street on the set of his latest movie, "American Gangster," on Aug. 4, 2006, in Brooklyn. The movie, to be released next year, stars another Academy Award-winner as well, actor Denzel Washington.
Actor Russell Crowe, playing a police detective, films a scene for director Ridley Scott's "American Gangster" on Aug. 4, 2006, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Scott previously directed Crowe in 2000's "Gladiator."
Actor Russell Crowe appears on set during the filming of Universal Pictures' "American Gangster" on Aug. 4, 2006, in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Australian actor won the Best Actor Oscar in 2001 for "Gladiator" and was nominated for his roles in "The Insider" and "A Beautiful Mind."
A director's chair with Russell Crowe's name on it sits on the Brooklyn set of his latest movie, Ridley Scott's "American Gangster," on Aug. 4, 2006l. The movie, due for release in 2007, is being filmed this month in New York.