Product Details

• Actors: VARIOUS
• Directors: Anthony Gonzalez
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: STREET CERTIFIE
• DVD Release Date: January 8, 2008
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000V6SB3G
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,604 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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"Finally the streets gets to tell its own tale. If you want the truth about Frank Lucas from less than six degrees of separation, Superfly, is pure Pulp Nonfiction! --Sidik Fofana, Allhiphop.com

Product Description

In interviews with those who knew him and those who prosecuted him, this documentary investigates the life, times and criminal career of Frank Lucas, one-time Harlem drug leader. The documentary explores some of the claims to fame made about him in the movie, ""American Gangster,"" including his connection to La Cosa Nostra, the money he made in the drug trade and the development of the Asian drug pipeline. The film makers also investigate Lucas's controversial life as an informant. Anyone wanting to learn the real story behind the Hollywood making of the American Gangster legend should see this documentary.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Superfly, March 16, 2009

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C. Marshall "Psychologist" (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SUPERFLY: THE TRUE-UNTOLD STORY OF FRANK LUCAS THE AMERICANGANGSTER (DVD)

I appreciated this documentary on Frank Lucas. It gave me a better sense of the man's motives, criminal intelligence and his loyalty to family. It is a DVD that can be used in sociology, psychology and criminal behavior courses.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Right On the Money, February 1, 2008

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This review is from: SUPERFLY: THE TRUE-UNTOLD STORY OF FRANK LUCAS THE AMERICANGANGSTER (DVD)

This documentary is rigth on the money. It exposes frank Lucas. Frank's version of himself in the film American Gagnster is way overblown. In interviews Lucas claimed to have been a stand up guy and to have not told on anyone. Well that's not the case. This documentary exposes Frank Lucas to the core.

Micky Barnes was the cat who was really running Harlem. The people with first hand knowledge explain this in the documentary. Frank Lucas had weight and was making money but he was no where near being that person he was protrayed as being in the film "american Gangster".

The documentary also exposes some of the lies Ritchie Roberts(FBI) told.

The onlt thing that i didn't agree with is that at the end of the documentary they listed that Fat Cat was a snitch. Fat Cat wasn't a snitch. He didn't give up any information on Pappy Mason. Even Pappy Mason admits that Fat Cat's name wasn't in any of his paperwork(trail). The only person Fat Cat told on was himself. Fat Cat gave himself up and took all of the counts so his mother and sisters and family members wouldn't have to serve any time.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alot To Think About!, February 17, 2008

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Vikki (Woodbridge, NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SUPERFLY: THE TRUE-UNTOLD STORY OF FRANK LUCAS THE AMERICANGANGSTER (DVD)

Until I saw the movie "American Gangster", I was oblivious to Frank Lucas, Nicky Barnes and ilk. I am a big fan of "The Wire" and was eager to learn more about this drug culture. I purchased this video and found it very interesting and informative. The interviews were top notch and very "straight from the horse's mouth". These were people who were there, in the thick of it!!! I do know that Hollywood has a way of tampering with the truth to make it more palatable for the masses and the information on this video gave me alot to ponder over what was already presented in "American Gangster"