American History X is an Academy Award-nominated 1998 film directed by Tony Kaye. The lead actor, Edward Norton, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. The film received an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.[1] It grossed $6,719,864 from 513 theaters in the United States, and a total of $23,875,127 worldwide.[2] The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Norton) and Daniel \"Danny\" Vinyard (Edward Furlong) of Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California. Both are extremely bright and charismatic students, and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement after their father, a firefighter, is murdered by a black drug dealer while trying to put out a fire in a South Central neighborhood. Derek kills two black gang members trying to steal his truck, and is sent to prison for voluntary manslaughter. This story tells how Danny is influenced by his older brother\s
