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Opens on December 20th
Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York unfolds in 1860s lower Manhattan during a period of great unrest in America. With the Civil War underway, the country was torn apart and on the brink of chaos. For the lower-class inhabitants of New York City, a war was also raging closer to home.
Their home was the Five Points, one of the poorest neighborhoods in America, where rival gangs fought continuously for control of the streets. An area of poverty and criminality between New York harbor, the flourishing Wall Street business district, and lower Broadway (home to P. T. Barnum's famous American museum), it was a magnet for underworld activity.
In this time of lawlessness and the rampant political corruption that filled the halls of city government, the film follows the story of Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo Di Caprio), a young Irish-American immigrant. Released from prison after fifteen years, he returns to the Five Points bent on revenge against William Cutting, a.k.a. Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day Lewis), the powerful anti-immigrant gang leader who killed Amsterdam's father. Amsterdam knows the first step toward accomplishing his mission is to infiltrate Bill's inner circle. However, Amsterdam finds his difficulties increasing when he meets Jenny Everdeane (Cameron Diaz), an enigmatic pickpocket whose fierce independence and undeniable beauty fascinate him. Yet Jenny has a past too, which unexpectedly complicates his plan.
Amsterdam's journey becomes a fight, for both personal survival and to find a place for his people. The struggle reaches a fevered crescendo during the 1863 Civil War Draft Riots - the most explosive episode of urban unrest the American nation had yet seen.
Directed by
Martin Scorsese
Produced by
Alberto Grimaldi
Co-Producer
Joseph Reidy
Writing credits
Jay Cocks
Steven Zaillian
Kenneth Lonergan
Hossein Amini
Director of Photography
Michael Ballhaus
Production Designer
Dante Ferreti
Costumes
Sandy Powell
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio
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Amsterdam Vallon
Daniel Day-Lewis
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William 'The Butcher' Cutting
Cameron Diaz
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Jenny Everdeane
Jim Broadbent
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Boss Tweed
John C. Reilly
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Happy Jack
Henry Thomas
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Johnny Sirocco
Brendan Gleeson
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Monk
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
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P.T.Barnum
"Gangs of New York" so much. I even have it in dvd
. It's a remarkable movie. The story itself was grand & the performances were excellent too
. Thats why I was so shocked
that Gangs of New York is win an academy award b/c it deserved it. By the way; I'm a huge Leonardo Di Caprio fan.
