Gangs of New York 2002

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 160 min

genre: historical

theme: epic

director: Martin Scorsese

Score: 8 / 10

Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book The Gangs of New York. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz, along with Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Brendan Gleeson, and Liam Neeson in supporting roles. The film also marks the start of a fruitful collaboration between DiCaprio and Scorsese.

Plot

In the 1846 slum of the Five Points, two rival gangs, the Anglo-Protestant Confederation of American Natives, led by William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, and the Irish Catholic immigrant Dead Rabbits, led by "Priest" Vallon, engage in their final battle to determine which faction will hold sway over the territory. At the end of the fight, Bill kills Vallon and declares the Dead Rabbits outlawed. Having witnessed this, Vallon's young son hides the knife that killed his father and is taken to an orphanage on Blackwell's Island.

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Cast

More details

author	Jay Cocks Kenneth Lonergan Steven Zaillian
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	New York City
director	Martin Scorsese
editor	Thelma Schoonmaker
events	Dead Rabbits
genre	crime drama historical
keywords	anglo-protestant anti-irish anti-irish sentiment assassination attempt blackwell\'s island break out brooklyn brooklyn bridge build burn church civil war civil war draft riots club confederation of american natives confidence trick cut dead rabbit empire state building end even final battle gang member garrote grifter hang hide human branding irish catholic irish catholics kill knife throwing know nothing landslide landslide victory new york city draft riots new york city police department orphanage pickpocket pickpocketing policeman protégé roosevelt island san francisco sheriff sheriffs in the united states shillelagh st. patrick\'s old cathedral suffer tammany hall true identity union army white anglo-saxon protestants william m. tweed world trade center wound
musicBy	Howard Shore
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Alberto Grimaldi
productionCompany	Miramax Films Touchstone Pictures
publisher	GK Films Variety
recordedAt	Cinecittà
theme	epic gang war