Gangs of New York (2002) Movie Overview

Gangs of New York is a 2002 American historical film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film was inspired by Herbert Asbury’s 1928 nonfiction book The Gangs of New York. It was distributed by Miramax Films and was nominated for numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film begins in 1846 and quickly jumps to the early 1860s. The two principal issues of the era in New York were Irish immigration to the city and the Federal government’s execution of the ongoing Civil War. The story follows gang leader Bill “The Butcher” Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis) in his roles as crime boss and political kingmaker under the helm of “Boss” Tweed (Jim Broadbent). The film culminates in a violent confrontation between Cutting and his mob with the protagonist Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his immigrant allies, which coincides with the New York Draft Riots of 1863. In 1846, in Lower Manhattan’s “Five Points” district, a territorial war raging for years between the “Natives” (comprising those born in the United States) and recentl… Source

• Gangs of New York Movie Details
• Director: Martin Scorsese
• Official Sites: Miramax Film Corp. [us]
• Tagline: America Was Born In The Streets.
• Country: USA , Italy
• Run Time: 167 min
• Genre: Crime , Drama , History

• Cast Overview
• Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon
• Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
• Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane
• Jim Broadbent as William 'Boss' Tweed
• John C. Reilly as Happy Jack Mulraney
• Henry Thomas as Johnny Sirocco

Gangs of New York Movie Review from New York Times

Long awaited, enormously expensive, endlessly gossiped-about, Martin Scorsese’s brutal epic of mid-19th-century Manhattan is a near-great film that, as time goes by, may well make up the distance. As has happened before with this director’s films, the fairly conventional story — a revenger’s tragedy pitting a young Irish immigrant (Leonardo DiCap… Source

Gangs of New York Movie Details from Imdb

1863. America was born in the streets. In this movie, we see Amsterdam Vallon returning to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin Bill the Butcher who murdered his father years ago. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and resto… Source