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Gangs of New York is a 2002 American 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.
Dec 20, 2002 · A film by Martin Scorsese about the revenge of Amsterdam Vallon, an Irish-American orphan, against Bill the Butcher, the leader of a gang in the Five Points area of New York City in 1863. The film features Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz and other stars, and was nominated for 10 Oscars.
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- Crime, Drama
- Martin Scorsese
- 2002-12-20
Watch Gangs of New York with a subscription on Max, rent on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. Though flawed, the sprawling, messy...
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- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Leonardo Dicaprio
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, and Daniel Day-Lewis, ‘Gangs of New York’ chronicles the waves of immigrants that swelled the population of New York to where...
- 3 min
- 522.1K
- Miramax
Dec 20, 2002 · Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" rips up the postcards of American history and reassembles them into a violent, blood-soaked story of our bare-knuckled past. The New York it portrays in the years between the 1840s and the Civil War is, as a character observes, "the forge of hell," in which groups clear space by killing their rivals.
A revenge story set in the Five Points district of New York City in 1863, where gangs of immigrants and natives clash. Amsterdam Vallon, the son of a murdered Irish leader, returns to seek justice against Bill the Butcher, the ruthless leader of the Natives.
In the crime-ridden slums of New York in the 1860s, vengeful orphan Amsterdam Vallon joins the cutthroat gang of his father's killer, Bill the Butcher. Watch trailers & learn more.
