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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 · Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz, this film depicts the revenge of an Irish immigrant in 1860s New York. See the plot, cast, reviews, trivia, awards and more on IMDb.
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- Crime, Drama
- Martin Scorsese
- 2002-12-20
A sprawling, messy epic about the Irish immigrant Amsterdam's quest for revenge against his father's killer in 1860's New York. See critics' ratings, watch trailer, and find streaming options for this Martin Scorsese film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis.
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- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Leonardo Dicaprio
Dec 10, 2014 · 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
- 524.7K
- Miramax
Before long, Amsterdam’s personal vendetta becomes part of an erupting wave of full-blown gang warfare, as he and his fellow Irishmen fight to carve a place for themselves in their newly adopted...
- 3 min
- 2.1M
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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 1860s New York, where a young Irish immigrant seeks to kill the leader of the Natives, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father. The film explores the themes of immigration, corruption, and civil war in the Five Points district.
