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Gangs of New York

  • 20022002
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  • 2h 47m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, and Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York (2002)
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In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
438K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,171
14
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    • Director
      • Martin Scorsese
    • Writers
      • Jay Cocks(story)
      • Steven Zaillian(screenplay)
      • Kenneth Lonergan(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • Cameron Diaz
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Martin Scorsese
    • Writers
      • Jay Cocks(story)
      • Steven Zaillian(screenplay)
      • Kenneth Lonergan(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Leonardo DiCaprio
      • Cameron Diaz
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
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    • 1.2KUser reviews
    • 226Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
    • Nominated for 10 Oscars
      • 50 wins & 135 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Leonardo DiCaprio
    Leonardo DiCaprio
    • Amsterdam Vallon
    Cameron Diaz
    Cameron Diaz
    • Jenny Everdeane
    Daniel Day-Lewis
    Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting
    Jim Broadbent
    Jim Broadbent
    • Boss Tweed
    John C. Reilly
    John C. Reilly
    • Happy Jack
    Henry Thomas
    Henry Thomas
    • Johnny Sirocco
    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson
    • 'Priest' Vallon
    Brendan Gleeson
    Brendan Gleeson
    • Walter 'Monk' McGinn
    Gary Lewis
    Gary Lewis
    • McGloin
    Stephen Graham
    Stephen Graham
    • Shang
    Eddie Marsan
    Eddie Marsan
    • Killoran
    Alec McCowen
    Alec McCowen
    • Reverend Raleigh
    • (as Alec Mccowen)
    David Hemmings
    David Hemmings
    • Mr. Schermerhorn
    Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
    Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
    • Jimmy Spoils
    • (as Larry Gilliard Jr.)
    Cara Seymour
    Cara Seymour
    • Hell-Cat Maggie
    Roger Ashton-Griffiths
    Roger Ashton-Griffiths
    • P.T. Barnum
    Peter-Hugo Daly
    Peter-Hugo Daly
    • One-Armed Priest
    • (as Peter Hugo Daly)
    Cian McCormack
    Cian McCormack
    • Young Amsterdam
    • (as Cian Mccormack)
    • Director
      • Martin Scorsese
    • Writers
      • Jay Cocks(story) (screenplay)
      • Steven Zaillian(screenplay)
      • Kenneth Lonergan(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      To simulate Bill the Butcher's fake eye, Daniel Day-Lewis had his own eyeball covered in prosthetic glass. Day-Lewis learned to tap his fake eye with the tip of a knife without blinking.
    • Goofs
      When the competing fire companies arrive at the house fire, one fireman wears modern-day fireman's pants. He may be a real-life firefighter, in the scene as a safety precaution.
    • Quotes

      Amsterdam Vallon: When you kill a king, you don't stab him in the dark. You kill him where the entire court can watch him die.

    • Crazy credits
      Noises from the modern day New York streets play over the second half of the closing credits.
    • Alternate versions
      Scorsese's original cut of the film was 216 minutes (3 hours & 36 minutes) long.
    • Connections
      Edited into U2: The Hands That Built America (Version 1) (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Brooklyn Heights
      Composed by Howard Shore

      Produced by Hal Willner

      Recorded and mixed by Eric Liljestrand

      Additional mixing by Tom Lazarus

      Additional recording and mixing by Geoff Foster

      Orchestrations by Jeff Atmajian

      Conducted by Andy Brown

      Solo counter tenor by Will Towers

      Solo boy soprano by James Kanagasooriam

    User reviews1.2K

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    Top review
    8/10
    The Blood Stays on the Knife
    "Gangs of New York" takes us back to a time when America was a young country and New York was divided. Those who felt they were "native" Americans did not want immigrants to enter their great country, spawning hatred between groups all over the city where many of them landed. In the story we see how much of the town is run by one man, with William Cutting ("Bill the Butcher," played marvelously by Daniel Day-Lewis) being the most feared and well-respected man of the "five Points."

    Leonardo DiCaprio plays Amsterdam Vallon, who as a boy watched Bill the Butcher kill his father in one of the Points' great battles. Now a grown man, he returns to the Points to find Bill pretty much running the show. He gets on Bill's good side and eventually becomes his number one man, all the while still plotting for his father's revenge.

    While there is a lot of gratuitous violence and gore, the film does an excellent job portraying life as it was in New York. You can be sucked in to the time of the movie, and even though the setting is much before our time you don't need a textbook to understand how things were run and what life was like.

    I've never been a big DiCaprio fan, but his effort here (along with his performance from "Catch Me If You Can") have made my opinion start to waver a little. He is good as Amsterdam, and believable in his actions and expressions. Daniel Day-Lewis is simply phenomenal as Bill the Butcher and really should have won the Best Actor Oscar. Overall, I feel this was the best film of 2002 and really was robbed at the Academy Awards.

    8 out of 10.
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    FAQ9

    • Is "Gangs of New York" based on a book?
    • Was The Butcher a real person?
    • Was William Tweed a real person?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Irish Gaelic
      • Chinese
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Băng Đảng New York
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Miramax
      • Initial Entertainment Group (IEG)
      • Alberto Grimaldi Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $100,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $77,812,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,100,000
      • Dec 22, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $193,772,504
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 47 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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