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| Title |
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Gangs Of
New York |
| Cast |
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel
Day-Lewis, Jim
Broadbent, John C Reilly, Henry
Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, Gary Lewis,
Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan |
| Producer |
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Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein |
| Director |
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Martin Scorsese |
| Genre |
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Drama, Adaptation, Action, Period
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| Duration |
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184 mins |
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| In 1860's lower Manhattan, the Five
Points section is a dark, teeming corner of the
city known for vice and chaos. Into this frontier
of lawlessness arrives the young Irish American,
Amsterdam Vallon. Amsterdam is the orphaned son
of the slain Priest Vallon once chief warrior of
the Dead Rabbits gang that rallied the Irish immigrants
of the Five Points. After 16 years in a "House
of Refuge," Amsterdam has returned to
the Five Points to hunt down his father's killer.
His target is William Cutting (aka
"Bill the Butcher")
who has since become the merciless new leader of
the neighborhood and detests the newly arrived immigrants.
Each year, on the anniversary of Priest Vallon's
death, the victory is commemorated with a celebration
with invitations handed out by way of the Butcher
himself. Amsterdam's plan is clear: to lie in wait
and slay his father's killer. While waiting for
that night, Amsterdam works his way deep into the
Butcher's inner circle, a world of alternating honor
and cruelty from which he can only hope to escape.
But the closer he gets to Bill, the more he falls
under his spell and becomes conflicted playing the
role of the man's surrogate son while keeping the
true secret of his past in the shadows. At the same
time, Amsterdam meets Jenny Everdeane, an enigmatic
pickpocket whose fierce independence fascinates
him. When details of her closely linked past with
Bill the Butcher emerge, the relationship between
the three intensifies. Amsterdam's fight for family
honor, freedom and the woman he loves ultimately
collides with a pivotal moment in New York and American
history: the 1863 Civil War Draft Riots. This uprising,
fueled by new Americans like Amsterdam, will have
repercussions that will spread through the Five
Points to the halls of Government and beyond, and
reveal a tenacious spirit in the city that endures. |
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