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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis
The violent rise of gangland power in New York City at a time of massive political corruption and the city's evolution into a cultural melting pot set the stage for this lavish historical epic, which director Martin Scorsese finally brought to the screen almost 30 years after he first began to plan the project. In 1846, as waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points, a number of citizens of British and Dutch heritage who were born in the United States began making an open display of their resentment toward the new arrivals. William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), better known as "Bill the Butcher" for his deadly skill with a knife, bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish immigrants; the immigrants in turn form a gang of their own, "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson). After an especially bloody clash between the Natives and the Rabbits leaves Vallon dead, his son goes missing; the boy ends up in a brutal reform school before returning to the Five Points in 1862 as Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio). Now a strapping adult who has learned how to fight, Amsterdam has come to seek vengeance against Bill the Butcher, whose underworld control of the Five Points through violence and intimidation dovetails with the open corruption of New York politician "Boss" Tweed (Jim Broadbent). Amsterdam gradually penetrates Bill the Butcher's inner circle, and he soon becomes his trusted assistant. Amsterdam also finds himself falling for Jenny Everdeane (Cameron Diaz), a beautiful but street-smart thief who was once involved with Bill. Amsterdam is learning a great deal from Bill, but before he can turn the tables on the man who killed his father, Amsterdam's true identity is exposed, even though he has concealed it from nearly everyone, including Jenny. Gangs Of New York was the first film in two years from actor Leonardo DiCaprio; ironically, it was at one time scheduled to open on the same day as Catch Me if You Can, the Steven Spielberg project that DiCaprio began filming immediately after Gangs wrapped. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/20/02
MPAA Rating
Rated R for intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language.
Running Time
165 mins.
Locations
- Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$77,679,638
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 2002 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2002 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor - Runner-up award at the 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2002 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2002 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Song award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2002 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2002 New York Film Critics Circle [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Song award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2002 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2002 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2002 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Top Ten Movie of the Year award at the 2002 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
Distributor
- Miramax
- Miramax Films
- Miramax Home Entertainment
- Touchstone Pictures
