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Release Date
• USA: Dec 20, 2002
• UK: 7 Jan 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 1, 2003
• R2: 30 Jun 2003
Budget $97,000,000
Official Website:
Gangs of New York Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language.
Running Time
2 hours, 46 minutes
Country USA, Germany, Italy, UK, Netherlands
Production Companies
Miramax Films, Initial Entertainment Group (IEG)
Studio Alberto Grimaldi
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Other Titles
• Gangs of New York
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Revenge, Period Piece, Gangsters, Prostitution, Thieves, Military, Gore, Murder, Betrayal, Urban, Epic
Tagline: America Was Born In The Streets.
Plot: Director Martin Scorsese revisits New York City's notorious past with this dazzling historical drama. A throwback to the epics of yesteryear, GANGS OF NEW YORK is set in the mid-1800s, when the streets of lower Manhattan were teeming with tension and violence. Leonardo DiCaprio is Amsterdam Vallon, the son of a revered gang leader (Liam Neeson). As a youth, Amsterdam witnessed the death of his father at the hands of William "The Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), the maniacally driven ruler of the city's most powerful gang. Sixteen years later, Amsterdam is finally released from the orphanage that raised him. Determined to avenge his father's death, Amsterdam makes his way back to the volatile Five Points to track down Cutting and exact revenge. As he gradually infiltrates Bill the Butcher's camp and earns the crazed gangster's respect, he must also contend with the tumultuous, but beautiful, Jenny Everdean (Cameron Diaz). Di Caprio and Diaz are impressive in their respective roles, but it is Day-Lewis who steals the show. Resurfacing after a five-year retirement, the Irish actor delivers a performance that is at once cartoonish, electrifying, comical, sincere, and deeply moving. By paying tribute to the early days of New York City in such a grand, spectacular manner, Scorsese
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| Written by |
Jay Cocks
The Age of Innocence, De-Lovely, The 68th Annual Academy Awards |
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 | Daniel Day-Lewis
The Last of the Mohicans, In the Name of the Father, The Age of Innocence |
 | Cameron Diaz
Shrek, Being John Malkovich, There's Something About Mary |
 | Jim Broadbent
Moulin Rouge!, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Bridget Jones's Diary |
 | Henry Thomas
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Legends of the Fall, Suicide Kings |
 | Liam Neeson
Schindler's List, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Batman Begins |
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Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Silence of the Lambs |
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 | Jocelyn Pook
Eyes Wide Shut, The Merchant of Venice, Time Out |
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