Gangs of New York (2002)
Coming Out at 20 December 2002 in theaters.
Crime, Drama
Gangs of New York is epic crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, set in the New York slums, and inspired by Herbert Asbury’s non-fiction book The Gangs of New York. The screenplay was written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.
In 1863, a long-running Catholic–Protestant feud erupts into violence, just as an Irish immigrant group is protesting about low wages caused by an influx of freed slaves, as well as the threat of conscription. Scorsese spent twenty years developing the project until in 1999 Harvey Weinstein and his production company Miramax Films acquired it. Made in Cinecittà, Rome and in New York, the film was completed by 2001, but its release was delayed following the September 11 attacks. Released on December 20, 2002, the film grossed $193 million worldwide against its $100 million budget and received positive reviews from critics for Day-Lewis’ performance, Scorsese’s directing, the production design and costume design. It was nominated for ten Oscars at the 75th Academy Awards.
In the slum neighborhood of Five Points, Manhattan, in 1846, two gangs have engaged in a final battle (or “challenge”) in Paradise Square over “who holds sway over the Five Points”; these two factions participating in this event are the nativist, English Protestant Natives led by William “Bill the Butcher” Cutting, and a group of Irish Catholic immigrants, the “Dead Rabbits”, led by “Priest” Vallon. At the end of this battle, Bill kills Vallon and declares the Dead Rabbits outlawed. Having witnessed this, Vallon’s young son hides the knife that killed his father and is taken to an orphanage on Blackwell’s Island.
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson
Cast:
| Leonardo DiCaprio | … | Amsterdam Vallon |
| Daniel Day-Lewis | … | Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting |
| Cameron Diaz | … | Jenny Everdeane |
| Jim Broadbent | … | Boss Tweed |
| John C. Reilly | … | Happy Jack |
| Henry Thomas | … | Johnny Sirocco |
| Liam Neeson | … | ‘Priest’ Vallon |
| Brendan Gleeson | … | Walter ‘Monk’ McGinn |
| Gary Lewis | … | McGloin |
| Stephen Graham | … | Shang |
| Eddie Marsan | … | Killoran |
| Alec McCowen | … | Reverend Raleigh |
| David Hemmings | … | Mr. Schermerhorn |
| Lawrence Gilliard Jr. | … | Jimmy Spoils |
| Cara Seymour | … | Hell-Cat Maggie |
| Roger Ashton-Griffiths | … | P.T. Barnum |
| Peter-Hugo Daly | … | One-Armed Priest |
| Cian McCormack | … | Young Amsterdam |
| Andrew Gallagher | … | Young Johnny |
| Philip Kirk | … | O’Connell Guard Leader |
| Rab Affleck | … | Plug Uglies Leader |
| Bill Barclay | … | Shirt Tails Leader |
| Nick Bartlett | … | Chichesters Leader |
| Robert Goodman | … | Forty Thieves Leader |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | … | Calvinist Minister |
| Liam Carney | … | Bill The Butcher’s Gang #1 |
| Gary McCormack | … | Bill The Butcher’s Gang #2 |
| David McBlain | … | Bill The Butcher’s Gang #3 |
| Dick Holland | … | True Blue American Speaker |
| Katherine Wallach | … | Jenny’s Girl |
| Carmen Hanlon | … | Jenny’s Girl |
| Ilaria D’Elia | … | Jenny’s Girl |
| Laurie Ventry | … | Resident Woman |
| Ford Kiernan | … | Black Joke Chief |
| Alec McMahon | … | Resident man |
| Nevan Finegan | … | Dead Rabbit Gang Member |
| Dominiquie Vandenberg | … | Dead Rabbit Gang Member |
| Sai-Kit Yung | … | Chinese at Sparrow’s Pagoda |
| Basil Chung | … | Elderly Chinese at Pagoda |
| Finbar Furey | … | Satan’s Circus Singer |
| Sean Gilder | … | Rat Pit Game Master |
| Richard Graham | … | Harvey – Card Player |
| Richard Strange | … | Undertaker |
| Douglas Plasse | … | Medical Student |
| R. Bruce Steinheimer | … | Army Recruiter |
| David Bamber | … | Passenger on Omnibus |
| Barbara Bouchet | … | Mrs. Schermerhorn |
| Michael Byrne | … | Horace Greeley |
| Lucy Davenport | … | Miss Schermerhorn |
| Maura O’Connell | … | Street Singer |
| Alex Howden | … | Assistant Hangman |
| James Ramsay | … | Arthur – Condemned Man |
| Iain McColl | … | Seamus – Condemned Man |
| Louie Brownsell | … | Legless Soldier |
| Gennaro Condemi | … | She-He |
| Kieran Hurley | … | Recruiter |
| John Sessions | … | Harry Watkins – Lincoln |
| Michael H. Billingsley | … | Uncle Tom |
| Steven Blake | … | Mr. Shelby |
| Giovanni Lombardo Radice | … | Mr. Legree |
| Alexia Murray | … | Topsy |
| Flaminia Fegarotti | … | Miss Eliza |
| Bronco McLoughlin | … | Assassin |
| Channing C. Holmes | … | Tap Dancer |
| Eliane Chappuis | … | Chinese Whore |
| Roberta Quaresima | … | Whore #1 |
| Marta Pilato | … | Whore #2 |
| Jian Su | … | Chinese Acrobat |
| Man Cao | … | Chinese General |
| Kathy Shao-Lin Lee | … | Chinese Dancer |
| Alexander Deng | … | Chinese Boy Singer |
| Peter Berling | … | Knife Act Caller |
| Patrick Gordon | … | Surgeon |
| Brendan White | … | Archbishop |
| Brendan Dempsey | … | Provost Marshal Registrar |
| Taddeo Harbutt | … | Unruly Man |
| Nazzareno Natale | … | Don Whiskerandos |
| Colin Hill | … | Nativist Candidate |
| Robert Linge | … | One-Armed Veteran |
| Richard Syms | … | Drunken Repeater |
| Christian Burgess | … | The Mayor |
| Gerry Robert Byrne | … | Draft Official |
| David J. Nicholls | … | O’Connell Guard Leader |
| Tim Faraday | … | Plug Uglies Leader |
| Sean McGinley | … | Forty Thieves Leader |
| John Anthony Murphy | … | Kerryonians Leader |
| Terry O’Neill | … | Chichesters Leader |
| Vincent Pickering | … | American Guard Leader |
| Nick Miles | … | Atlantic Guard Leader |
| Ian Pirie | … | Slaughter Housers Leader |
| John McGlynn | … | Bowery Boys Leader |
| Larry Kaplan | … | Bloodied Bureaucrat |
| Leo Burmester | … | Telegraph Operator #1 (voice) |
| Justin Brennan | … | Telegraph Operator #2 (voice) |
| Brian Mallon | … | Telegraph Operator #3 (voice) |
| Joseph P. Reidy | … | Police Chief |
| Joel Strachan | … | Telegraph Operator |
| Bill Murdoch | … | Robber on Dock |
| Angela Pleasence | … | Woman Accomplice |
| Iain Agnew | … | General Wool |
| Michael Hausman | … | Gunboat Captain |
| Bob Colletti | … | Soldier in Mist |
| Michele Bevilacqua | … | Middle Class Man |
| Salvatore Billa | … | Native |
| Max Biondi | … | Irish emigrant |
| Riccardo Brex | … | Man Selling Cigarettes |
| Brennan Caitlin | … | Hot Corn Girl |
| Tony Campanozzi | … | Scamiciato |
| Trevor Cooper | … | Man in Tweed’s Office |
| Claudio Coreno | … | Student |
| Blaise Corrigan | … | Riot Thug “There’s a $300 Man…” |
| Mauro Cremonini | … | Internee |
| Katy Monique Cuomo | … | Tweed’s Whore |
| Marco Del Cima | … | Bill The Butcher’s Gang Member |
| Ottaviano Dell’Acqua | … | Bill The Butcher’ s Gang #4 |
| Federico Della Corte | … | Guy |
| Johnny Egan | … | Dead Rabbit Acolyte |
| Massimiliano Fedeli | … | Dead Rabbit Gang Member |
| Luca Foggiano | … | Principal |
| Marcello Fonte | … | Citizen |
| Helmut Hagen | … | Receiver |
| Eva Henger | … | |
| Mercedesz Henger | … | Daughter of Wealthy Homeowner |
| Andrea Iaia | … | Medical Student 2 |
| Yoon C. Joyce | … | Slave |
| Paolo Lorimer | … | Tammany Man |
| Manuela Massimi | … | Poor Woman |
| Arnold Montey | … | Man Selling Cigarettes |
| Raffaella Ponzo | … | Johnny’s Girlfriend |
| Corrado Scalia | … | Rapist |
| Gualtiero Scola | … | Prostitutes Buyer |
| Martin Scorsese | … | Wealthy Homeowner |
| Martin Sherman | … | Guy |
| Steve Stanulis | … | Native |
| Donald Stewart | … | Anatomist |
| Vincenzo Tanassi | … | Fireman |
| Federico Tozzi | … | Omnibus Passenger / Commoner / Gravedigger |
| Massimo Vanni | … | Soldier |
| Franco Venditti | … | Coach |
| Tony Villani | … | Mr. Baff |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia