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Gangs of New York is a 2002 American historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book The Gangs of New York.
Dec 20, 2002 · Gangs of New York: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent. In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher; his father's killer.
Dec 20, 2002 · Amsterdam's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people in 1860's New York. Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a young Irish immigrant released...
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Dec 20, 2002 · When it is over, Amsterdam disappears into an orphanage, the ominously named Hellgate House of Reform. He emerges in his early 20s (now played by Leonardo DiCaprio) and returns to Five Points, still ruled by Bill, and begins a scheme to avenge his father.
The New York City draft riots break out, and many upper-class citizens and African-Americans are attacked by the rioters. Union soldiers enter the city to put down the riots. As the gangs meet, they are hit by shells from naval ships in the harbor firing directly into Paradise Square.
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, and Daniel Day-Lewis, ‘Gangs of New York’ chronicles the waves of immigrants that swelled the population of New York to where...
Dec 10, 2002 · New York, 1846 - a brutal gang battle turns the snowy ground muddy with blood. Fifteen years later Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) returns to the Five Points district of Manhattan to...
