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Gangs of New York [Blu-ray]

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Released: 2008-07-01

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Gangs of New York [Blu-ray] Blu-Ray DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Dominique Vandenberg, Ilaria d'Elia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Liam Neeson, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, Gary Lewis, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Alec McCowen, David Hemmings, Lawrence Gilliard, Jr., Cara Seymour, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Peter-Hugo Daly, Cian McCormack

Director(s): Martin Scorsese

Features:
Costume Design featurette
Set Design featurette
History of the Five Points
Exploring the sets of Gangs of New York
U2 music video The Hands That Built America
Discovery Channel Special:
"Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York"
Audio commentary with director Martin Scorsese
Theatrical trailer
Teaser trailer

Gangs of New York [Blu-ray] Blu-Ray DVD Details

Video:
Cinemascope
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Dolby Digital Stereo
Language:
English
French
Subtitles:
English, French

Running Time: 166
Genre: Action Adventure
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 786936761139
Product Code: MRX05703300BR
Format: Blu-Ray DVD
Year:2002
Studio: Miramax

Gangs of New York [Blu-ray] Blu-Ray DVD Summary 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.