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December 20, 2002
Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic 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. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz, with Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, and Brendan Gleeson in supporting roles.
In 1863, a long-running Catholic–Protestant feud erupts into violence, just as an Irish immigrant group is protesting the low wages caused by an influx of freed slaves as well as the threat of conscription. Scorsese spent 20 years developing the project until Harvey Weinstein and his production company Miramax Films acquired it in 1999.
Made in Cinecittà, Rome and Long Island City, New York City, Gangs of New York was completed by 2001, but its release was delayed due to the September 11 attacks. The film was theatrically released in the United States on December 20, 2002 and grossed over $193 million worldwide. It was met with critical acclaim and received ten nominations at the 75th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Scorsese, and Best Actor for Day-Lewis.
Storyline[]
In the god-forsaken district of early-1860s Lower Manhattan known as the Five Points, the vicious Nativist, Bill "The Butcher" Cutting, is the supreme overlord of an area riddled with crime, prostitution, theft and murder, as the American Civil War still rages on. Sixteen whole years after the brutal murder of his father from Bill's blood-stained hands, an orphaned Irish-American, Amsterdam Vallon, returns to this melting pot of corruption to avenge his untimely death; however, a lot has changed since then. Who can remember the once-innocent boy and now a young man bent on revenge, who works his way up to the hierarchy of Five Points? Will Amsterdam ever taste the dangerous but sweet fruit of retribution?
Sound Effects Used[]
- Disney - HERBIE HORNS (Heard in the credits.)
- Disney "Oof" Sound
- Dopey Cry
- Hollywoodedge, 357 Magnum Pistol Sho PE092801
- Hollywoodedge, Cannon Mortar Shot PE1094602/SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 02
- Hollywoodedge, Grunt 12 Male Straine PE133201
- Hollywoodedge, Horn Morris 1000 VanH EE064701 (Heard in the credits.)
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 03
- Sound Ideas, KNIFE, THROW - KNIFE THROW AND HIT 01
- WB SCI FI - MARVIN THE MARTIAN'S LASER GUN, SWOOSH