Gangs of New York
Scorsese's epic of the Five Points gang wars of 1846 to 1863.
Gangs of New York is a 2002 historical drama directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1928 book The Gangs of New York. Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz star, and it began Scorsese's collaboration with DiCaprio.
It is set between 1846 and 1863, as a long Catholic and Protestant feud turns violent while Irish immigrants protest the threat of conscription in the Civil War.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Producer
- Alberto Grimaldi; Harvey Weinstein
- Screenplay
- Jay Cocks
- Steven Zaillian
- Kenneth Lonergan
- Story
- Jay Cocks
- Based on
- The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury
- Starring
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Cameron Diaz
- Jim Broadbent
- John C. Reilly
- Henry Thomas
- Brendan Gleeson
- Music
- Howard Shore
- Cinematography
- Michael Ballhaus
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Background
Scorsese spent 20 years developing the project before Miramax acquired it in 1999; it was filmed at Cinecittà Studios in Rome and in Long Island City. Finished by 2001, its release was pushed back by the September 11 attacks, and it opened in the United States on 20 December 2002, grossing $193.8 million worldwide. Day-Lewis's performance was highly acclaimed, and the film received 10 Academy Award nominations without winning any.
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