Gangs of New York (2002) (original) (raw)

Set in New York City, 1840-1863, a young man named Amsterdam seeks vengeance against Bill 'The Butcher' Poole, the man who killed his father. Though he secures the help of pickpocket Jenny Everdeane, the task at hand may be more dangerous than Amsterdam ever imagined when he realizes that his father was murdered as a result of gang warfare between the powerful Manhattan Irish and Italian gangs. Amid the crooked cops and corrupt politicians of the Tammany Hall era, political enforcer Bill Poole stands out as only one scoundrel in the crime-plagued Five Points section of lower Manhattan in the ...(more)

Set in New York City, 1840-1863, a young man named Amsterdam seeks vengeance against Bill 'The Butcher' Poole, the man who killed his father. Though he secures the help of pickpocket Jenny Everdeane, the task at hand may be more dangerous than Amsterdam ever imagined when he realizes that his father was murdered as a result of gang warfare between the powerful Manhattan Irish and Italian gangs. Amid the crooked cops and corrupt politicians of the Tammany Hall era, political enforcer Bill Poole stands out as only one scoundrel in the crime-plagued Five Points section of lower Manhattan in the early 1860s. (less)

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi

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Academy Awards Best Picture 2002
Academy Awards Best Director Martin Scorsese 2002
Academy Awards Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis 2002
Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Kenneth Lonergan 2002
Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Jay Cocks 2002
Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay Steven Zaillian 2002
Academy Awards Best Cinematography Michael Ballhaus 2002

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