Gangs of New York
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Writer: Jay Cocks
- Producer: Gerry Robert Byrne; Laura Fattori
CGiii Comment
Epic production - epic story.
Not Scorsese's best - but, it's a bloody fine film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In the god-forsaken district of early-1860's 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?
Cast & Characters
Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam Vallon;
Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting;
Cameron Diaz as Jenny Everdeane;
Jim Broadbent as William 'Boss' Tweed;
John C. Reilly as Happy Jack Mulraney;
Henry Thomas as Johnny Sirocco;
Liam Neeson as 'Priest' Vallon;
Brendan Gleeson as Walter 'Monk' McGinn;
Gary Lewis as McGloin;
Stephen Graham as Shang;
Eddie Marsan as Killoran;
Alec McCowen as Reverend Raleigh;
David Hemmings as Mr. Schermerhorn;
Larry Gilliard Jr. as Jimmy Spoils;
Cara Seymour as Hell-Cat Maggie