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Gangs of New York( 2002)

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America was born in the streets.

Overview

In 1863, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by his side and a whole new army, Vallon fights his way to seek vengeance on the Butcher and restore peace in the area.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Leonardo DiCaprio

      Amsterdam Vallon

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      Daniel Day-Lewis

      Bill "The Butcher" Cutting

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      Cameron Diaz

      Jenny Everdeane

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      Jim Broadbent

      Boss Tweed

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      John C. Reilly

      Happy Jack

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      Henry Thomas

      Johnny Sirocco

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      Liam Neeson

      "Priest" Vallon

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      Brendan Gleeson

      Walter "Monk" McGinn

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      Gary Lewis

      McGloin

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      Stephen Graham

      Shang

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      Eddie Marsan

      Killoran

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      Alec McCowen

      Reverend Raleigh

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      David Hemmings

      Mr. Schermerhorn

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      Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

      Jimmy Spoils

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      Cara Seymour

      Hell-Cat Maggie

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      Roger Ashton-Griffiths

      P.T. Barnum

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      Peter-Hugo Daly

      One-Armed Priest

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      Cian McCormack

      Young Amsterdam

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      Andrew Gallagher

      Young Johnny

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      Philip Kirk

      O'Connell Guard Leader

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      Rab Affleck

      Plug Uglies Leader

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      Bill Barclay

      Shirt Tails Leader

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      Nick Bartlett

      Chichesters Leader

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      Robert Goodman

      Forty Thieves Leader

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      Tim Pigott-Smith

      Calvinist Minister

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      Liam Carney

      Bill The Butcher's Gang #1

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      Gary McCormack

      Bill The Butcher's Gang #2

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      David McBlain

      Bill The Butcher's Gang #3

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      Dick Holland

      True Blue American Speaker

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      Katherine Wallach

      Jenny's Girl

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      Carmen Hanlon

      Jenny's Girl

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      Ilaria D'Elia

      Jenny's Girl

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      Laurie Ventry

      Resident Woman

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      Ford Kiernan

      Black Joke Chief

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      Alec McMahon

      Resident Man

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      Nevan Finegan

      Dead Rabbit Gang Member

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      Dominique Vandenberg

      Dead Rabbit Gang Member

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      Stuart Yung Sai-Kit

      Chinese at Sparrow's Pagoda

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      Basil Chung

      Elderly Chinese at Pagoda

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      Finbar Furey

      Satan's Circus Singer

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      Sean Gilder

      Rat Pit Game Master

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      Richard Graham

      Card Player (Harvey)

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      Richard Strange

      Undertaker

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      Douglas Plasse

      Medical Student

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      R. Bruce Steinheimer

      Army Recruiter

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      David Bamber

      Passenger on Omnibus

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      Barbara Bouchet

      Mrs. Schermerhorn

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      Michael Byrne

      Horace Greeley

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      Lucy Davenport

      Miss Schermerhorn

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      Maura O'Connell

      Street Singer

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      Alex Howden

      Assistant Hangman

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      James Ramsay

      Condemned Man (Arthur)

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      Iain McColl

      Condemned Man (Seamus)

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      Louie Brownsell

      Legless Soldier

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      Gennaro Condemi

      She-He

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      Kieran Hurley

      Recruiter

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      John Sessions

      Harry Watkins / Lincoln

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      Michael Billingsley

      Uncle Tom

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      Steven Blake

      Mr. Shelby

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      Giovanni Lombardo Radice

      Mr. Legree

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      Alexia Murray

      Topsy

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      Flaminia Fegarotti

      Miss Eliza

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      Bronco McLoughlin

      Assassin

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      Channing C. Holmes

      Tap Dancer

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      Eliane Chappuis

      Chinese Whore

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      Roberta Quaresima

      Whore #1

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      Marta Pilato

      Whore #2

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      Jian Su

      Chinese Acrobat

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      Man Cao

      Chinese General

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      Kathy Shao-Lin Lee

      Chinese Dancer

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      Alexander Deng

      Chinese Boy Singer

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      Peter Berling

      Knife Act Caller

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      Patrick Gordon

      Surgeon

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      Brendan White

      Archbishop

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      Brendan Dempsey

      Provost Marshal Registrar

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      Taddeo Harbutt

      Unruly Man

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      Nazzareno Natale

      Don Whiskerandos

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      Colin Hill

      Nativist Candidate

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      Robert Linge

      One-Armed Veteran

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      Richard Syms

      Drunken Repeater

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      Christian Burgess

      The Mayor

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      Gerry Robert Byrne

      Draft Official

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      David J. Nicholls

      O'Connell Guard Leader

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      Tim Faraday

      Plug Uglies Leader

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      Sean McGinley

      Forty Thieves Leader

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      John Anthony Murphy

      Kerryonians Leader

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      Terry O'Neill

      Chichesters Leader

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      Vincent Pickering

      American Guard Leader

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      Nick Miles

      Atlantic Guard Leader

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      Ian Pirie

      Slaughter Housers Leader

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      John McGlynn

      Bowery Boys Leader

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      Larry Kaplan

      Bloodied Bureaucrat

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      Leo Burmester

      Telegraph Operator #1 (voice)

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      Justin Brennan

      Telegraph Operator #2 (voice)

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      Brian Mallon

      Telegraph Operator #3 (voice)

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      Joseph P. Reidy

      Police Chief

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      Joel Strachan

      Telegraph Operator

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      Bill Murdoch

      Robber on Dock

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      Angela Pleasence

      Woman Accomplice

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      Iain Agnew

      General Wool

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      Michael Hausman

      Gunboat Captain

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      Bob Colletti

      Soldier in Mist

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      Martin Scorsese

      Wealthy Homeowner (uncredited)

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      Trevor Cooper

      Man in Tweed's Office (uncredited)

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      Massimo Vanni

      Bar Bouncer (uncredited)

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      Salvatore Billa

      Native (uncredited)

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      Marcello Fonte

      Citizen (uncredited)

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      Vincenzo Tanassi

      Fireman (uncredited)

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      Paolo Lorimer

      Tammany Man (uncredited)

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      Michele Bevilacqua

      Middle Class Man (uncredited)

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      Franco Venditti

      Coach (uncredited)

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      Katy Monique Cuomo

      Tweed's Whore (uncredited)

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      Pietro Torrisi

      Priest's Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Corrado Scalia

      Rapist (uncredited)

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      Loretta Rossi Stuart

      Dead Rabbit Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Mauro Cremonini

      Internee (uncredited)

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      Ottaviano Dell'Acqua

      Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Arnaldo Dell'Acqua

      Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Alberto Dell'Acqua

      Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Franco Daddi

      Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Virgilio Ponti

      Bill the Butcher's Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Clemente Ukmar

      Priest's Gang Member (uncredited)

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      Patrizio Pelizzi

      Italian Emigrant (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Sep 03 2023
    I recall meeting Daniel Day-Lewis some years ago, he had just stepped from his motor bike and proved to be a charming, engaging man extremely far removed from the racist and odious "Bill the Butcher" character he so expertly creates in this hard, gritty and brutal depiction of the almost tribal existences lived by many in 1860s New York. Leonardo di Caprio ("Vallon") arrives in that city's Five Points area determined to avenge the death of his father many years earlier at the hands of this ruthless overlord. Initially ingratiating himself, he soon realises that it's going to take every ounce of...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    100000000.00

    Revenue

    193800000.00

    Keywords

    • rescue
    • immigrant
    • ship
    • fire
    • army
    • pickpocket
    • pig
    • irish-american
    • gang war
    • gang of thieves
    • butcher
    • gang
    • 19th century
    • grim
    • american history