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Gangs of New York[Widescreen] - DVD

SKU: 5560537 | Release Date: 7/1/2003

Rating: R for Sexual Situations, Graphic Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language

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Rating: R for Sexual Situations, Graphic Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 2002
Length: 167 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: Epics
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Other Formats: Blu-ray Disc (Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3) - $29.99

Synopsis

The violent rise of gangland power in New York City at a time of massive political corruption and the city's evolution into a cultural melting pot set the stage for this lavish historical epic, which director Martin Scorsese finally brought to the screen almost 30 years after he first began to plan the project. In 1846, as waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points, a number of citizens of British and Dutch heritage who were born in the United States began making an open display of their resentment toward the new arrivals. William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), better known as "Bill the Butcher" for his deadly skill with a knife, bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish immigrants; the immigrants in turn form a gang of their own, "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson). After an especially bloody clash between the Natives and the Rabbits leaves Vallon dead, his son goes missing; the boy ends up in a brutal reform school before returning to the Five Points in 1862 as Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio). Now a strapping adult who has learned how to fight, Amsterdam has come to seek vengeance against Bill the Butcher, whose underworld control of the Five Points through violence and intimidation dovetails with the open corruption of New York politician "Boss" Tweed (Jim Broadbent). Amsterdam gradually penetrates Bill the Butcher's inner circle, and he soon becomes his trusted assistant. Amsterdam also finds himself falling for Jenny Everdeane (Cameron Diaz), a beautiful but street-smart thief who was once involved with Bill. Amsterdam is learning a great deal from Bill, but before he can turn the tables on the man who killed his father, Amsterdam's true identity is exposed, even though he has concealed it from nearly everyone, including Jenny. Gangs Of New York was the first film in two years from actor Leonardo DiCaprio; ironically, it was at one time scheduled to open on the same day as Catch Me if You Can, the Steven Spielberg project that DiCaprio began filming immediately after Gangs wrapped. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1)

Languages/Sound

Eng/Fre

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Eng

Additional Features

Costume design featurette Set design featurette History of the five points featurette Exploring the sets of Gangs of New York with multiple angles utilizing 306 degree shots of the sets U2 music video The Hands That Built America DiscoveryChannel special: Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York Five points study guide: Luc Sante introduction and five points vocabulary Feature commentary with Martin Scorsese Theatrical trailer Teaser trailer French language track Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound DTS 5.1 digital surround sound Widescreen (2.35:1) - enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Chapters

Side #1 --
1. Battle of the Five Points [15:02]
2. A City in Turmoil [8:30]
3. The Gangs [4:05]
4. Fighting Over Fires [5:36]
5. Bill's Tribute [5:23]
6. A Couple of Fidiam Bens [7:15]
7. My Medal [6:48]
8. The Butcher's Lesson [8:51]
9. The Queen of the Dance [2:28]
10. Under the Dragon's Wing [6:21]
11. I'll Bite You [10:14]
Side #2 --
1. Civilization is Crumbling [8:09]
2. Betrayal [3:20]
3. This is a Night for Americans! [6:37]
4. Spared by the Butcher [4:16]
5. Regaining a Full Heart [6:47]
6. Old Uncle Joe [6:32]
7. Just Kill Me [6:02]
8. Sheriff Monk [5:26]
9. Notch 45 [5:35]
10. Settling Terms [4:56]
11. Mob Rule [6:22]
12. A True American [8:30]
13. End Credits [8:40]

Cast

Roger Ashton-Griffiths - P.T. Barnum
Jim Broadbent - William "Boss" Tweed
Eddie Marsan - Killoran
Alec McCowen - Reverend Raleigh
David Hemmings - Mr. Schermerhorn
Cara Seymour - Hell-Cat Maggie
Liam Neeson - Priest Vallon
John C. Reilly - Happy Jack
Henry Thomas - Johnny Sirocco
Stephen Graham - Shang
Gary Lewis - McGloin
Daniel Day-Lewis - William Cutting a.k.a. Bill the Butcher
Peter-Hugo Daly - One-Armed Priest
Leonardo DiCaprio - Amsterdam Vallon
Cameron Diaz - Jenny Everdeane
Cian McCormack - Young Amsterdam
Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. - Jimmy Spoils
Brendan Gleeson - Walter "Monk" McGinn
Dominique Vandenberg
Ilaria d'Elia
Larry Gilliard, Jr. - Jimmy Spoils

Crew

Executive Producer: Michael Hausman
Technical Director: Robert Guerra
Producer: Alberto Grimaldi
Special Effects: Industrial Light & Magic
Visual Effects Supervisor: Michael Owens
Supervising Art Director: Stefano M. Ortolani
Additional Photography: Florian Ballhaus
Costume Designer: Sandy Powell
Executive Producer: Graham King ,Colin Vaines
Screenwriter: Kenneth Lonergan
Co-producer: Joseph P. Reidy
First Assistant Director: Joseph P. Reidy
Executive Music Producer: Robbie Robertson
Composer (Music Score): Howard Shore
Director: Martin Scorsese
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Screenwriter: Steven Zaillian
Sound/Sound Designer: Ivan Sharrock
Casting: Ellen Lewis
Stunts Coordinator: G.A. Aguilar
Co-producer: Laura Fattori
Supervising Sound Editor: Philip Stockton
Executive Producer: Rick Schwartz ,Rick Yorn ,Maurizio Grimaldi
Art Director: Nazzareno Piana ,Alessandro Alberti ,Dimitri Capuani
Associate Producer: Gerry Robert Byrne
Consultant/advisor: Luc Sante
Art Director: Maria Teresa Barbasso
Cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus
First Assistant Director: Vic Armstrong
Production Designer: Dante Ferreti
Executive Producer: Michael Ovitz
Screen Story: Jay Cocks
Screenwriter: Jay Cocks
Production Designer: Dante Ferretti
Script Supervisor: Rachel Griffiths
Book Author: Herbert Asbury
Songwriter: Larry Mullen, Jr. ,Adam Clayton
Sound/Sound Designer: Eugene Gearty
Songwriter: Bono ,The Edge
Additional Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus
Sound/Sound Designer: Tom Fleischman
Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Executive Producer: Michael Haisman
Co-Executive Producer: Colin Vaines ,Graham King ,Rick Schwartz

Gangs of New York: AMG Review
Lucia Bozzola , AMG

Returning to Lower Manhattan's mean streets, Martin Scorsese's profoundly ambitious and engaging Gangs of New York sheds a different light on America's violent foundation myths. Embedding his signature concerns with Catholic immigrants, rival gangs, and arcane ethical codes in the spectacularly recreated squalor of the Five Points ghetto on the cusp of the 1863 Draft Riots, Scorsese's epic tale of nativist conflict, official corruption, and familial revenge is at once a precursor to his earlier Mob films and a sharp indictment of the usual American bromides about liberty and righteous conflict. From Liam Neeson's magisterial march through a baroque, torch-lit cellar to his death at the hands of Daniel Day-Lewis's eagle-eyed, fiercely charismatic "Bill the Butcher," the opening clash between Irish and "natives" is a stunning, kinetic montage of primitive violence. The U.S. military, however, is responsible for the copious blood on the streets at Gangs' tumultuous conclusion, overwhelming the archaic feud between Bill and Leonardo DiCaprio's Amsterdam and underlining the systemic bloodshed arising from Bill and his cohorts' entrenched racism and classism. Though the more intimate dimensions of the story are a mixed bag of allegorical romance and hoary Oedipal conflict involving DiCaprio, Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz's California-dreaming thief, the visceral punch of the action scenes is occasionally matched by such quiet interludes as the flag-clad Bill's sublimely twisted disquisition on paternity and honor. A potent and thoughtful cinematic experience despite its flaws, Gangs of New York is Scorsese's most vital work since The Age of Innocence (1993). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

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