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Gangs of New York (2002)

Drama, History, Crime • 2h 48m

Overview

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Gary Lewis, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Alec McCowen, David Hemmings, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Cara Seymour, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Peter-Hugo Daly, Cian McCormack, Andrew Gallagher, Philip Kirk, Rab Affleck, Bill Barclay, Nick Bartlett, Robert Goodman, Tim Pigott-Smith, Liam Carney, Gary McCormack, David McBlain, Dick Holland, Katherine Wallach, Carmen Hanlon, Ilaria D'Elia, Laurie Ventry, Ford Kiernan, Alec McMahon, Nevan Finegan, Dominique Vandenberg, Stuart Yung Sai-Kit, Basil Chung, Finbar Furey, Sean Gilder, Richard Graham, Richard Strange, Douglas Plasse, R. Bruce Steinheimer, David Bamber, Barbara Bouchet, Michael Byrne, Lucy Davenport, Maura O'Connell, Alex Howden, James Ramsay, Iain McColl, Louie Brownsell, Gennaro Condemi, Kieran Hurley, John Sessions, Michael Billingsley, Steven Blake, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Alexia Murray, Flaminia Fegarotti, Bronco McLoughlin, Channing C. Holmes, Eliane Chappuis, Roberta Quaresima, Marta Pilato, Jian Su, Man Cao, Kathy Shao-Lin Lee, Alexander Deng, Peter Berling, Patrick Gordon, Brendan White, Brendan Dempsey, Taddeo Harbutt, Nazzareno Natale, Colin Hill, Robert Linge, Richard Syms, Christian Burgess, Gerry Robert Byrne, David J. Nicholls, Tim Faraday, Sean McGinley, John Anthony Murphy, Terry O'Neill, Vincent Pickering, Nick Miles, Ian Pirie, John McGlynn, Larry Kaplan, Leo Burmester, Justin Brennan, Brian Mallon, Joseph P. Reidy, Joel Strachan, Bill Murdoch, Angela Pleasence, Iain Agnew, Michael Hausman, Bob Colletti, Martin Scorsese, Trevor Cooper, Massimo Vanni, Salvatore Billa, Marcello Fonte, Vincenzo Tanassi, Paolo Lorimer, Michele Bevilacqua, Franco Venditti, Katy Monique Cuomo, Pietro Torrisi, Corrado Scalia, Loretta Rossi Stuart, Mauro Cremonini, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Arnaldo Dell'Acqua, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Franco Daddi, Virgilio Ponti, Clemente Ukmar, Patrizio Pelizzi, Raffaella Ponzo

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Format

1080p Blu-ray

Length

168 mins

Type

Movie

Last Updated

6 months ago

Contributors

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Best Video Release

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Best Audio Release

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Format
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Length
168 mins
Type
Movie
Last Updated
6 months ago
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