| Description |
2 videodiscs (DVD)(166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound, DTS 5.1 digital surround sound, Region 1 encoding. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Leonardo Dicaprio, Daniel Day Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; original music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Dante Ferretti. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
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Special features: U2 "The hands that built America" music video; history of the Five Points; exploring the sets of "Gangs of New York" (multi-angle); feature commentary with Martin Scorsese; set design; costume design. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language. |
| Summary |
In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After an bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father. |
| Awards |
Golden Globes, USA, 2003: Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture (Martin Scorsese); Best Original Song - Motion Picture (U2 (music/lyrics) For the song "The Hands That Built America"). |
| Subject |
Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Drama. |
| Added Author |
Scorsese, Martin.
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DiCaprio, Leonardo.
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Day-Lewis, Daniel.
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Diaz, Cameron.
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| ISBN |
0788846361 |
| Standard No. |
786936165371 |
| Music No. |
24017 Touchstone Home Video |
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