| Uniform Title |
Gangs of New York (Motion picture : 2002) |
| Title |
Gangs of New York. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, ©2002. |
| ©2004. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (160 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Columbia TriStar : DT32328. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
| "Freedom was born in the streets" -- Cover. |
| Special features: Original widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround audio ; Audio commentary by director Martin Scorsese ; Picture disc. |
| Credits |
Directed by Martin Scorsese. |
| Performers |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz. |
| Summary |
Introduces today's world to the Five Points, a dark corner of the city known to New Yorkers of long ago as the centre of vice and chaos. Into this frontier of extreme lawlessness arrives the young Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio). Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) - once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits gang that rallied the Irish immigrants of the Five Points. Amsterdam has returned to the Five Points to hunt down his father's killer. His target is William Cutting AKA "Bill the Butcher" (Daniel Day-Lewis), who has since become the merciless new leader of the neighbourhood, a Nativist who detests the newly-arrived immigrants and is determined to fend off all so-called "foreign invaders." Amsterdam works his way deep into the Butcher's inner circle, a world of alternating honour and cruelty. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, PAL, widescreen 16:9, letterbox 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
In English. Subtitles in English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
Golden Globes 2003 winner: Best Director - Motion Picture ; Best Original Song (The Hands That Built America) - Motion Picture. |
| Subjects |
Immigrants -- New York (N.Y.) Drama |
| Gangs -- Five Points (New York, N.Y.) Drama |
| Irish -- New York (State) New York -- Drama |
| Five Points (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Gangster films |
| Crime films |
| Historical films |
| Action and adventure films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Scorsese, Martin director. |
| Day-Lewis, Daniel actor. |
| DiCaprio, Leonardo actor. |
| Diaz, Cameron actor. |
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