Gangs Of New York Cast

With leonardo dicaprio cameron diaz daniel day lewis jim broadbent.

Gangs of new york cast. Gangs of new york cast list listed alphabetically with photos when available. His bullying violent temperament inspired the main antagonist in martin scorsese s gangs of new york but it ultimately led to his murder at age 33. New york city was a very different place in the mid 1800s the kind of place where a egotistical knife wielding pugilist could win a place. Based on herbert asbury s 1927 book martin scorcese s 2002 movie gangs of new york received a host of awards and was generally praised for its historical accuracy including the names of the original gangs of the five points the bowery boys the dead rabbits the plug uglies the short tails the slaughter houses the swamp angels.

Gangs of new york is a 2002 american epic historical crime film that was directed by martin scorsese set in the new york city slums and inspired by herbert asbury s 1927 nonfiction book the gangs of new york the screenplay was written by jay cocks steven zaillian and kenneth lonergan the film stars leonardo dicaprio daniel day lewis and cameron diaz. Gangs of new york favorite movie button. R 2 hr 48 min tell us where you are. Under martin scorsese direction gangs of new york is able to handle it s dialogue driven film nearly three hours long with a rich eye for detail and powerhouse cast that brings 1800 century new.

Many of the gangs mentioned in the film were real life nyc gangs. Gangs of new york 2002 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Directed by martin scorsese the film takes place in 1863 and follows amsterdam vallon who has returned from jail and seeks revenge on his father s killer bill the butcher the film was inspired by the 1927 non fiction book the gangs of new york by herbert asbury. You can view trivia about each gangs of new york actor on this list such as when and where they were born.

Directed by martin scorsese.