Gangs Of New York Oscar

When a white prison correction officer and a black single mother are drawn together by a series of tragic events the result is an unsentimental complex mixture of sex race and family that provides no easy answers.

Gangs of new york oscar. Chicago received the most nominations with thirteen. Gangs of new york came in second with ten. The advertisement was headlined two time academy award winner robert wise declares scorsese deserves the oscar for gangs of new york millicent wise robert s wife said friday that. His previous oscar victories were for his work in my left foot and there will be blood and he has two further nominations to his name for gangs of new york and in the name of the father.

The film was directed by martin scorsese and written by jay cocks steven zaillian and kenneth lonergan inspired by herbert asbury s 1928 non fiction book the gangs of new york it was made in cinecittà rome distributed by miramax films and. It was the eighth film to receive that many nominations. Gangs of new york felt like a break from that. Nominated for the best picture oscar at the 2003 academy awards director martin scorsese s gangs of new york brings to life 19th century manhattan s five points neighborhood.

By simple odds and statistics it is strange for a film to be that liked and still not win in even one category. Directed by martin scorsese. Even if he had yet to win an oscar this is the film that seemed like a comeback film. Gangs of new york is a 2002 american fictional historical drama set in the mid 19th century in the five points district of lower manhattan.

But what was it. With leonardo dicaprio cameron diaz daniel day lewis jim broadbent. The nominees for the 75th academy awards were announced on february 11 2003 at the samuel goldwyn theater in beverly hills california by frank pierson president of the academy and actress marisa tomei. Gangs of new york is a love story that resists the usual tradition of movie romances.

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. Still gangs of new york came out at an interesting time between goodfellas and the departed. Between then scorsese s films weren t necessarily the biggest profile films.