Gangs of New York

DVD 2003

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.

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Five Points (New York, N.Y.) History 19th century Drama

Gangs Five Points (New York, N.Y.) Drama

Immigrants Ireland Drama

Revenge Drama

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Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
mixed
Dolby digital 5.1
video file
DVD video

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: 18A

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
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
Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Thelma Schoonmaker ; original music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Dante Ferretti
Leonardo Dicaprio, Daniel Day Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound, DTS 5.1 digital surround sound
For private home use only
Includes audio tracks in English and French with subtitles in English
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

532835

UPC:

065935148128

Other Authors:

Alliance Films
Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017
Broadbent, Jim
Cocks, Jay
Day-Lewis, Daniel
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Diaz, Cameron
Ferretti, Dante, 1943-
Gleeson, Brendan
Grimaldi, Alberto
Lonergan, Kenneth
Miramax Films
Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Neeson, Liam
Powell, Sandy
Reilly, John C., 1965-
Schoonmaker, Thelma
Scorsese, Martin
Shore, Howard
Thomas, Henry, 1971-
Weinstein, Harvey, 1952-
Zaillian, Steven

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