03157cgm a2200649 i 4500 1262009605 TxAuBib d 030418t20032002||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780788846366 0788846361 786936165371 031398134565 30039 Miramax Films 24017 Touchstone Home Video (OCoLC)11739 TxAuBib rda Gangs of New York / Miramax Films presents a Martin Scorsese picture an Alberto Grimaldi production, a Miramax Films presentation ; producers, Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein ; screenplay writers, Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan ; director, Martin Scorsese. Widescreen version. [United States : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2003] ©2002. 2 videodiscs (166 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. 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. 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. MPAA rating: R; for intense strong violence, sexuality/nudity and language. Also issued on VHS. DVD. Closed-captioned. 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"".) Immigrants Ireland Drama. Gangs New York (State) Five Points (New York) Drama. Feature films. Five Points (New York, N.Y) History 19th century Drama. Films for the hearing impaired. Grimaldi, Alberto. Weinstein, Harvey, 1952- Cocks, Jay. Zaillian, Steven. Lonergan, Kenneth. Scorsese, Martin. DiCaprio, Leonardo. Day-Lewis, Daniel. Diaz, Cameron. Broadbent, Jim. Reilly, John C., 1965- Thomas, Henry, 1971- Gleeson, Brendan. Neeson, Liam. Miramax Films. Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm).