Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York2002

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Rating: R
Runtime: 167 minutes

Gangs of New York may achieve greatness with the passage of time. Mixed reviews were inevitable for a production this grand (and this troubled behind the scenes), but it's as distinguished as any of director Martin Scorsese's more celebrat… more »



The Five Points. Paradise square! The streets here are always livelier in the evening.

Who are the gangs around now?

We got the Daybreak boys and the Swamp Angels. They work the river, looting ships. The Frog Haulers shanghai sailors down around the bay. Shortails were rough for awhile, but they became a bunch of jackrolling dandies. Lolling around Murderer's Alley looking like Chinamen. The Plug Uglies they're from somewhere in the old country. They got their own language. No one understands what they're saying. They love to fight the cops. And the Nightwalkers and Ratpickers. They work on their backs and kill with their hands. They're so scurvy, only the Plug Uglies will talk with them. But who knows what they're saying. The Slaughterhouses and the Broadway Twisters are a fine bunch of Bengal boys! And the little Forty Thieves.

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