Gangs of New York
(2002)
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Writer:
Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan, Jay Cocks
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.