DVD

Gangs of New York / Miramax Films ; Touchstone Pictures ; directed by Martin Scorsese ; screenplay by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan ; story by Jay Cocks ; produced by Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein.

Scorsese, Martin, (director.). DiCaprio, Leonardo, (actor.). Day-Lewis, Daniel, (actor.). Diaz, Cameron, (actor.). Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson. (Cast).

Summary:

A young man seeks revenge for his father's death amid the New York Civil War draft riots.

In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured in to 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 a 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0788846361
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (2 hr 47 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Widescreen.
Publisher: Burbank, California : Miramax Home Entertainment : [2003].

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. DVD special features include: costume design featurette, set design featurette, history of the Five Points featurette, exploring the sets of Gangs of New York, U2 music video "The hands that built America," Discovery channel special "Uncovering the real gangs of New York," the Five Points study guide, commentary with Martin Scorsese, theatrical trailer, teaser trailer.
Participant or Performer Note:	Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson.
Target Audience Note:	Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.
System Details Note:	DVDs, Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	In English with optional French language track. Closed-captioned.