Gangs of New York a American historical crime film was released on December 20, 2002. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese & written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. Producers for the film were Alberto Grimaldi and Harvey Weinstein.
Production companies for the film were Miramax Films and Initial Entertainment Group (IEG). Starring in the film were Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, and Barbara Bouchet. The film had a budget of $97 million and grossed about $194 million worldwide.
As waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points, tensions run high as American-born British and Dutch heritage citizens start to make an open display of their resentment towards the Irish. William Cutting known as "Bill the Butcher" organizes the "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish and they in turn form their own gang called, "The Dead Rabbits". During a bloody clash Bill leaves the leader of the Rabbits dead on the streets. Years later his son Amsterdam returns to exact revenge on Bill for his father's death. He infiltrates Bill's organization and becomes a trusted assistant of his, but just before making his movie things spiral out of control.
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