“America was born in the streets.”
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.
Martin Scorsese
Harvey Weinstein
Alberto Grimaldi
Jay Cocks
Steven Zaillian
Kenneth Lonergan
Michael Ballhaus
Howard Shore
Leonardo DiCaprio
Amsterdam Vallon
Daniel Day-Lewis
Bill "The Butcher" Cutting
Cameron Diaz
Jenny Everdeane
Jim Broadbent
Boss Tweed
John C. Reilly
Happy Jack
Henry Thomas
Johnny Sirocco
Liam Neeson
"Priest" Vallon
Brendan Gleeson
Walter "Monk" McGinn
Gary Lewis
McGloin
Stephen Graham
Shang
Eddie Marsan
Killoran
Alec McCowen
Reverend Raleigh
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CinemaSerf
I recall meeting Daniel Day-Lewis some years ago, he had just stepped from his motor bike and proved to be a charming, engaging man extremely far removed from the racist and odious "Bill the Butcher" character he so expertly creates in this hard, gritty and brutal depiction of the almost tribal exis...
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