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[[File:Gangs_of_New_York_Poster.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Gangs of New York]]__NOTOC__
The <i>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006RXQ800/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006RXQ800&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1a7786e898d7a531f39a6a1fb458773d Gangs of New York]</i> is widely viewed as an outstanding movie, but the movie it plays fast and loose with the factshistory. This movie is a 2002 epic directed by one of the greatest modern directors, Martin Scorsese. The now-defunct Miramax produced the movie, and it was based on an idea by Jay Cocks. The movie had a heavyweight cast starring Leonardo Di Caprio, Cameron Diaz, and Daniel Day-Lewis. The motion picture was generally well-received, but critics were not in love with the movie's script. It was a commercial success, and it received ten academy award nominations but failed to win any awards.
The Gangs of New York is a vengeance drama. It is set in in the American metropolis before and during the American Civil War. The movie's focus is on the gangs that once controlled the Five-Points area of New York, which was a notorious slum. It follows the leader of a criminal gang which is tied to the political establishment in New York City. ‘Bill the Butcher’ played by the Anglo-Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis rules the Five-Points. The character is a ‘Nativist’ and wants America to remain a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant country. He despises the recent and numerous Catholic emigrants in New York.
