Gangs Of New York
This edition has the movie spanning two discs, but will be shipped together and treated as only one title on your ZipList.
America Was Born In The Streets
This motion picture event from acclaimed director Martin Scorsese earned 10 Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, along with 5 Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Song! Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic), Cameron Diaz (Charlie's Angels) and Daniel Day-Lewis (The Boxer) star in this epic tale of vengeance and survival! As waves of immigrants swell the population of New York, lawlessness and corruption thrive in lower Manhattan's Five Points section. After years of incarceration, young Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon (DiCaprio) returns seeking revenge against the rival gang leader (Day-Lewis) who killed his father. But Amsterdam's personal vendetta becomes part of the gang warfare that erupts as he and his fellow Irishmen fight to carve a place for themselves in their newly adopted homeland!
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Presque qu'un chef d'oeuvre - Tigidou
Ce film déborde de qualités mais comporte quand même quelques défauts. C'est historiquement super intéressant; peu de gens se doutent que tout ceci s'ai passé à New York au milieu du 19e siècle. La performance de Daniel Day-Lewis est mémorable. Les costumes et les décors sont bien au-dessus de la moyenne.An intruiging and entertaining epic. Very stunningly compelling revenge story. - moviemonger
Gangs of New York is a bold, epic spectacle brought to the screen using more of the old-fashioned Hollywood techniques (elaborate sets, large groups of extras) than the new ones (CGI). Visually, it is stunning, and the storyline encompasses a grand scope, using a fascinating and turbulent period of American history as the canvas upon which master cinematic painter Martin Scorsese crafts his images. Yet, despite all of this, Gangs of New York doesn't come close to masterpiece status. There are some great individual scenes and a tremendous performance by Daniel Day-Lewis, but the connecting material is mediocre, leading to the occasional twinge of dissatisfaction. The off-screen story of Gangs of New York has been well documented. There are times when Gangs of New York steals away the viewer's breath. Yet, for all that is good about Gangs of New York, it is nevertheless a flawed motion picture. Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz are adequate – neither is tremendously good nor bad. Their accents are less constant than their performances, but there are times when they don't seem to have a good grasp on the individuals they are portraying. With Gangs of New York, Scorsese has both hit and missed. This is inarguably the most ambitious motion picture of his long career, the first time he has attempted a pure epic. There is much to appreciate about the spectacle, and about the meticulous manner in which the director has brought to life the turbulence of New York in the mid-1800s. We see here the birth pangs of the greatest American city in all of its ugliness. Yet, in presenting such a large tapestry, Scorsese occasionally seems to lose control of the flow.A well decorated revenge flick - DisposableHero
Martin Scorcese's take on the American Dream, is about, on the surface, a number of gangs in the beginnings of New York fighting for supremacy. However, when you get to the core of the movie, it's basically a revenge flick. A very well made revenge flick. The set pieces, constumes and cinematography give you a real genuine sense of the mid-1800s, but the real stars are the stars themselves. Daniel Day-Lewis is simply riveting in his performance, and Leo DiCaprio, Brendan Gleeson and Cameron Diaz are just a few of the great performers in GoNY. The fight scenes are intense and gruesome, but if I were to have one complaint, it's that the fight scenes were shot in a weird way that I can't explain but sort of bothered me (bet you thought I was going to say how long it is, but it certainly didn't feel like it was short of 3 hours).
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Presque qu'un chef d'oeuvre - Tigidou
Ce film déborde de qualités mais comporte quand même quelques défauts. C'est historiquement super intéressant; peu de gens se doutent que tout ceci s'ai passé à New York au milieu du 19e siècle. La performance de Daniel Day-Lewis est mémorable. Les costumes ...An intruiging and entertaining epic. Very stunningly compelling revenge story. - moviemonger
Gangs of New York is a bold, epic spectacle brought to the screen using more of the old-fashioned Hollywood techniques (elaborate sets, large groups of extras) than the new ones (CGI). Visually, it is stunning, and the storyline encompasses a grand scope, ...A well decorated revenge flick - DisposableHero
Martin Scorcese's take on the American Dream, is about, on the surface, a number of gangs in the beginnings of New York fighting for supremacy. However, when you get to the core of the movie, it's basically a revenge flick. A very well made revenge flick. ...