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Gangs of New York

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Gangs of New York is a 2002 epic historical crime drama movie directed by Martin Scorsese. It is set in the New York City. It was inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1927 nonfiction book of the same name.

Gangs of New York
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Directed byMartin Scorsese
Screenplay by
Story byJay Cooks
Based onThe Gangs of New York
by Herbert Asbury
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Ballhaus
Edited byThelma Schoonmaker
Music byHoward Shore
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films (United States, Canada and Scandinavia)
20th Century Fox (Italy)[2]
Initial Entertainment Group (International)[3]
Release date
  • December 20, 2002 (2002-12-20)
Running time
167 minutes[4]
CountriesUnited States
Italy
LanguageEnglish
Budget$97–100 million[5][6]
Box office$193.8 million[6]

The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz. The movie was released on December 20, 2002 in the United States.

References

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  1. Brodesser, Claude & Lyons, Charles (April 3, 2000). "'Gangs' green for Grimaldi". Variety.
  2. "Fox Intl. 'Gangs' up". Variety. March 8, 2001.
  3. Lyons, Charles (9 Oct 2002). "IEG frontloads 'Gangs'". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  4. "'Gangs of New York'". British Board of Film Classification. December 10, 2002. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2016. Approved Running time 167m 40s
  5. "Gangs of New York (2002) – Financial Information". The Numbers.
  6. 1 2 "Gangs of New York (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 27, 2017.