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.
Acting
Day-Lewis's Bill is cinema's most terrifying mustache.
Production
Rome's Cinecittà Studios became 1860s Manhattan. No CGI.
Direction
Scorsese's 30-year passion project finally escaped development hell.
Director
Martin Scorsese
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
David Hemmings
Mr. Schermerhorn
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Jimmy Spoils
Cara Seymour
Hell-Cat Maggie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Day-Lewis caught pneumonia wearing thin period clothes in winter but refused modern coats. Absolute menace.
The Old Brewery was a real Five Points hellhole where 1,000 people lived in squalor; Scorsese's father grew up hearing these stories.
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