Thanks to enthusiastic buyers at the 2000 American Film Market, Martin Scorsese was finally able to begin filming Gangs of New York, a project that had been germinating for nearly 30 years. Based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 book The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld, the film, with its detailed re-creations of 19th century Manhattan, follows an Irish immigrant, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who confronts his father’s murderer, the ruthless gang leader Bill the Butcher, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis.
With a screenplay by Time magazine film critic Jay Cocks — which would eventually be reworked by Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan — the project was originally announced in 1977, but at the time Scorsese instead opted to direct 1980’s Raging Bull. Over the years, as budget estimates rose from $30 million to around $100 million, the project drifted from Universal to Disney. Unable to secure a green light, Scorsese also offered it to Warners,...
With a screenplay by Time magazine film critic Jay Cocks — which would eventually be reworked by Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan — the project was originally announced in 1977, but at the time Scorsese instead opted to direct 1980’s Raging Bull. Over the years, as budget estimates rose from $30 million to around $100 million, the project drifted from Universal to Disney. Unable to secure a green light, Scorsese also offered it to Warners,...
- 11/2/2023
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As recorded by the American Film Institute, Martin Scorsese discovered Herbert Asbury's 1927 book "The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld" as early as 1970, back when he was a mere upstart who had only made one feature. It wouldn't be until later in the decade that Scorsese would be able to buy the film rights to the book having acquired some clout from "Taxi Driver" and "Mean Streets." As early as 1977, there were ads in local magazines that had announced a "Gangs of New York" movie with Scorsese slated to direct. It wouldn't be until 1991, however, that a budget could be settled on with producer Alberto Grimaldi getting $30 million from Universal. Universal, six years later, handed the rights to Disney. Scorsese would be allowed to make "Gangs of New York," but only if he and his co-screenwriter Jay Cocks added a love story element to their script.
- 9/26/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In June 1977, a two-page ad was published in the Hollywood trade magazine, Daily Variety. The ad announced a film that was about to go into production: Gangs of New York, from the hot thirtysomething director of Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese. Based on a cult favourite book by Herbert Asbury, the film would be an epic tale about Five Points slum in 19th-century New York and the gangs who terrorised its streets. It would ultimately take 25 years to put Scorsese’s grand vision on the big screen. The film – starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz – was finally released on 20 December 2002, after decades of delays, a vast reconstruction of Lower Manhattan in Rome, and a series of spats between Scorsese and his since disgraced producer, Harvey Weinstein.
Now, 20 years since its release, Gangs of New York is a curious entry in Scorsese’s body of work. It’s something of...
Now, 20 years since its release, Gangs of New York is a curious entry in Scorsese’s body of work. It’s something of...
- 12/18/2022
- by Tom Fordy
- The Independent - Film
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSUncut Gems.According to Adam Sandler in a new Vanity Fair profile, he will be shooting a new film with the Safdie brothers this winter. Not much is known about the project, but Sandler had previously mentioned that the film would take place in “the world of sports.” Artist-filmmaker Sky Hopinka has been named as one of 25 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship’s prestigious “genius grant.” (Michael Sicinski interviewed Hopinka for Notebook in 2020.)A new TV series based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 nonfiction book The Gangs of New York has been announced. Martin Scorsese, who directed the book’s 2002 feature film adaptation, is attached as executive producer of the series and director of the first two episodes.Recommended Viewinga trailer has arrived for Laura Poitras’s latest feature All the Beauty and the Bloodshed...
- 10/21/2022
- MUBI
Almost twenty years after its film adaptation, Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction novel ‘The Gangs Of New York’ is all set to be presented as a series because it’s the era of streaming and television content and the stakeholders are looking to squeeze the maximum out of it.
Martin Scorsese directed the movie ‘Gangs Of New York’, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz and scored 10 Oscar nominations. And now, Scorsese will help to launch by executive producing and directing the first two episodes, reports ‘Empire’ magazine.
The movie chronicled DiCaprio’s Amsterdam Vallon returning to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis), his father’s killer.
According to ‘Empire’, this new small-screen version is spearheaded by Miramax TV and Brett C. Leonard, who is one of the executive producers on Apple TV+’s ‘Shantaram’. It’ll be a completely...
Martin Scorsese directed the movie ‘Gangs Of New York’, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz and scored 10 Oscar nominations. And now, Scorsese will help to launch by executive producing and directing the first two episodes, reports ‘Empire’ magazine.
The movie chronicled DiCaprio’s Amsterdam Vallon returning to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis), his father’s killer.
According to ‘Empire’, this new small-screen version is spearheaded by Miramax TV and Brett C. Leonard, who is one of the executive producers on Apple TV+’s ‘Shantaram’. It’ll be a completely...
- 10/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Twenty years after Martin Scorsese brought his passion project, “Gangs of New York,” to the big screen, Miramax announced a television series based on the film is in development.
Scorsese is set to executive produce the upcoming series, as well as potentially direct the first two episodes. According to Deadline, the series will likely not feature characters from the 2002 film, but rather, focus on new ones. (The film itself was based on the novel of the same name by Herbert Asbury.)
Directed by Scorsese, “Gangs of New York” was set in 1862 and follows a man named Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) who returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge for his father’s killer — Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis).
In a statement, Scorsese stated, “This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two-hour film.
Scorsese is set to executive produce the upcoming series, as well as potentially direct the first two episodes. According to Deadline, the series will likely not feature characters from the 2002 film, but rather, focus on new ones. (The film itself was based on the novel of the same name by Herbert Asbury.)
Directed by Scorsese, “Gangs of New York” was set in 1862 and follows a man named Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) who returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge for his father’s killer — Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis).
In a statement, Scorsese stated, “This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two-hour film.
- 10/14/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
Thanks to the success of the new TV series "The Gilded Age", set in 19th century New York City, there is renewed interest in director Martin Scorsese directing the first two episodes of a TV adaptation of his feature "Gangs of New York" (2002), based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 nonfiction book, following rival gangs of late-1800's New York City:
"This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two hour film," said Scorsese.
"A television series allows us the time and creative freedom to bring this colorful world, and all the implications it had and still does on our society, to life."
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"This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two hour film," said Scorsese.
"A television series allows us the time and creative freedom to bring this colorful world, and all the implications it had and still does on our society, to life."
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- 10/14/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Whoopsy daisy! Twenty years after directing The Gangs of New York, Deadline reports that Martin Scorsese is set to helm a TV series adaptation for Miraxmax Television. The original movie was based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction book of the same name and starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz.
The Gangs of New York TV series is being developed by Brett Leonard (Shantaram), and Deadline hears that this will be a new take on the story with new characters who weren’t featured in the Martin Scorsese movie. Herbert Asbury’s novel dealt with the rise and fall of 19th century gangs in New York City, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s. In addition to directing the first two episodes of the Gangs of New York series, Scorsese will also executive produce. The last time Martin Scorsese headed to the small...
The Gangs of New York TV series is being developed by Brett Leonard (Shantaram), and Deadline hears that this will be a new take on the story with new characters who weren’t featured in the Martin Scorsese movie. Herbert Asbury’s novel dealt with the rise and fall of 19th century gangs in New York City, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s. In addition to directing the first two episodes of the Gangs of New York series, Scorsese will also executive produce. The last time Martin Scorsese headed to the small...
- 10/13/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Martin Scorsese has a filmography containing so many projects that took years, if not decades, to get to the screen. One of the longest to gestate and most difficult to make was 2002's "Gangs of New York," based on a book by Herbert Asbury that Scorsese first read back in 1970. That's three decades before the film even became a reality to make, and then there was the knock-down, drag-out battle behind the scenes with producer Harvey Weinstein about the cut of the picture, delaying the release of the film an entire year. The film was highly anticipated and received 10 Oscar nominations, but you would be hard pressed to find a ton of film fans who rank "Gangs of New York" among the director's best. I, however, am one of those few. It has its issues, namely the incredibly miscast Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz, but the ambition, style, and craftsmanship...
- 10/13/2022
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
Academy Award winner Martin Scorsese is executive producing a “Gangs of New York” TV series after helming the 2002 feature film.
Based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 nonfiction book, “The Gangs of New York” follows the rival gangs of late-1800s New York City. Scorsese is set to direct the first two episodes of the series, which was developed internally at Miramax TV and penned by playwright and TV writer Brett Leonard.
Per Deadline, the upcoming series will not center on the same characters as the film, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz. Scorsese’s managers Rick Yorn and Chris Donnelly are also executive producing the upcoming show, which will be taken out to buyers in November.
Scorsese previously was attached to a 2013 TV adaptation of “The Gangs of New York,” which would have expanded the portrayal to gangs in other major metropolitan areas at the turn of the century,...
Based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 nonfiction book, “The Gangs of New York” follows the rival gangs of late-1800s New York City. Scorsese is set to direct the first two episodes of the series, which was developed internally at Miramax TV and penned by playwright and TV writer Brett Leonard.
Per Deadline, the upcoming series will not center on the same characters as the film, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Cameron Diaz. Scorsese’s managers Rick Yorn and Chris Donnelly are also executive producing the upcoming show, which will be taken out to buyers in November.
Scorsese previously was attached to a 2013 TV adaptation of “The Gangs of New York,” which would have expanded the portrayal to gangs in other major metropolitan areas at the turn of the century,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: A high-profile TV series project from Miramax Television based on Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction book The Gangs of New York is about to hit the premium/streaming marketplace. Oscar winner Martin Scorsese, who directed the 2002 feature adaptation of the book, is attached to executive produce the potential series and direct the first two episodes.
Details about the drama, from playwright/TV writer Brett Leonard (Shantaram), are sketchy but I hear this is a new take on the story with new characters that were not featured in the movie, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.
Asbury’s book details the confrontations between rival gangs in New York in the mid- to late-1800s, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s. That latter period was the subject of HBO’s drama Boardwalk Empire, which Scorsese executive produced and won an Emmy for directing the pilot episode.
Details about the drama, from playwright/TV writer Brett Leonard (Shantaram), are sketchy but I hear this is a new take on the story with new characters that were not featured in the movie, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz.
Asbury’s book details the confrontations between rival gangs in New York in the mid- to late-1800s, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s. That latter period was the subject of HBO’s drama Boardwalk Empire, which Scorsese executive produced and won an Emmy for directing the pilot episode.
- 10/13/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Something about movies like “Lawless” gets the blood pumping. Maybe it’s the high-stakes action, the larger-than-life characters, or the sense of danger that permeates every frame.
These crime drama movies always leave audiences eager to see what happens next. If you’re looking for more films like “Lawless,” here.
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And while “Lawless” may be one of the best examples of this genre, there are plenty of other movies worth checking out.
There’s something for everyone who loves a good adrenaline rush, from crime dramas to war films.
About the Movie “Lawless”
The 2012 movie “Lawless” is a crime drama directed by John Hillcoat. The story takes place in 1931 and follows the Bondurant brothers – Forrest, Howard, and Jack – as they run a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia.
With the help of their friend Cricket, the brothers use their gas station and...
These crime drama movies always leave audiences eager to see what happens next. If you’re looking for more films like “Lawless,” here.
Best Movies About Redemption Of All Time
And while “Lawless” may be one of the best examples of this genre, there are plenty of other movies worth checking out.
There’s something for everyone who loves a good adrenaline rush, from crime dramas to war films.
About the Movie “Lawless”
The 2012 movie “Lawless” is a crime drama directed by John Hillcoat. The story takes place in 1931 and follows the Bondurant brothers – Forrest, Howard, and Jack – as they run a successful moonshine business in Franklin County, Virginia.
With the help of their friend Cricket, the brothers use their gas station and...
- 4/12/2022
- by Israr
- buddytv.com
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If New York City is the Big Apple, New York State is still an impressive bushel. The fourth most populous state is home to more than 19 million people and has a richness beyond the cultural hub of NYC. To that end, this is by no means a comprehensive breakdown of landmarks and locations to explore, but is just a kickoff to get you in an Empire State of mind.
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Cooperstown, New York, is home to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the setting for James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans, and the resting place of one of the biggest hoaxes in American history. The Cardiff Giant was the result of...
- 9/26/2019
- Den of Geek
Happy Feet and Master and Commander scribe John Collee is writing a TV show with Mel Gibson based.on the book The Barbary Coast by Herbert Asbury, who also wrote The Gangs of New York.
The plan is for Gibson to direct the pilot and have a recurring role on the show.
.It.s about the birth of a city,. Collee tells If. .There was a period between the Wild West gangsterism and the settlement of America and the birth of these cities. There was a period in San Francisco when a city was just emerging. A lot of stuff had to be worked out from scratch. And it.s all about the rule of law, the stuff we.re wrestling with now in the Middle East. And of course in America they.re readdressing all that stuff..
The project, first announced last April, has been put together by The Mark Gordon Company,...
The plan is for Gibson to direct the pilot and have a recurring role on the show.
.It.s about the birth of a city,. Collee tells If. .There was a period between the Wild West gangsterism and the settlement of America and the birth of these cities. There was a period in San Francisco when a city was just emerging. A lot of stuff had to be worked out from scratch. And it.s all about the rule of law, the stuff we.re wrestling with now in the Middle East. And of course in America they.re readdressing all that stuff..
The project, first announced last April, has been put together by The Mark Gordon Company,...
- 4/25/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: Vermilion Entertainment is teaming with Rubicon Entertainment to develop and produce a TV series based on The French Quarter: An Informal History of the New Orleans Underworld, a book in author-journalist Herbert Asbury’s early 20th century crime series that included Gangs of New York and The Barbary Coast. Vermillion and Rubicon will serve as executive producers on French Quarter, and they are beginning discussions with potential directors, writers and…...
- 10/28/2016
- Deadline TV
Mel Gibson and Dean Semler on the set of 2006's Apocalypto.
In what will be his first TV credit since 1981's Tickled Pink, starring Jacki Weaver and Max Gillies, Mel Gibson will direct, co-write and star in The Barbary Coast for the Mark Gordon Company.
Kate Hudson and her foster dad, Kurt Russell, the latter of whom starred with Gibson in 1988's Tequila Sunrise, are also on board.
As first reported by Deadline, the series will be "inspired by" Herbert Asbury's book The Barbary Coast, about the birth of San Francisco. Asbury also wrote the book on which Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York was based..
The Gold Rush in 1849 saw a mass migration of fortune-seekers to San Francisco, and The Barbary Coast will take place in the "unique criminal district" that arose there and lasted seventy years, in what sounds like a west-coast, nineteenth century version of Boardwalk Empire.
In what will be his first TV credit since 1981's Tickled Pink, starring Jacki Weaver and Max Gillies, Mel Gibson will direct, co-write and star in The Barbary Coast for the Mark Gordon Company.
Kate Hudson and her foster dad, Kurt Russell, the latter of whom starred with Gibson in 1988's Tequila Sunrise, are also on board.
As first reported by Deadline, the series will be "inspired by" Herbert Asbury's book The Barbary Coast, about the birth of San Francisco. Asbury also wrote the book on which Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York was based..
The Gold Rush in 1849 saw a mass migration of fortune-seekers to San Francisco, and The Barbary Coast will take place in the "unique criminal district" that arose there and lasted seventy years, in what sounds like a west-coast, nineteenth century version of Boardwalk Empire.
- 4/20/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Mel Gibson’s return to mainline acting may be trucking along at a glacial pace, but with roles in low-key thriller Blood Father and Hacksaw Ridge already in the can, the once-shunned Aussie actor is turning his attention to television.
That’s according to Deadline, with a report revealing today that Gibson has inked a deal to direct and star in an adaptation of The Barbary Coast, Herbert Asbury’s novel that chronicles the formative years of San Francisco. On board to join Gibson in the period piece are Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson, with the next port of call for Gibson involving finding a network to pick up the rights.
In light of Russell and Hudon’s casting, producer Mark Gordon noted that “most people don’t know the scandalous history behind San Francisco, and The Barbary Coast offers a rich portrayal of a period when success was often...
That’s according to Deadline, with a report revealing today that Gibson has inked a deal to direct and star in an adaptation of The Barbary Coast, Herbert Asbury’s novel that chronicles the formative years of San Francisco. On board to join Gibson in the period piece are Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson, with the next port of call for Gibson involving finding a network to pick up the rights.
In light of Russell and Hudon’s casting, producer Mark Gordon noted that “most people don’t know the scandalous history behind San Francisco, and The Barbary Coast offers a rich portrayal of a period when success was often...
- 4/19/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
For a while there, it looked like Mel Gibson's career was over. But people tend to forget about their outrage after a little time has passed, and Gibson is starring in a new thriller called Blood Father and is directing a new film called Hacksaw Ridge. Now the filmmaker has yet another project on the horizon: a TV show called The Barbary Coast.
Indiewire reports that Gibson will co-write, executive produce, and direct the series, and he'll play a recurring role in it alongside Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson. (Russell has been romantic partners with Hudson's mother, Goldie Hawn, since 1983, so while he's not technically her step-dad because he and Goldie aren't married, it's still cool to see this mini-family reunion.) The show is based on Herbert Asbury's novel of the same name, which centers on the California gold rush of 1849 and the influx of criminals, thieves, gamblers,...
Indiewire reports that Gibson will co-write, executive produce, and direct the series, and he'll play a recurring role in it alongside Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson. (Russell has been romantic partners with Hudson's mother, Goldie Hawn, since 1983, so while he's not technically her step-dad because he and Goldie aren't married, it's still cool to see this mini-family reunion.) The show is based on Herbert Asbury's novel of the same name, which centers on the California gold rush of 1849 and the influx of criminals, thieves, gamblers,...
- 4/19/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
A trio of heavyweights have attached themselves to a new TV series about the 1849 Gold Rush. Mel Gibson, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson are teaming up for The Barbary Coast from The Mark Gordon Company. Based on the book of the same name from Herbert Asbury, who also penned Gangs Of New York, the series would start with the Gold Rush and the influx of interesting characters - gold-seekers,... Read More...
- 4/18/2016
- by Billy Donnelly
- JoBlo.com
Has Hollywood forgiven Mel Gibson? If some doors still remain closed to the actor and filmmaker following his meltdown, a lot more are opening. Later this summer, Gibson leads the lean B-movie "Blood Father" (okay, it's currently only set to open in Australia, but still), and he's got his next directorial effort in the can, the wartime drama "Hacksaw Ridge" starring Andrew Garfield. Now, he's set to take his growing comeback to TV. Gibson will direct and co-write "The Barbary Coast." He'll be guiding Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson, and taking a role himself, in the adaptation of "Gangs Of New York" author Herbert Asbury's book about The Gold Rush era of San Francisco, and seamy criminal culture that emerged. Here's the book synopsis: The history of the Barbary Coast properly begins with the gold rush to California in 1849. If the precious yellow metal hadn't been discovered ... the development...
- 4/18/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The Mark Gordon Company has put together big TV series package The Barbary Coast. The series will be directed and co-written by Mel Gibson, with Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson set to star. Gibson also will have a recurring role on the series. The project is inspired by Gangs of New York author Herbert Asbury's book The Barbary Coast, about the birth of San Francisco. Russell will executive produce with actor siblings Kate and Oliver Hudson, whom he raised with their mother…...
- 4/18/2016
- Deadline TV
Mel Gibson will co-write and direct "The Barbary Coast," a TV series set in the San Francisco area in 1849, during the midst of the California Gold Rush, and which the Mark Gordon Company will produce.
Gibson, Kurt Russell and Russell's stepdaughter Kate Hudson are all set to star in the series, inspired by Herbert Asbury's novel about the titular region - ground zero for the lawlessness and licentiousness that ensued as thousands of prospectors, adventurers and migrants came together.
Gibson, Russell, Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, Wyatt Russell, Bruce Davey and Rick Nicita will executive produce. Entertainment One will distribute and the show will be shopped around to premium cable networks and streaming services.
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Gibson, Kurt Russell and Russell's stepdaughter Kate Hudson are all set to star in the series, inspired by Herbert Asbury's novel about the titular region - ground zero for the lawlessness and licentiousness that ensued as thousands of prospectors, adventurers and migrants came together.
Gibson, Russell, Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson, Wyatt Russell, Bruce Davey and Rick Nicita will executive produce. Entertainment One will distribute and the show will be shopped around to premium cable networks and streaming services.
Source: The Live Feed...
- 4/18/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Read More: First Look: Liam Neeson In Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day Lewis), "Gangs of New York" Using 19th century New York City gang leader William Poole as a launching pad, Scorsese brings to the screen his most magnetic and monstrous villain with Bill "the Butcher" Cutting. Played with ruthless calculation and conniving intensity by Daniel Day Lewis, Cutting is a towering screen presence — you simply can't take your eyes off him. Based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 non-fiction book, "Gangs of New York" centers on Leonardo DiCaprio's Amsterdam Vallon, a young Irish immigrant who loses his father to Cutting's reign of terror and plots his revenge against him two decades later. Bringing the adult Vallon unknowingly under his wing, Cutting proves dangerous and charismatic all at once. Lewis, inhabiting the role with a blazing fire in his eyes that is impossible to put out,...
- 11/17/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The best part of the DVD-on-demand business (or Mod, as the studios call it) is that Warner Bros., Sony, and 20th Century Fox are unearthing rare titles from their vaults. Many have never been on home video in any form, and some haven’t ever had television exposure. My latest “discovery” is a 1934 Columbia title called Among the Missing, directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Herbert Asbury and Fred Niblo, Jr., from a story by Florence Wagner. It stars Henrietta Crosman, Richard Cromwell, Billie Seward, and Arthur Hohl—not exactly an all-star lineup, unless you’ve seen Crosman’s memorable performance in John Ford’s Pilgrimage. Crosman was a veteran stage actress who made a...
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- 1/20/2015
- by Leonard Maltin
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Gangs of New York was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, and yet, I still can’t shake the feeling that Martin Scorsese‘s revenge epic has been overlooked. With a filmograpyy as refined as Scorsese’s, a few gems are bound to go unnoticed, but even at the time of its release many were split by the film. It wasn’t a domestic box-office hit, scored a modest 75% on Rottentomatoes, and, from what I can recall, most people I knew weren’t a fan Scorsese’s impressionistic period piece. That’s a pity, because this fictional tale of Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) seeking revenge on the man who killed his father, Bill ‘The Butcher’ Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), is one of Scorsese’s most thrilling and hypnotic films. Even if you found the acclaimed director’s untraditional approach to period distancing, you can’t dismiss it has one of the finest pieces of acting ever put on film courtesy...
- 12/19/2013
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The 2002 film "Gangs of New York" was Martin Scorsese's long-gestating (since 1977) attempt to capture the bloody strife between Irish immigrants and Nativists in New York's Five Points district (what is now mostly Chinatown) during the height of the Civil War. It was epic, it was nominated for Best Picture, it was an expensive nightmare to make.
Apparently Scorsese didn't quite get the whole story out of his system, however, since Deadline reports he is teaming up with his old antagonists at Miramax to bring "Gangs of New York" to television with the same lavish scope and violence that he lent HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."
"This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two-hour film," Scorsese said. "A television series allows us the time and creative freedom to bring this colorful world, and all the...
Apparently Scorsese didn't quite get the whole story out of his system, however, since Deadline reports he is teaming up with his old antagonists at Miramax to bring "Gangs of New York" to television with the same lavish scope and violence that he lent HBO's "Boardwalk Empire."
"This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two-hour film," Scorsese said. "A television series allows us the time and creative freedom to bring this colorful world, and all the...
- 3/29/2013
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Martin Scorsese’s Gangs Of New York is set to become a TV show, with Miramax teaming up with the director to get the series into development. The film itself only scratched the surface in adapting Herbert Asbury’s 1928 book The Gangs Of New York: An Informal History Of the Underworld, a tome Scorsese is keen to give a little more time and attention to. The new show will again focus upon gang activity in late 19th Century America, but will also widen its scope beyond New York, exploring criminal activity in the likes of Chicago and...
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- 3/29/2013
- by George Wales
- TotalFilm
Miramax and Martin Scorsese announced on Thursday (March 28) that they're developing a TV series based around the director's 2002 Oscar-nominated feature "Gangs of New York." Like Scorsese's film, the series will be developed at least in part from Herbert Asbury's 1928 book of the same title, which focused on the power dynamics in Lower Manhattan's Five Points district in the mid-19th Century. "This time and era of America’s history and heritage is rich with characters and stories that we could not fully explore in a two hour film. A television series allows us the time and creative freedom...
- 3/29/2013
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
It's probably safe to say that "Gangs Of New York" is likely the most divisive movie Martin Scorsese has made over the past decade or so. And it was also seemingly one plagued with rumors that Harvey Weinstein essentially neutered Scorsese's better (though still flawed) and preferred cut. It's something the fimmaker would deny, saying the theatrical cut is the one he intended, though back in the day David Poland wrote a rather compelling case that the longer workprint cut was the better movie. But perhaps this latest development will allow Scorsese to give the material another shot. Miramax and Scorsese are now developing a TV series based on "Gangs Of New York," with the scope expanding beyond the Five Points, to include the organized crime developing in Chicago and New Orleans during the 1800s as well. So, an even more old timey "Boardwalk Empire"? Certainly there is a lot to dive into.
- 3/28/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Gangs Of New York (2002) Direction: Martin Scorsese Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, John C. Reilly, Gary Lewis, Stephen Graham, Eddie Marsan, Alec McCowen, David Hemmings Screenplay: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, from a story by Cocks. (Herbert Asbury's Gangs of New York treads on some of the same territory shown in the film.) Oscar Movies Recommended Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York Keep Away Your Poor, Your Tired. . . Those who think that gangs and urban violence are a modern phenomenon should take a look at Martin Scorsese's ambitious Gangs of New York, a riveting tale of revenge, corruption, and power lust set in mid-1860s New York City. Scorsese had already covered the dangerous streets of his hometown in films as diverse as Mean Streets and After Hours, but in Gangs of New York he goes...
- 2/13/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
We have tried -- Mrs. Tater and I -- over the years to readjust the thinking of everyone we know regarding Christmas. Please don't give us anything, we've urged, nay, implored the relatives. Let's just get together and go out to dinner and spend a couple hours together and laugh and stuff and split the check and wish each other well and merry and go home happy. This would not apply to the young'uns, who still get their money etc., just to the supposed adults.
I say supposed because, despite our many entreaties, we have failed miserably. Which is to say, they have failed us miserably.
Every year we beg, "Please don't get us anything, we don't need anything, please."
Nevertheless, most adult factions of the extended Tater universe insist on plying us with gifts, to the point we have pretty much given up on our vision of our version of Christmas.
I say supposed because, despite our many entreaties, we have failed miserably. Which is to say, they have failed us miserably.
Every year we beg, "Please don't get us anything, we don't need anything, please."
Nevertheless, most adult factions of the extended Tater universe insist on plying us with gifts, to the point we have pretty much given up on our vision of our version of Christmas.
- 1/8/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Not sure what to watch? We can help with our comprehensive guide to the best films on TV this Christmas and new year
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Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all,...
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Saturday 19 December | Sunday 20 December | Monday 21 December | Tuesday 22 December | Wednesday 23 December |Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | Boxing Day | Sunday 27 December | Monday 28 December | Tuesday 29 December | Wednesday 30 December | New Year's Eve | New Year's Day
Saturday 19 December
Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008)
10am, 8pm, Sky Movies Premiere
Remember Jim Carrey in Liar, Liar, where he forces himself to tell the truth for 24 hours? Well, here Jim Carrey forces himself to answer yes to any request, for a year. Which is upping the ante somewhat, but doesn't make it a better film. This is a return to the manic, gurning, not-very-funny Carrey, as if The Truman Show, Eternal Sunshine etc hadn't happened. Just say no.
The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
11.40am, 8pm, Sky Movies Family
What with Harry Potter, Narnia, Lemony Snicket and all,...
- 12/18/2009
- by Paul Howlett
- The Guardian - Film News
Martin Scorsese's careerlong exploration of the role of violence in American society culminates in "Gangs of New York". The view here is that brutality and corruption played midwives to the American nation, that the American dream of liberty from European despotism, monarchy and aristocratic privilege ran afoul of the New World vices of bigotry and anarchy almost immediately. This is a relentless, pitch-black portrait of New York in 1863 that, while thoroughly rooted in historical fact, is nonetheless painted from limited pigments.
Astonishing and audacious, the film certainly creates a kind of perverse beauty and excitement out of its horrors. Scorsese seems to want the viewer to get a voyeuristic rush from gut-spilling fights featuring knives, cleavers and bats. And just as certainly, "Gangs" poses a major challenge to Miramax's marketing department.
Here is a movie from arguably America's most brilliant filmmaker, yet one so dark and disturbing you might label it a "feel-bad" movie. It's a gangster film, one of cinema's more durable genres, yet mired in arcane history and forgotten political movements. Scorsese's reputation ensures a solid opening here and perhaps even better in Europe. But Miramax will have a hard time recouping the enormous cost of re-creating 19th century New York at Rome's Cinecitta Studios.
Inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 classic study, the script by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan embroils the viewer in a now-forgotten district of Lower Manhattan known as Five Points. Here everyone prays to one God or another, but in reality, God does not venture into this satanic terrain.
Ruled by an underworld barbarian known as Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis, in his first movie since 1997's "The Boxer"), the area's only business is crime: theft, racketeering, prostitution, gambling, drugs and murder. Bill has made a devil's alliance with Boss Tweed (Jim Broadbent), supplying muscle to the political boss who would rule the city. It is into this cauldron that immigrants, mostly Catholics despised by Nativists, surge on a daily basis.
Unlike Scorsese's previous gangster movies, such as "GoodFellas" or "Casino", there is little complexity to this 1863 underworld. There is a bad guy in Bill the Butcher, who carves up people and pigs with equal enthusiasm. And there is a young hero in an American-born Irish orphan named Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio), determined to avenge Bill's murder of his father, Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson), an Irish immigrant leader, 16 years earlier.
Amsterdam somewhat implausibly worms his way into Bill's Nativist gang and then into his confidence, becoming a son to the chief. The lad gets involved romantically with a beauteous, headstrong pickpocket, Jenny (Cameron Diaz), who has links to Bill as well. Other characters fill out the rogue's gallery: Monk (Brendan Gleeson), a strong-arm enforcer settled into shopkeeping; Happy Jack John C. Reilly), a former gang member-turned-corrupt copper; and Johnny (Henry Thomas), an Amsterdam loyalist with strong instincts for self-preservation.
Against the backdrop of the Civil War -- of President Lincoln's unpopular conscription and coffins arriving daily in the city -- come the political maneuverings of Boss Tweed and a betrayal that alerts Bill to Amsterdam's true intentions. This lead to a climax amid the worst riot in American history, the Draft Riots, where much of Manhattan was destroyed first by immigrant mobs, then by soldiers and Navy guns.
DiCaprio makes the protagonist's thirst for revenge and reclamation of family honor palpable. But he doesn't look the part of a street tough. Nor is the script helpful by insisting that despite 16 long years in a religious "house of refuge," he has lost none of his street smarts.
The film's great performance belongs to Day-Lewis, a sociopath given free reign to spill blood in copious amounts. Here anger -- at politicians, foreign "invaders," high society -- mingles with humor and a sense of detachment. He's illiterate yet understands how power works and how to hold it through terror.
Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, designer Dante Ferretti and costumer Sandy Powell conspire to bring to life paintings and engravings of Old New York -- its interiors almost monochromatic, the streets filled with smoky colors and nights made sinister by gaslight and flickering fires that dot the landscape.
Yet this 168-minute movie, reportedly cut down from a 195-minute version, never gets you inside the story so you understand how the characters feel about their deeds. Whether or not a longer version would have given the film more texture and dimension, this one presents a blinkered vision of American history, relegated to a few streets and alleys of Lower Manhattan and a few thugs who left no mark except perhaps on the collective unconscious.
GANGS OF NEW YORK
Miramax Films
An Alberto Grimaldi production
Credits:
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriters: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
Story by: Jay Cocks
Producers: Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
Executive producers: Michael Ovitz, Bob Weinstein, Rick Yorn, Michael Hausman, Maurizio Grimaldi
Director of photography: Michael Ballhaus
Production designer: Dante Ferretti
Music: Howard Shore
Costume designer: Sandy Powell
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Cast:
Amsterdam Vallon: Leonardo DiCaprio
Bill the Butcher: Daniel Day-Lewis
Jenny Everdeane: Cameron Diaz
Boss Tweed: Jim Broadbent
Happy Jack: John C. Reilly
Johnny Sirocco: Henry Thomas
Monk: Brendan Gleeson
Priest Vallon: Liam Neeson
Running time -- 168 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
Astonishing and audacious, the film certainly creates a kind of perverse beauty and excitement out of its horrors. Scorsese seems to want the viewer to get a voyeuristic rush from gut-spilling fights featuring knives, cleavers and bats. And just as certainly, "Gangs" poses a major challenge to Miramax's marketing department.
Here is a movie from arguably America's most brilliant filmmaker, yet one so dark and disturbing you might label it a "feel-bad" movie. It's a gangster film, one of cinema's more durable genres, yet mired in arcane history and forgotten political movements. Scorsese's reputation ensures a solid opening here and perhaps even better in Europe. But Miramax will have a hard time recouping the enormous cost of re-creating 19th century New York at Rome's Cinecitta Studios.
Inspired by Herbert Asbury's 1928 classic study, the script by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan embroils the viewer in a now-forgotten district of Lower Manhattan known as Five Points. Here everyone prays to one God or another, but in reality, God does not venture into this satanic terrain.
Ruled by an underworld barbarian known as Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis, in his first movie since 1997's "The Boxer"), the area's only business is crime: theft, racketeering, prostitution, gambling, drugs and murder. Bill has made a devil's alliance with Boss Tweed (Jim Broadbent), supplying muscle to the political boss who would rule the city. It is into this cauldron that immigrants, mostly Catholics despised by Nativists, surge on a daily basis.
Unlike Scorsese's previous gangster movies, such as "GoodFellas" or "Casino", there is little complexity to this 1863 underworld. There is a bad guy in Bill the Butcher, who carves up people and pigs with equal enthusiasm. And there is a young hero in an American-born Irish orphan named Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio), determined to avenge Bill's murder of his father, Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson), an Irish immigrant leader, 16 years earlier.
Amsterdam somewhat implausibly worms his way into Bill's Nativist gang and then into his confidence, becoming a son to the chief. The lad gets involved romantically with a beauteous, headstrong pickpocket, Jenny (Cameron Diaz), who has links to Bill as well. Other characters fill out the rogue's gallery: Monk (Brendan Gleeson), a strong-arm enforcer settled into shopkeeping; Happy Jack John C. Reilly), a former gang member-turned-corrupt copper; and Johnny (Henry Thomas), an Amsterdam loyalist with strong instincts for self-preservation.
Against the backdrop of the Civil War -- of President Lincoln's unpopular conscription and coffins arriving daily in the city -- come the political maneuverings of Boss Tweed and a betrayal that alerts Bill to Amsterdam's true intentions. This lead to a climax amid the worst riot in American history, the Draft Riots, where much of Manhattan was destroyed first by immigrant mobs, then by soldiers and Navy guns.
DiCaprio makes the protagonist's thirst for revenge and reclamation of family honor palpable. But he doesn't look the part of a street tough. Nor is the script helpful by insisting that despite 16 long years in a religious "house of refuge," he has lost none of his street smarts.
The film's great performance belongs to Day-Lewis, a sociopath given free reign to spill blood in copious amounts. Here anger -- at politicians, foreign "invaders," high society -- mingles with humor and a sense of detachment. He's illiterate yet understands how power works and how to hold it through terror.
Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, designer Dante Ferretti and costumer Sandy Powell conspire to bring to life paintings and engravings of Old New York -- its interiors almost monochromatic, the streets filled with smoky colors and nights made sinister by gaslight and flickering fires that dot the landscape.
Yet this 168-minute movie, reportedly cut down from a 195-minute version, never gets you inside the story so you understand how the characters feel about their deeds. Whether or not a longer version would have given the film more texture and dimension, this one presents a blinkered vision of American history, relegated to a few streets and alleys of Lower Manhattan and a few thugs who left no mark except perhaps on the collective unconscious.
GANGS OF NEW YORK
Miramax Films
An Alberto Grimaldi production
Credits:
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriters: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
Story by: Jay Cocks
Producers: Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein
Executive producers: Michael Ovitz, Bob Weinstein, Rick Yorn, Michael Hausman, Maurizio Grimaldi
Director of photography: Michael Ballhaus
Production designer: Dante Ferretti
Music: Howard Shore
Costume designer: Sandy Powell
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Cast:
Amsterdam Vallon: Leonardo DiCaprio
Bill the Butcher: Daniel Day-Lewis
Jenny Everdeane: Cameron Diaz
Boss Tweed: Jim Broadbent
Happy Jack: John C. Reilly
Johnny Sirocco: Henry Thomas
Monk: Brendan Gleeson
Priest Vallon: Liam Neeson
Running time -- 168 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 12/6/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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