Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Miramax
EAN: 0786936231410
Format: AC-3
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Miramax
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Miramax
MPN: 76113
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-07-01
Running Time: 166
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-12-20

Miramax Gangs Of New York (Blu-ray) An epic tale of vengeance and survival, "Gangs Of New York" now hitsharder than ever on Blu-ray Disc(TM). Directed byAcademy Award(R) winner Martin Scorsese (2006, Best Director, "The Departed"), this motion picture event stars two-time Oscar(R) winner Daniel Day-Lewis (1989, Best Actor, "My Left Foot"; 2007, Best Actor, "There Will Be Blood"), Leonardo DiCaprio, and Cameron Diaz. After years of incarceration, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon (DiCaprio) returns to lower Manhattan's lawless, corrupt Five Points section seeking revenge against the rival gang leader (Day-Lewis) who killed his father. But before long, Amsterdam's personal vendetta becomes part of an erupting wave of full-blown gang warfare. Feel your heart pound while weapons and cultures clash in a chaotic symphony of life and death. Surrender to the tumultuous atmosphere of 1860s New York as phenomenal sound and stunning visual clarity transport you back in time. Prepare to experience Scorsese's masterpiece as never before on Blu-ray High Definition.
Gangs of New York may achieve greatness with the passage of time. Mixed reviews were inevitable for a production this grand (and this troubled behind the scenes), but it's as distinguished as any of director Martin Scorsese's more celebrated New York stories. From its astonishing 1846 prologue to the city's infernal draft riots of 1863, the film aspires to erase the decorum of textbooks and chronicle 19th-century New York as a cauldron of street warfare. The hostility is embodied in a tale of primal vengeance between Irish American son Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his father's ruthless killer and "Nativist" gang leader Bill "the Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis, brutally inspired), so named for his lethal talent with knives. Vallon's vengeance is only marginally compelling; DiCaprio is arguably miscast, and Cameron Diaz (as Vallon's pickpocket lover) is adrift in a film with little use for women. Despite these weaknesses, Scorsese's mastery blossoms in his expert melding of personal and political trajectories; this is American history written in blood, unflinching, authentic, and utterly spectacular. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Rating:
Summary: Beautiful picutre + Brutal fighting + Good acting = Worth watching.
Comment: It's a beautiful picutre. It contains brutal fighting. The acting of main actors are good. It's worth watching.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Movie: 3.75/5 Picture Quality: 1/5 Sound Quality: 4/5 Extras: 2.75/5
Comment: Version: U.S.A / Region Free
VC-1 BD-50
Running time: 2:46:35
Movie size: 41,75 GB
Disc size: 48,30 GB
Average video bit rate: 22.67 Mbps

LPCM Audio English 6912 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 24-bit
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz

Subtitles: English SDH / French / Swedish / Norwegian / Danish / Finnish / Icelandic

#Audio Commentary
#History of the Five Points (SD, 14 min.)
#Set Design (SD, 9 min.)
#Exploring the Sets of Gangs of New York (SD, 23 min.)
#Costume Design (SD, 8 min.)
#Discovery Channel Special: Uncovering the Real Gangs of New York (SD, 35 min.)
#U2 Music Video: The Hands That Built America (SD, 5 min.)
#Trailers (SD, 5 min.)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: An awful transfer of a great movie
Comment: The movie is a great, but we're talking about the Blu-Ray version of it. This is the worst Blu-Ray transfer I have yet seen. I already had the original DVD version, and expected a 1080p top quality transfer for the Blu-Ray, which this is not. I went back and watched some of the DVD version on an upscaling player, and it was indistinguishable from the Blu-Ray; both were well below the usual quality of a Blu-Ray. This may sadly indicate a growing trend, where an existing DVD transfer is run through an upscaler and put out on Blu-Ray, with the lie that it is a 1080p transfer. Judging from the many favorable reviews on this forum, many buyers' eyes or video system cannot tell the difference. I guess that is what the scoundrels who put out this Blu-Ray were banking on. I've just learned to be more careful about buying a Blu-Ray of something I already have on DVD.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely awful, but totally riveting, nonetheless!
Comment: This film/movie is absolutely awful, dreadfully violent, pretty disgusting, and likely to be nightmare-inducing, but it is totally riveting, nonetheless - I give it five stars, but I don't recommend watching it and won't do so myself again!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Gangs of New York blu-ray
Comment: this film looks incredible on blu-ray. If you love the movie and only have it on DVD buy it in blu-ray and you'll see a new movie. Plus you get $10 back from Sony if you send it the DVD UPC and your blu-ray sales receipt!

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