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Gangs of New York

By Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan - Film

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Roles

  • Bill "The Butcher" Cutting - Male

About this piece

"This is a kill"

Summary

Set in New York in 1863, it is the story of Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young thief who returns to the "Five Points" area of New York where years before he witnessed the killing of his father in a gang war. The man who killed his father was Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day Lewis). As he comes back he joins The Butcher's gang and plans revenge.. In this scene Bill "The Butcher" shows Amsterdam how to kill with a knife by using a butchered pig..

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