Gangs Of New York (40"H x 26"W x 1.5"D) Login for Price Product Description Inspired by the world's most popular films, these movie prints celebrate the graphic impacts of films like E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and The Godfather. Printed on wood pallets, this collection of truly high level fan art is for serious film buffs. But the dramatic and romantic triangles that propel Gangs of New York are two-thirds miscast and every bit misconceived. Daniel Day-Lewis does his best to hold this disparate movie together, cobbling a performance as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting that crystallizes and coheres Scorsese's dual impulses toward Romantic fantasy and deep psychology. Inspiration for the Work: Martin Scorsese got the idea in 1970 when he came across Herbert Asbury's book The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld while he was house-sitting and saw the potential for an American epic about the battle for the modern American democracy. While growing up in New York in The '50s, he noticed there were parts of his neighborhood that were much David Hemmings was an English actor who had a long acting and directorial career, appearing in such films as The Charge of the Light Brigade, Camelot, Gladiator (2000), and Gangs of New York.He also appeared in several television series, notably as Dr. Charles Moffett in the series Airwolf.He also directed several films including 1981's Race for the Yankee Zephyr. Gangs of New York is a stylish film noir from Republic Pictures with a tortured history. In 1936, the studio purchased the rights to Herbert Asbury's popular history of the New York underworld. Popular supporting player Charles Bickford was tapped to showcase his skills in a rare (dual) leading role. The actor would later be nominated for But the plan went awry'the ship was found listing and unmanned in the foggy straits of Coney Island'and the voyage that was to enrich him instead led to his last desperate flight.Long fascinated by gangster legends, Rich Cohen tells the story of this notorious underworld figure, from his humble origins to the wild, globe-crossing