The studio also housed two full-size sailing ships, a church, bar ... New York City. Months after Gangs of New York finished filming in Italy, reshoots were scheduled to clarify the battle scene ...

Black Americans suffered the most during the riots, which is briefly shown in Gangs of New York during Jimmy's death scene. However, the real-life effects of the Civil War riots were much more ...

"When we started working on "Gangs of New York"," says writer Jay Cocks, "one of the things Marty said to me was, "Think of it as a Western on another planet." Twenty-five years later, that's ...