In development since before he directed Raging Bull and The Last Temptation of Christ, this depiction of New York City back in the 1840s-1860s, when the city's first of many gang wars to come waged between the English and the Irish immigrants, is reportedly something of a life's passion come true for Martin Scorsese. If it is, then perhaps all the work he's been putting into it, approaching Titanic in the amount of production time and pre-release buzz it's received or required. In the lead role is Leonardo DiCaprio, all white and well-fed, which is a striking contrast to the thinner, better-looking Leo that stars in Steven Spielberg's movie opening on the very same day (see above). Originally scheduled to open on this day a year earlier, and once also scheduled to open against Road to Perdition (also starring Catch Me's Tom Hanks), this film is starting to enter that grey zone where many people wonder if the delays and reshoots have more to do with possible problems with the film than just the regular finishing touches. Regardless of all that, this is still a Martin Scorsese movie, and for me, that's pretty much enough to guarantee that I'll be there on opening day (though perhaps after the Spielberg film :), as I've routinely found myself impressed and inspired by his films, even those that others write off as failures (like Bringing Out the Dead or New York, New York). That, and I think Daniel Day-Lewis looks groovy in a big top hat and handlebar mustache.

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