Gangs of New York is by far the BEST movie of the year. People who hated this movie or thought that it was to far fetched or fictionous must not have read the book or reasearched the time period. It is telling the story of Amsterdam when he was growing up in the "New York Underworld" it is based on a true story we are not sure of the persons names however the gangs in New York we could find actual names the gangs actual titles were: The Plug Uglies, and The Dead Rabbits. To Prove this to all of you ...people read the book intitled: The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury! (If you go to the history section of a bookstore you should find it there!)