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Gangs of New York
I chose to watch this movie because its main focus was the Draft Riots and the gang rivals. "Gangs of New York" though containing some Hollywood characters and storylines also contains several historically accurate characters and the events they play part in.
The movie starts off in 1846 with a battle between the Irish (Dead Rabbits) and the Natives of New York. Priest Vallon is the Rabbits' leader who was murdered by William Cutting a.k.a. Bill "The Butcher". 16 years later, 1862 in the 2nd year of the Civil war, his son Amsterdam Vallon, an Irish immigrant, seeks revenge to New York to kill Bill "The Butcher." They actually become really good friends, almost like brothers. Until Bill The Butcher finds out that he is actually priest Vallons son. They begin to fight as Draft riots go off. Bill and Amsterdam both get wounded and Amsterdam pulls out his blade, that McGinn saved for him that was formerly his fathers, and kills Cutting. William Cutting is buried......

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