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Two years ago, Martin Scorsese won the best director Golden Globe for "Gangs of New York ." However, the directing Oscar that year went to Roman Polanski - who wasn't even nominated for a Globe - for "The Pianist ." (topics.cnn.com....ovie_stars)
Bono57;s 60;colorful language61; caused quite a stir at the Golden Globes when he and the Edge accepted an award for the song The Hands That Built America from the film The Gangs of New York (www.michealfelk....m/2005/12/)
Das Bundesfinanzministerium will eigentlich die deutsche Filmwirtschaft fördern. Doch in Wirklichkeit bezahlen deutsche Steuerzahler ein Fünftel aller Hollywood-Filme. Filme wie Chicago , Terminator, Mission Impossible und Gangs of New York wurden mitfinanziert von Hans Eichel auf Kosten der Steuerzahler (www.zdf.de....80,00.html)
And besides the Chicano gangs other Spanish nationalities represent in prison too. The biggest among them being the Latin Kings who are mostly New York and Chicago based and are comprised mainly of Puerto Ricans. Their leader, Luis Felipe aka King Blood, is locked down for life at ADX Florence . (www.gorillaconvict.com..../?m=200506)
The most prominent Asian gangs are mostly Chinese and basically New York based. Some of the more high profile ones are the Flying Dragons, the White Tigers, and the Green Dragons whose whole crew is in prison. Another notorious Asian gang is the Vietnamese BTK, as in Born to Kill. A lot of their members are in prison to (www.gorillaconvict.com..../?m=200506)
I have enjoyed all of Daniel Day-Lewis' performances, but I toohave noticed that people seem to equate great acting with obviousacting. I'm about as ignorant as one can be about the mechanics andtechniques of the acting profession. However, as someone whowatches a lot of movies, I have to say that in Daniel Day-Lewis'most recent performances, I'm pulled out of the movie when DanielDay-Lewis is on screen. I loved his Bill the Butcher performance in"Gangs of New York "-it was my favorite thing in the movie-yetwhenever I watched him, I was keenly aware that I was watchingDaniel Day-Lewis participating in a very complicated and rehearsedprocess. It was fun to behold, but I'm not sure if this is whatgreat acting is supposed to be. I kind of think that a good actorshould be like a good con man, subtle and unmemorabl (letters.salon.com..../?show=all)
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