Gangs of New York

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• Movie Goof (continuity error): During the opening battle scene, just before Bill walks out, trees can be seen in the background. These trees subsequently disappear a few minutes later when the shot cranes up after the battle.
• Martin Scorsese was influenced by American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.'s groundbreaking gangster film short The Musketeers of Pig Alley, directed by D.W. Griffith. Biograph is the oldest movie company in America and still in business.
• Martin Scorsese got interested in the project in the early 1970s after he read the book while house-sitting on Long Island one New Year's Eve.
• Movie Goof (revealing mistake): SPOILER: When Bill throws his cleaver into Monk McGinn's back, the fake cleaver that's thrown can be seen bouncing off the door frame (lower left of the frame) before Monk falls.