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| Character | Amsterdam | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Talking to the audience, Reminiscing life story/Telling a story, Pondering/Pensive | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2002 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Historical, Drama, Crime | |
| Description | Amsterdam's closing euology | |
| Details | 2 hr 35 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Set in New York in 1863, it is the story of Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young thief who returns to the "Five Points" area of New York where years before he witnessed the killing of his father in a gang war. The man who killed his father was Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day Lewis). As he comes back he joins The Butcher's gang and plans revenge..
His chance finally arrives when Bill "The Butcher" and his gang celebrate their victory at a local theater. Amsterdam pulls out a knife but he is too slow. The Butcher beats him, stabs him and almost kills him. Amsterdam, however, survives and recovers thanks to his girlfriend Jen (Cameron Diaz). The story then slowly builds up to the final confrontation between the two, which takes place at the same time of makor riots in the city which require an entire army to stop.
This is the closing speech by Amsterdam who remembers the fallen and all they went through...
His chance finally arrives when Bill "The Butcher" and his gang celebrate their victory at a local theater. Amsterdam pulls out a knife but he is too slow. The Butcher beats him, stabs him and almost kills him. Amsterdam, however, survives and recovers thanks to his girlfriend Jen (Cameron Diaz). The story then slowly builds up to the final confrontation between the two, which takes place at the same time of makor riots in the city which require an entire army to stop.
This is the closing speech by Amsterdam who remembers the fallen and all they went through...
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| AMSTERDAM: "In the end, they put candles on the bodies, so's their friends -- if they had any -- could know them in the dark. The city did this free of charge. Shang, Jimmy Spoils, Hell-Cat, McGloin, and more. Friend or foe it didn't make no difference now. It was four days and nights before the worst of the mob was finally put down. We never knew how many New Yorkers died that week before the city was finally delivered. My father once told me we was all born of blood and tribulation; so then, too, was our great city. But for those of us who had lived and died in them furious days... it was like everything we knew was mightily swept away. And no matter what they did to build this city back up again -- for the rest of time -- it would be like nobody even knew we was ever here." |
