Hokay. I probably won't go out of my way (I like to see films like this at Newport but, strangely, they've got "The Hours" on the 120 ft. screen and delegated "Gangs" to a smaller theater. I am watching Scorcese's documentary on TNT which is a repeat of his retrospect of American films. I'm not so sure after Scorcese's efforts to be regarding as a film scholar if he hasn't falled into the trap of making his films too presumptious of their own greatness. "Kundun" worked as a documentary but the dramatic content was not very good theater. This film sounds like good theater but not a good document of the times. I am guessing this is the worst thing a director can tackle -- historical drama. They try to make it work dramatically, pumping up and distorting characters, locations, seasons, and all sorts of other "artistic licenses." It's almost schizophrenic, this desire to present something as a documetation of the time and the desire to be flamboyantly theatrical. I will take your "dare"

and go see it. (P.S., it it turns out to be more like the film "Cromwell," you're dead meat

)