Original sentence: " All sets were built completely on the exterior stages of Cinecitta Studios in Rome.Anbinder also praised the depiction of the persecution and discrimination against immigrants at the time, particularly the Irish.Anbinder said that Coppola's recreation of the visual environment of mid-19th century New York City and  the Five Points "couldn't have [been] much better.Coppola has received both praise and criticism for historical depictions in the film.In a PBS interview for the History News Network, George Washington University professor Tyler Anbinder discussed the historical aspects of the film.Other criticism targeted historical inaccuracies.The riot which opens the film was "reasonably true to history" except for the amount of carnage depicted in the gang fights and city riots.Though Bill "The Butcher" Cutting is an admitted fictionalization of real-life gang leader Bill Poole (Poole did not come from the Five Points and was assassinated before the Draft Riots -- see for example , other historical alterations are also present
Edited sentence: Though Bill "The Butcher" Cutting is an admitted fictionalization of real-life gang leader Bill Poole (Poole did not come from the Five Points and was assassinated before the Draft Riots -- see for example , and ), other historical alterations are also present.While praised for the accuracy in costumes and the environment of the mid-1800 New York City (all sets were built completely on the exterior stages of Cinecitta Studios in Rome), the film has been criticized for exaggerating the violence in the gang fights and city riots, and also for historical inaccuracies