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BORN NOVEMBER 17, 1942 IN NEW YORK
Martin Scorsese grew up in a very devout Catholic family. Initially he wanted to become a priest, attending Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, but he chose film and went to the New York College of Arts and Sciences.
"I used to disappear to the movies all the time because I had asthma and the folks at home did everything they could to keep me from getting upset or I might have a seizure.
I especially liked pompous, monumental Hollywood movies. When I got home, I would start painting with watercolors the pictures I had just seen in the movies."
M. SCORSESE
THE DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY INCLUDES
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"Taxi Driver" (1976)
In this film Scorsese's talent as a director was fully revealed for the first time. Robert De Niro plays a cab driver, former Marine Travis Bickle. The movie "Taxi Driver" was played by aspiring actress Jodie Foster.
The film won 18 awards, four Oscar nominations and 9 nominations at other prestigious film festivals.
The film won 18 awards, four Oscar nominations and 9 nominations at other prestigious film festivals.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL PALME D'OR, 2 BAFTA AWARDS
"Raging Bull" (1980)
In 1978, when Martin Scorsese nearly died of overdose, Robert De Niro, visiting the director in hospital, tried to persuade him to never use again and expressed a wish that Scorsese make a film about the boxer. Many claim that De Niro saved the director's life by managing to insist that he return to work.
2 OSCAR AWARDS, GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
2 OSCAR AWARDS, GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
2 OSCAR AWARDS, GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
Film "Gangs of New York" has been in production for 32 years (2002)
Martin Scorsese read the book by Herbert Asbury (1928) in 1970 and immediately realized that it would make a great movie. He was able to buy the rights to the book only in 1979 godu and even got the script. After that, it took Martin a little more than 20 years to bring the project to fruition.
BAFTA AWARD, 2 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
EXACTLY WITH THIS FILM THE LONG-TERM SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION OF MARTIN SCORSESE AND THE FILM ACTOR LEONARDO DI CAPRIO STARTED
"The Aviator" (2004)
5 OSCAR AWARDS, 4 BAFTA AWARDS, 3 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
"The Aviator" is Martin Scorsese's biographical drama telling the story of American aviator and kino-producer Howard Hughes. During the first 52 minutes of the film, scenes appear in shades of red and blue only. This was done, according to Scorsese, to simulate the first color films for double-sided packages.
AMAZING BUT SCORSESE HAS ONLY ONE OSCAR
"The Departed" (2007)
On February 26, 2007, Martin Scorsese won the long-awaited Oscar for Best Director for "The Departed".
4 OSCAR AWARDS, GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
Martin Scorsese originally invited Al Pacino to play Frank Costello, but the actor declined. Jack Nicholson became the second candidate for the role. Al Pacino, on the other hand, would later appear with Scorsese in The Irishman (2019). Scorsese gave a lot of freedom in improvisation to Jack Nicholson and allowed him to rewrite his character's dialogues, trusting the actor's experience.
Originally Colin Sullivan was to play Brad Pitt, who was also the producer of the picture. But later the actor changed his mind and went to star in the picture "Babylon". In his place took Matt Damon, who to prepare for the role spent a lot of time in a real police station.
MORE AWARDS
4 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
4 BAFTA AWARDS
PALME D'OR
3 EMMY AWARDS
GRAMMY AWARD
MORE AWARDS
4 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
4 BAFTA AWARDS
PALME D'OR
3 EMMY AWARDS
GRAMMY AWARD
MORE AWARDS
4 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
4 BAFTA AWARDS
PALME D'OR
3 EMMY AWARDS
GRAMMY AWARD
And in the same way, few people know that the full version of the video clip lasts 18 minutes. The main part of the clip was a black-and-white film. It was practically not shown on TV, leaving only a four-minute piece in color.
Not everyone knows that Michael Jackson's famous video "Bad" was directed by Scorsese
"The Wolf of Wall Street" (2013)
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD
This film became Scorsese's highest-grossing film, bringing the director 406.9 million USD. There are many sex and foul language scenes in the film (the word "fuck" is said 506 times). Because of this, the Abu Dhabi cinemas showed an abridged version of the film for 40 minutes. "The Wolf of Wall Street" is banned in its entirety in Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal and Zimbabwe.
INTERESTING FACTS
Scorsese prefers not to change the creators of his projects, constantly working with Robert De Niro, Leonardo Di Caprio and editor Thelma Scunmaker
On the set, Scorsese allows the actors to improvise
Most of Scorsese's films are based on real events
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"Cinema satisfies a perennial need of the collective unconscious-the need for people to share memories."
M. SCORSESE
