What connects Martin Scorsese to the names The Dead Rabbits, The Daybreak Boys, and The Whyos (among others)?
"Viaggio in Italia"", also known as ""My Voyage to Italy"". The documentary foreshadowed the director's next project, the epic ""Gangs of New York"" (2002), influenced by (amongst many others) major Italian directors such as Luchino Visconti and filmed in its entirety at Rome's famous Cinecittà film studios. With a production budget said to be in excess of $100 million, ""Gangs of New York"" was Scorsese's biggest and arguably most mainstream venture to date. The film marked the first collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio. Director Scorsese initially struggled selling his idea of realizing the film until DiCaprio became interested in playing"
"neo-classical tracks. Scorsese 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. Asbury's book described the Bowery Boys, Plug Uglies, True Blue Americans, Shirt Tails, and Dead Rabbits, who were named after their battle standard, a dead rabbit on a pike. The book also described William Poole, the inspiration for William ""Bill the Butcher"" Cutting, a member of the Bowery Boys, a bare-knuckle boxer, and a leader of the Know Nothing political movement. Poole did not"
"Dead Rabbits The Dead Rabbits was the name of an Irish American criminal street gang in Lower Manhattan in the 1850s. The Dead Rabbits were so named after a dead rabbit was thrown into the center of the room during a gang meeting, prompting some members to treat this as an omen, withdraw, and form an independent gang. Their battle symbol was a dead rabbit on a pike. They often clashed with Nativist political groups who viewed Irish Catholics as a threatening and criminal subculture. The Dead Rabbits were given the nicknames the ""Mulberry Boys"" and the ""Mulberry Street Boys"""
"factions involved in this event are the nativist, Protestant Natives led by William ""Bill the Butcher"" Cutting, and the Irish Catholic group of immigrants, the ""Dead Rabbits"", led by ""Priest"" Vallon. At the end of this battle, Bill kills Vallon and declares the Dead Rabbits outlawed. Having witnessed this, Vallon's young son hides the knife that killed his father and is taken to an orphanage on Blackwell's Island. Sixteen years later, Vallon's son, using the alias of Amsterdam, returns to the Five Points seeking revenge and retrieves the knife. An old acquaintance, Johnny Sirocco, familiarizes him with the local clans"
"Howard Shore and Elmer Bernstein. Schoonmaker, Richardson, Powell, and Ferretti have all won Academy Awards in their respective categories on collaborations with Scorsese. Elaine and Saul Bass, the latter being Hitchcock's frequent title designer, designed the opening credits for ""Goodfellas"", ""The Age of Innocence"", ""Casino"" and ""Cape Fear"". He was the executive producer of the film ""Brides"", which was directed by Pantelis Voulgaris and starred Victoria Haralabidou, Damian Lewis, Steven Berkoff, and Kosta Sommer. Under Scorsese's direction, actors have continually received nominations from the major competitive acting awards (the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award and the Golden Globe Award). Martin"
"""Night of the Living Dead"" director George A. Romero. Scorsese has cited Sabu and Victor Mature as his favorite actors during his youth. He has also spoken of the influence of the 1947 Powell and Pressburger film ""Black Narcissus"", whose innovative techniques later impacted his filmmaking. Enamored of historical epics in his adolescence, at least two films of the genre, ""Land of the Pharaohs"" and ""El Cid"", appear to have had a deep and lasting impact on his cinematic psyche. Scorsese also developed an admiration for neorealist cinema at this time. He recounted its influence in a documentary on Italian"
"Martin Scorsese Martin Charles Scorsese (; born November 17, 1942) is an Italian-American filmmaker and historian, whose career spans more than 50 years. Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Sicilian-American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to"
"(starring Mark Wahlberg and Chow Yun-fat), ""Year of the Dragon"" (starring Mickey Rourke) and ""Revenge of the Green Dragons"" (executive produced by Martin Scorsese). Whereas a few Chinatowns, notably the ones in Manhattan and Chicago, have been experiencing population growth and urban renewal, many others (such as San Francisco, Houston and Vancouver) have been facing urban decay over the years. Social ills such as homelessness and drug-related problems occur with some Chinatowns in urban areas. Many vagrants – often non-Chinese – are seen aggressively panhandling and sometimes causing a nuisance on the streets of older Chinatowns, making them unattractive for"
"such as ""Jabberjaw"" (as Cleveland ""Clamhead"" Rogers), ""Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle"", ""The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!"" (as Captain Marvel Jr.), ""Meatballs & Spaghetti"" (as bassist Clyde), ""Pac-Man"" (as Inky), ""Mighty Orbots"" (as Robert Simmons), ""Pole Position"", ""The Jetsons"", ""The Smurfs"", ""The Adventures of the American Rabbit"" (as the titular character), ""Superman"", ""Snorks"" (as Junior Wetworth and His mirrored Double Ditto), ""Gravedale High"" (as Reggie Moonshroud), ""Space Cats"", ""A Pup Named Scooby-Doo"" (as Englebert Newton), ""Darkwing Duck"" (as Dr. Fossil), ""Tom & Jerry Kids"" and its spin-off ""Droopy, Master Detective"", """" (as the Penguin's henchman Sheldrake), ""Aaahh!!! Real"
"about one of her relatives who was a painter leading a hippie life on a barge. At fifty-six, his contribution as one of five camera operators on the landmark rock concert documentary ""Woodstock"" (1970) brought an Oscar and established his reputation as a filmmaker in the rock music industry. That achievement was followed by his cinematography on ""Johnny Cash in San Quentin"" (1969), ""Elvis on Tour"" (1972), ""Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen"" (1971), ""Soul to Soul"" (1971), ""Wattstax"" (1973), ""Let the Good Times Roll"" (1973), ""Save the Children"" (1973), ""The Grateful Dead"" (1977), Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz (1978),"
"of Innocence"" (1993), and even chopped liver in ""Mr. Saturday Night"" (1992). From the mid-60s to the late 1980s, Saul and Elaine moved away from main titles to focus on filmmaking and their children. Remarking on this time, Saul said: In the 1980s, the Basses were rediscovered by James L. Brooks and Martin Scorsese who had grown up admiring Saul Bass's film work. For Scorsese, Saul and Elaine Bass created title sequences for ""Goodfellas"" (1990), ""Cape Fear"" (1991), ""The Age of Innocence"" (1993), and ""Casino"" (1995), their last title sequence. This later work with Martin Scorsese saw the Basses move"
"by the New York City Police Department because they were known to have operated along Mulberry Street in the Five Points. The original Dead Rabbits were founded by Shang Allen, one of many disgruntled gang members of the Roach Guards, who became the largest Irish crime organization in mid 19th-century Manhattan, having well over 100 members when called up for action. Their chief rival gang was the Bowery Boys, native-born New Yorkers who supported the Know Nothing anti-immigrant political party. These two rival gangs fought more than 200 gang battles in a span of 10 years, beginning in 1834, and"
"death. More recently, John Patrick has adapted a number of Beatrix Potter's tales into a live-action/animated musical feature film for his brand-new film studio, called Storybook Studio. The film is titled Beatrix Potter's The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Friends and was released on July 28, 2018. Mr. McGregor is voiced by Joe Roberts. John Patrick released several preview clips of the film to YouTube. Mr. McGregor Mr. Michael McGregor is a fictional character in three children's books by author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. He is an elderly, serio-comic villain of Scots background intent upon keeping hungry rabbits out of"
"create bizarre, surreal alternative worlds. Martin Scorsese's ""After Hours"" (1985) is a comedy-thriller that depicts a man's baffling adventures in a surreal nighttime world of chance encounters with mysterious characters. David Lynch's ""Blue Velvet"" (1986), a film noir-style thriller-mystery filled with symbolism and metaphors about polarized worlds and inhabited by distorted characters who are hidden in the seamy underworld of a small town, became surprisingly successful considering its highly disturbing subject matter. Peter Greenaway's ""The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover"" (1989) is a fantasy/black comedy about cannibalism and extreme violence with an intellectual theme: a critique of"
"Christ"" (1988), the crime film ""Goodfellas"" (1990), the psychological thriller ""Cape Fear"" (1991) and the crime film ""Casino"" (1995), some of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. Scorsese has also been noted for his successful collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films, beginning with ""Gangs of New York"" (2002) and most recently ""The Wolf of Wall Street"" (2013). Their third film together, ""The Departed"" (2006), won Scorsese the Academy Award for Best Director in addition to the film winning the award for Best Picture. Their collaborations have resulted in numerous"
"and use ""all the basic tricks of the New Wave from around 1961"". The names of several real-life gangsters were altered for the film: Tommy ""Two Gun"" DeSimone became the character Tommy DeVito; Paul Vario became Paulie Cicero, and Jimmy ""The Gent"" Burke was portrayed as Jimmy Conway. Pileggi and Scorsese decided to change the title of their film to ""Goodfellas"" because two contemporary projects, the 1986 Brian De Palma film ""Wise Guys"" and the 1987–1990 TV series ""Wiseguy"" had used similar titles. Once Robert De Niro agreed to play Conway, Scorsese was able to secure the money needed to"
"Rotten Tomatoes reporting that 75 percent of the reviews they tallied for the film were positive and summarizing the critics by saying, ""Though flawed, the sprawling, messy ""Gangs of New York"" is redeemed by impressive production design and Day-Lewis's electrifying performance."" The themes central to the film were consistent with the director's established concerns: New York, violence as culturally endemic, and subcultural divisions down ethnic lines. Originally filmed for a release in the winter of 2001 (to qualify for Academy Award nominations), Scorsese delayed the final production of the film until after the beginning of 2002; the studio consequently delayed"
"an Irishman""), which depicts a dead Dead Rabbit gang member killed during the riot on July 4, 1857 in New York City's Lower East Side. Dead Rabbits The Dead Rabbits was the name of an Irish American criminal street gang in Lower Manhattan in the 1850s. The Dead Rabbits were so named after a dead rabbit was thrown into the center of the room during a gang meeting, prompting some members to treat this as an omen, withdraw, and form an independent gang. Their battle symbol was a dead rabbit on a pike. They often clashed with Nativist political groups"
"character was given more screen time and his reprise of the carrot eating peasant in The Desolation of Smaug was featured in the foreground in reference to ""The Fellowship of the Ring"" - last seen twelve years earlier. Director Martin Scorsese appears in the background of his films as a bystander or an unseen character. In ""Who's That Knocking at My Door"" (1967), he appears as one of the gangsters; he is a lighting crewman in ""After Hours"" (1985) and a passenger in ""Taxi Driver"" (1976). He opens up his film ""The Color of Money"" (1986) with a monologue on"
"Rabbits (film) Rabbits is a 2002 series of short horror web films written and directed by David Lynch, although Lynch himself refers to it as a sitcom. It depicts three humanoid rabbits played by Scott Coffey, Laura Elena Harring and Naomi Watts in a room. Their disjointed conversations are interrupted by a laugh track. ""Rabbits"" is presented with the tagline ""In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain ... three rabbits live with a fearful mystery"". Originally consisting of a series of eight short episodes shown exclusively on Lynch's website, ""Rabbits"" is no longer available there. It is now"
"blockbusters borrowed from Woo and wire fu movies and also employed Yuen behind the scenes. Martin Scorsese's ""The Departed"" (2006) was a remake of the ""Infernal Affairs"" trilogy (2002–2003) by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. Due to the new-found international awareness of Hong Kong films during the 1980s and early 1990s and a downturn in the industry as the 1990s progressed, many of the leading lights of Hong Kong cinema left for Hollywood, which offered budgets and pay which could not be equalled by Hong Kong production companies. John Woo left for Hollywood after his 1992 film ""Hard Boiled"". His"
"The book provides insight into the world of influence from a master of corporate power as opposed to leaders who practice personal power. Topics include early childhood, education and hobbies, travels in Europe and Africa, New York legislature, frontier life, civil service commissioner, New York police commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Rough Riders and victory in Cuba, governor of New York, and short term as vice-president. A planned film adaptation by director Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio was scheduled to be released in 2013. However, that project has been abandoned before being revived in 2017. The Rise"
"to Robert Redford for ""Ordinary People"". From this work onwards, Scorsese's films are always labeled as ""A Martin Scorsese Picture"" on promotional material. ""Raging Bull"", filmed in high contrast black and white, is where Scorsese's style reached its zenith: ""Taxi Driver"" and ""New York, New York"" had used elements of expressionism to replicate psychological points of view, but here the style was taken to new extremes, employing extensive slow-motion, complex tracking shots, and extravagant distortion of perspective (for example, the size of boxing rings would change from fight to fight). Thematically too, the concerns carried on from ""Mean Streets"" and"
"Les Moonves, now president of CBS, his first job in the biz), Carroll moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s and appeared in numerous films and television programs, including John Huston's Academy Award nominated film ""The Dead"", ""The Friends of Eddie Coyle"" starring Robert Mitchum, ""The Jerk"", directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin, ""The Mambo Kings"", the Warren Beatty remake of ""Love Affair"", the 1979 NBC mini-series ""Backstairs at the White House"", and such television programs as ""General Hospital"", ""The Edge of Night"", ""Loving Couples"", ""Laverne and Shirley"", ""Murder She Wrote"", etc. Carroll resided in Los Angeles,"
"Gangs of New York Gangs of New York is a 2002 American epic period drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, set in the New York slums, and inspired by Herbert Asbury's non-fiction book, ""The Gangs of New York"". The screenplay was by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan. In 1863, a long-running Catholic-Protestant feud erupts into violence, just as an Irish immigrant group is protesting about low wages caused by an influx of freed slaves, as well as the threat of conscription. Scorsese spent twenty years developing the project until in 1999 Harvey Weinstein and his production company Miramax"
"the next decade. ""Day of the Dead"" is a 1985 horror film written and directed by George A. Romero and the third film in Romero's ""Night of the Living Dead"" series. Vampire horror was also popular in the 1980s, including cult vampire classics such as ""Fright Night"" (1985), ""The Lost Boys"" (1987), and ""Near Dark"" (also 1987). In 1984, Joe Dante's seminal monster comedy horror ""Gremlins"" became a box office hit with critics and audiences, and inspired a trend of ""little monster"" films such as ""Critters"" and ""Ghoulies"". David Cronenberg's films such as ""Shivers"" (1975), ""Rabid"" (1977), ""The Brood"" (1979),"
"imitate (and sometimes parody) actual military companies and wear signature ""uniforms"" (e.g. the stove pipe hats and long black frock coats of the True Blue Americans). The Atlantic Guards wore a red stripe on their trousers. A longtime ally of the Bowery Boys, they were referred to by journalist Carleton Beals as ""Bill ""the Butcher"" Poole's Christopher Street thugs"" and often warred with the Irish American gangs of the Five Points, most especially, the Dead Rabbits. This feud would continue throughout the 1840s and 50s, at the height of the Know Nothing movement, culminating in the Dead Rabbits Riot in"
"the zombies from the 2004 ""Dawn of the Dead"" remake. Brooker responded that this was due to a variety of reasons, including budgetary constraints, the fact that ""Dead Set"" had to differentiate itself from ""Shaun of the Dead"", as well as the plot requiring that the infection could put the entire country out of action before the producers had time to evacuate the studios. He also cited two George Romero films in which the zombies behaved non-traditionally, including a scene in the original ""Dawn of the Dead"" where two zombie children run. In 2013, Brooker confirmed that the ""Big Brother"
"Best Actor for his part as the rapist's father at the 26th Guldbagge Awards. The Rabbit Man The Rabbit Man () is a 1990 Swedish drama-psychological thriller directed by Stig Larsson, about a rapist whose father unknowingly investigates his crimes for a commercial television programme. The film sparked controversy because of its nude scenes and difficult subject, handled with an unconventional narrative style. The title refers to a nickname given by newspapers to a real rapist Larsson read about in the 1970s, who lured young girls into his apartment by telling them he was keeping rabbits there that he wanted"
"Rabbit Bandini Productions Rabbit Bandini Productions is a film production company founded in 2003 by actors/filmmakers James Franco and Vince Jolivette. The name comes from combining the titular hero from John Updike's Rabbit tetralogy with the hero of John Fante's ""Ask the Dust"", Arturo Bandini. Recent credits include director Gia Coppola's drama Palo Alto and Franco's directorial adaptations of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy's Child of God and Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying and The Sound and The Fury premiering at the 2014 Venice Film Festival. Rabbit Bandini Productions has multiple projects in various stages of"
"entirety of the film. The film's title is a reference to the characters featured in J.M. Barrie's ""Peter Pan"" stories, who — like vampires — never grow old. According to Day, the central theme of ""The Lost Boys"", ""organised around loose allusions to Peter Pan"", is the tension surrounding the Emerson family and the world of contemporary adolescence. The film was originally set to be directed by Richard Donner and the screenplay, written by Janice Fischer and James Jeremias, was modelled on Donner's recent hit ""The Goonies"" (1985). In this way the film was envisioned as more of a juvenile"
"reviews from Ebert and Leonard Maltin, spawned a long-running franchise consisting of six sequels, and helped elevate its antagonist Chucky to a pop culture icon. He directed three episodes of the horror anthology series ""Tales from the Crypt"", and returned to television films with ""The Stranger Within"". He wrote and directed a 1996 ABC miniseries adaptation of the Stephen King novella ""The Langoliers"", and the following year adapted King's novel ""Thinner"" into a film of the same name. He and David Chackler founded the horror film company Dead Rabbit Films. Their first feature film was the remake of ""Fright Night""."
"investigation as the United Nations is meeting for the first time in San Francisco, finds himself pitted against an NKVD assassin. ""White Rabbit"" by David Daniels, set during 1967's Summer of Love, follows Homicide Inspector John Sparrow as he pursues a serial killer stalking the residents of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. A future version of the SFPD play a minor role in a handful of missions in the computer game, most notably they assist the military in stopping a van carrying drones to destroy the Golden Gate Bridge. Unfortunately they fail, resulting in the destruction of the bridge, pinning down"