"director well for the challenges to come with ""Mean Streets"". Following the film's release, Cassavetes encouraged Scorsese to make the films that he wanted to make, rather than someone else's projects. Championed by influential film critic Pauline Kael, ""Mean Streets"" was a breakthrough for Scorsese, De Niro, and Keitel. By now the signature Scorsese style was in place: macho posturing, bloody violence, Catholic guilt and redemption, gritty New York locale (though the majority of ""Mean Streets"" was actually shot in Los Angeles), rapid-fire editing and a soundtrack with contemporary music. Although the film was innovative, its wired atmosphere, edgy documentary"
"Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro Director-actor duo Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have frequently collaborated throughout their careers, making a grand total of nine feature films together since 1973, along with one short film. Most of the pair's films were in the crime genre. Some of the pair's films are often ranked among the greatest films of all time. In 1967, Scorsese made his first feature-length film, the black and white ""I Call First"", which was later retitled ""Who's That Knocking at My Door"", with fledgling actor Harvey Keitel. The film was intended to be the first of"
"was a terrible idea"" and ""in Marty's mind, it never was something that should be done."" In December 2011, Scorsese was interviewed about combining his passion for 3D as a new medium with the legacy of older films, and said, ""If I could go back in time, I'd shoot ""Taxi Driver"" in 3D. Robert De Niro in the mirror as Travis Bickle. Imagine how intimidating. 'You talking to me? You talking to me?' Amazing possibilities."" Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro,"
"Streets"" (1973) directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. Wakeford shot the film using handheld camera techniques to capture the self-destructive lives of shady characters in Little Italy New York. ""The Huffington Post"" called the cinematography by Wakeford ""arguably the most original for this genre at the time and has been copied endlessly in other movies, down to his audacious tracking shots. The innovative handholding and lighting techniques used by Wakeford have since become mainstream practice in American cinema."" In 1997, the United States National Film Registry elected to preserve ""Mean Streets"" for being ""culturally,"
"It was Brian De Palma who introduced Scorsese to Robert De Niro. During this period he worked as the assistant director and one of the editors on the documentary ""Woodstock"" (1970) and met actor–director John Cassavetes, who would also go on to become a close friend and mentor. In 1972, Scorsese made the Depression-era exploiter ""Boxcar Bertha"" for B-movie producer Roger Corman, who also helped directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, and John Sayles launch their careers. It was Corman who taught Scorsese that entertaining films could be shot with very little money or time, preparing the young"
"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"
"in Scorsese's crime film ""Goodfellas"" (1990), and his role as Rupert Pupkin in the black comedy film ""The King of Comedy"" (1983), earned him BAFTA Award nominations. De Niro has earned four nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, for his work in the musical drama ""New York, New York"" (1977), the action comedy ""Midnight Run"" (1988), the gangster comedy ""Analyze This"" (1999), and the comedy ""Meet the Parents"" (2000). Other notable performances include roles in ""1900"" (1976), ""Once Upon a Time in America"" (1984), ""Brazil"" (1985), ""The Mission"" (1986), ""The Untouchables"""
"""generally favorable reviews"". The film's critical profile has increased in recent years, with several critics expressing that, in retrospect, they feel it to be a more accomplished and artistically mature work than the thematically similar ""Goodfellas"". Casino (1995 film) Casino is a 1995 American epic crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci. It is based on the nonfiction book """" by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese. The two had previously collaborated on ""Goodfellas"". The film marks the eighth collaboration between director Scorsese and De Niro,"
"Taxi Taxie Taxi Taxie is a 1977 Bollywood film directed by Irshad. In 1976, Martin Scorsese came up with Taxi Driver, a movie that went on to be viewed as one of the best films ever. Starring Robert De Niro, the movie garnered tremendous critical acclaim and emerged as a cult classic. Over the years many directors have been inspired by its style and the way it went about constructing a psychological study of a man leading a life shrouded by disturbing elements, or rather deconstructing the psychological state of disturbed man finding it difficult to come to terms with"
"Taxi Driver Taxi Driver is a 1976 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and Leonard Harris. Set in a decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of a lonely veteran (De Niro) working as a taxi driver, who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate a presidential candidate (Harris) and then the pimp (Keitel) of an underage prostitute (Foster) whom he befriends. Critically acclaimed upon release and nominated for four Academy"
"Scarecrow (1973 film) Scarecrow is a 1973 U.S. road movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg, and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story revolves around the relationship between two men who travel from California, aiming to start a business in Pittsburgh. At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, it tied for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the highest honor. While a box office bomb in its own country, it later gained cult status. Two vagabonds, Max Millan, a short-tempered ex-convict, and Francis Lionel Delbuchi, a childlike ex-sailor, meet on the road in California and agree to become partners"
"(1973), ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983), ""As Good as It Gets"" (1997), ""About Schmidt"" (2002), and ""The Bucket List"" (2007); the neo-noir mystery ""Chinatown"" (1974); the horror film ""The Shining"" (1980); the biopic ""Reds"" (1981); the fantasy comedy ""The Witches of Eastwick"" (1987); the superhero film ""Batman"" (1989) as the Joker; the legal drama ""A Few Good Men"" (1992); the romantic horror film ""Wolf"" (1994); the science fiction comedy ""Mars Attacks!"" (1996); the comedy ""Anger Management"" (2003); the romantic comedy ""Something's Gotta Give"" (2003); and the crime drama ""The Departed"" (2006). Nicholson has not acted in a film since ""How Do"
"every drug you've got"". Made after ""Taxi Driver"", the film was a box-office failure. Its budget was $14 million, a large figure at the time, but it grossed only $13 million at the box-office and its disappointing reception and his breakup with Minnelli drove Scorsese into depression and further into drug abuse. In 1980, Scorsese made ""Raging Bull"", a film starring De Niro as an emotionally self-destructive boxer, the film following his journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. De Niro won an Oscar for"
"Martin Scorsese. He was acclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller ""Blood Diamond"", the neo-noir crime drama ""The Departed"" (both 2006), the espionage thriller ""Body of Lies"" (2008), the drama ""Revolutionary Road"" (2008), the psychological thriller ""Shutter Island"" (2010), the science fiction thriller ""Inception"" (2010), the biographical film ""J. Edgar"" (2011), the western ""Django Unchained"" (2012), and the period drama ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013). DiCaprio's portrayals of Howard Hughes in ""The Aviator"" (2004) and Hugh Glass in ""The Revenant"" (2015) won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. His performance as Jordan Belfort"
"Neame directed the festive favourite ""Scrooge"" (1970). ""A Clockwork Orange"" (1971), based on Anthony Burgess' novella of the same name, starred Malcolm McDowell as Alex, the leader of a gang of thugs in a dystopian Britain. ""Get Carter"" (1971) features the eponymous London gangster Jack Carter (played by Michael Caine). The horror film ""The Wicker Man"" (1973), starring Christopher Lee, is considered a cult classic. In 1973 ""The Day of the Jackal"" starred Edward Fox as the ""Jackal"" (which was based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth). Nicolas Roeg's acclaimed psychological horror/thriller ""Don't Look Now"" was released in 1973. Two"
"directed ""The Audition"", a short film that also served as a promotional piece for casinos Studio City in Macau and City of Dreams in Manila, Philippines. The short brought together Scorsese's long-time muses Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro for the first time under his direction. The short film featured the two actors, playing fictionalized versions of themselves, competing for a role in Scorsese's next film. It was Scorsese's first collaboration with De Niro in two decades. The film premiered in October 2015 in conjunction with the grand opening of Studio City. Scorsese directed the pilot for ""Vinyl"" written by"
"it's Scorsese's triumph."" Sharon Stone received an Oscar nomination for her role but neither De Niro nor Scorsese were nominated. Scorsese and De Niro collaborated for the first time in two decades for ""The Audition"", a 2015 short film that served as a promotional piece for casinos Studio City in Macau, China and City of Dreams in Manila, Philippines. The short united Scorsese's two muses, De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time on film under his direction. Scorsese is attached to direct ""The Irishman"", which will star De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino. Martin Scorsese and Robert"
"director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro, who gained about 60 pounds during the shooting of the film to play the older LaMotta in later scenes. To accurately portray the younger LaMotta, De Niro trained with LaMotta until LaMotta felt he was ready to box professionally. De Niro lived in Paris for three months, eating at the finest restaurants in order to gain sufficient weight to portray LaMotta after retirement. De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. LaMotta had a troubled personal life, including a spell in a reformatory, and was married seven times."
"1997, the Institute ranked ""Raging Bull"" as the 24th greatest film of all time on their AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list. In 2007, they ranked ""Raging Bull"" as the 4th greatest film of all time on their AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) list. Scorsese's next project was his fifth collaboration with Robert De Niro, ""The King of Comedy"" (1983). It is a satire on the world of media and celebrity, whose central character is a troubled loner who ironically becomes famous through a criminal act (kidnapping). The film was an obvious departure from the more emotionally committed films"
"Picture or Television. The film score for ""The Age of Innocence"" was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had previously collaborated with Scorsese on ""Cape Fear"" (1991). The Age of Innocence (1993 film) The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American historical romantic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay, an adaptation of the 1920 novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, was written by Scorsese and Jay Cocks. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Miriam Margolyes, and was released by Columbia Pictures. ""The Age of Innocence"" was released theatrically on September 19, 1993 by"
"Offence"", ""Antony and Cleopatra"" (1972), ""Hennessy"" (1975), ""Trial by Combat"" (1976), ""The Four Feathers"" (1978), ""Love and Bullets"" (1979), ""Flash Gordon"" (1980), ""Dragonslayer"" (1981), ""Ivanhoe"" (1982), """" (1985), ""When the Whales Came"" (1989), and the 1985 science-fiction cult film ""Lifeforce"", directed by Tobe Hooper. He also appeared as McTaggart in the director's cut of the 1973 film ""The Wicker Man"". His later film roles included a Baron in """" (1991) and as Mandara in ""Kull the Conqueror"" (1997). In 1973 he played the troubled Dr. Peter Conway in the science fiction series ""Moonbase 3"", but his most notable television role"
"The Age of Innocence (1993 film) The Age of Innocence is a 1993 American historical romantic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay, an adaptation of the 1920 novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, was written by Scorsese and Jay Cocks. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Miriam Margolyes, and was released by Columbia Pictures. ""The Age of Innocence"" was released theatrically on September 19, 1993 by Columbia Pictures. It received critical acclaim, winning the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and being nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Winona Ryder),"
"The Audition (2015 film) The Audition is a 2015 short film directed by Martin Scorsese. It stars Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, playing fictionalized versions of themselves, who travel through Asia and compete against each other for a potential role in Scorsese's next film. The short film was created as a promotional piece for the Studio City Macau Resort and Casino. It is Scorsese's first film to feature both De Niro and DiCaprio. Both actors had individually worked with Scorsese several times in the past (De Niro with eight films when the short was released, DiCaprio with five), but"
"his role and Scorsese was nominated as best director, as well as the film collected 6 other Oscar nominations. The film has been considered one of the greatest films of all time, and was chosen as the best sports film ever by the American Film Institute. In 1982, Scorsese and De Niro made their first film to feature several comedic elements, while still being connected with the crime genre. The film follows aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), who wants to achieve success in showbiz, by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves privacy."
"(1971), ""Such Good Friends"" (1971), ""Man of La Mancha"" (1972), ""Scavenger Hunt"" (1979), ""Wholly Moses!"" (1980) and ""The Muppets Take Manhattan"" (1984) as well as a starring role in ""The Wild Party"" (1975). Several of his films were released posthumously: ""Hunk"" (1987) and ""That's Adequate"" (1989). On television, Coco starred on two unsuccessful 1970s series, ""Calucci's Department"" and ""The Dumplings"", and made guest appearances on many series, including ""ABC Stage 67"", ""The Edge of Night"", ""Marcus Welby, M.D."", ""Trapper John, M.D."", ""Medical Center"", ""Maude"", ""Fantasy Island"", ""Alice"", ""The Eddie Capra Mysteries"", ""Murder, She Wrote"", ""The Muppet Show"", ""The Love Boat"""
"the three had never collaborated together. Brad Pitt, also playing a fictionalized version of himself, makes a cameo appearance. Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio meet with Martin Scorsese at the City of Dreams Resort in Manila to audition for his newest film. Despite their long histories of working with Scorsese, the two actors learn they are competing against one another for the same role. Scorsese explains the potential role to his two muses as they continue to Studio City in Macau. As De Niro and DiCaprio listen, both plead their personal cases as to why they are right for"
"it to the mountains where she can get him a doctor, but he is clearly dying. She tells him that she loves him. In 1969, a young Robert De Niro starred in a drama called ""Sam's Song"". It made little profit but it got him noticed. Ten years later, a filmmaker wanted to get De Niro onto his project but didn't have the resources to do it. So he took to stealing much of ""Sam's Song"" and incorporating it into his own film. The result was ""The Swap"". Robert De Niro was angered that Cannon Films took his previously shot"
"1977 and stars Burt Lancaster as the doctor. The second came out in 1996, with Marlon Brando as Moreau. In the very similar ""The Twilight People"" (1973), actress Pam Grier played the panther woman. Playwright Charles Ludlam used this movie, as well as Wells' novel and the fairy tale by Charles Perrault, when writing his play ""Bluebeard"" (1970). Members of the new wave band Devo were fans of the film. The ""What is the law?"" sequence formed part of the lyrics to Devo's song ""Jocko Homo,"" with Lugosi's query ""Are we not men?"" providing the title to their 1978 debut"
"in Europe and America on its first release in 1970 and has grown to be one of the biggest cult films ever. Since then, Armstrong’s film credits have included the highly successful sex comedies ""The Sex Thief"" (1973) and ""Eskimo Nell"" (1975), both of which featured Armstrong himself, ""Adventures of a Private Eye"" (1977), and ""House of the Long Shadows"" (1983) starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine. In all he has written and/or directed seventeen feature films internationally, for which he has won numerous awards. His television credits include ""The Professionals"", ""Shoestring"" and ""Return of the"
"Streets"", Scorsese's cinema vérité story of a young aspiring mobster and his problem-gambler friend, played by Robert De Niro and Sam Peckinpah's ""Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"", about the Mexican mob, family honor, and the opportunistic Bennie (Warren Oates), friend of the eponymous Alfredo Garcia, looking to make a big score when the chance drops in his lap. Bonnie and Clyde was one of 1967's biggest box office hit and garnered 2 Academy Awards and 8 other nominations including best picture. It, along with the others, however, were overshadowed by Francis Ford Coppola ""Godfather"" saga. In 1972, Francis"
"""The Exorcist"" (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than ""Jaws"". Horror film fans also remember him for ""The Blancheville Monster"", ""Blood Link"", ""Formula for a Murder"", ""Medusa vs the Son of Hercules"" and ""Holocaust 2000"". Alberto De Martino was born on 12 June 1929 in Rome. De Martino was the son of a film make-up artist. He started his career as a child actor. By then, the golden age of Italian cinema was fading, but there was still plenty of work to be had from more commercial projects. On attending University,"
"and computer worker Lion reuniting, and Lion learning his son is alive. The film sequel was made difficult, if not impossible, by the studio's lack of support and Hackman's retirement from acting. Scarecrow (1973 film) Scarecrow is a 1973 U.S. road movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg, and starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. The story revolves around the relationship between two men who travel from California, aiming to start a business in Pittsburgh. At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, it tied for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the highest honor. While a box office bomb in its"
"New York, New York (1977 film) New York, New York is a 1977 American musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Mardik Martin and Earl Mac Rauch based on a story by Rauch. It is a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as jazz standards, to Scorsese's home town of New York City, and stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of musicians and lovers. The story is ""about a jazz saxophonist (De Niro) and a pop singer (Minnelli) who fall madly in love and marry""; however,"