After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing "The Woodstock (1970)"), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter "Boxcar Bertha (1972)". "Mean Streets (1973)" f ... show all
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing "The Woodstock (1970)"), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter "Boxcar Bertha (1972)". "Mean Streets (1973)" followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style: New York settings, loners struggling with inner demons, pointed-shoes rock-meets-opera soundtracks and unrelenting cathartic violence. "Mean Streets" also featured Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, two actors who would help shape that style. After Scorsese directed Ellen Burstyn to a Best Actress Oscar in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)", the trio was reunited for the dark journey of Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver (1976)". The film achieved additional notoriety five years after its release when Bickle's (De Niro) concern for a teenaged hooker played by Jodie Foster inspired John Hinckley's assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. After "New York, New York (1977)" (which one critic described as a wife-abuse musical) and "Last Waltz (1978)", Scorsese released "The Raging Bull (1980)". The biography of middleweight fighter Jake LaMotta earned two Oscars (Actor - DeNiro, Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker) and was later selected as the best film of the decade by U.S. critic gods Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Scorsese then explored fans as pariah ( "King of Comedy (1983)"), dark-comic dreams ( "The After Hours (1985)"), and revisited pool shark Eddie Felson from "Hustler (1961)" ( "The Color of Money (1986)" with Paul Newman ). Scorsese outraged some religious groups by attempting to portray a human son of God in "The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)" before returning to more familiar territory with the Mafia in "The Goodfellas (1990)". He followed with two films which were remakes, "Cape Fear (1991)" and "Age of Innocence (1993)". Besides directing and co-writing, Scorsese has also acted. It's interesting to note he played the gunman at the finale of "Mean Streets (1973)" and the cab passenger planning to kill his wife in "Taxi Driver (1976)". He also had a role in "Yume (1990)". MartyrnIza (20 February 1997) American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. Iza hide
Genres:Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Leonardo DiCaprio | Mark Ruffalo | Ben Kingsley | Emily Mortimer | Michelle Williams | Max von Sydow | Jackie Earle Haley | Drew Beasley | Leigh Belair | Steve Bocsi | Daniel Burress | Patrick Canty | Ken Cheeseman | Curtiss Cook
It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity. Download:LQ
Genres:Drama | Sport Countries:USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Paul Newman | Tom Cruise | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Helen Shaver | John Turturro | Bill Cobbs | Robert Agins | Alvin Anastasia | Randall Arney | Elizabeth Bracco | Vito D'Ambrosio | Ron Dean | Lisa Dodson | Donald A. Feeney | Paul Geier
Eddie "Fast Eddy" Felson, a former pool player forced into retirement by gangsters (as seen in "The Hustler",) finds himself, self-respect, and finally, redemption when he enters a relationship with young pool player Tom Cruise very similar to his own early career. As they travel together, Fast Eddy realizes how much he had lost, and can see the inevitable finale of their relationship as history begins to repeat itself. In an effort to avert tragedy, Eddy severs their relationship, and returns to his first love, pool. Finally, in a big Atlantic City tournament, Cruise returns the favor, and teaches Eddy the final lesson that allows him to finish his quest of re-discovery. Download:DivX
Genres:Drama Countries:USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Harvey Keitel | Willem Dafoe | Paul Greco | Steve Shill | Verna Bloom | Barbara Hershey
The carpenter Jesus of Nazareth, tormented by the temptations of demons, the guilt of making crosses for the Romans, pity for men and the world, and the constant call of God, sets out to find what God wills for him. But as his mission nears fulfillment, he must face the greatest temptation: the normal life of a good man. Based, not on the Gospels, but on Nikos Kazantzakis' novel of the same name. Download:
Genres:Crime | Drama Countries:USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Robert De Niro | Harvey Keitel | David Proval | Amy Robinson | Richard Romanus | Cesare Danova | Victor Argo | George Memmoli | Lenny Scaletta | Jeannie Bell | Murray Moston | David Carradine | Robert Carradine | Lois Walden | Harry Northup
In a series of character-led incidents set against the background of New York City's Little Italy, we follow the life of Charlie, a small-time member of the wiseguy community who collects protection money. His friends Tony and Michael are part of the community, but his other friend Johnny Boy is unreliable and therefore must be shunned. Charlie's secret girlfriend Teresa has epilepsy, and so must also be shunned. When Charlie's uncle Giovanni offers him a restaurant - the first step up the ladder - Charlie is forced to choose between his desire for power, his love for Teresa and his duty to protect his friend Johnny Boy. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Crime | Drama | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Robert De Niro | Cybill Shepherd | Peter Boyle | Jodie Foster | Harvey Keitel | Leonard Harris | Albert Brooks | Diahnne Abbott | Frank Adu | Gino Ardito | Victor Argo | Garth Avery | Harry Cohn | Copper Cunningham | Brenda Dickson-Weinberg
Vietnam vet Travis Bickle is 26, a loner in the mean streets of New York City, slipping slowly into isolation and violent misanthropy. In solving his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the low-lifes that hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." His touching attempts to woo Betsy, a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris to desert her pimp and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a 'lone crazed gunman'... Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Biography | Crime | Drama Countries:USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Robert De Niro | Ray Liotta | Joe Pesci | Lorraine Bracco | Paul Sorvino | Chuck Low | Frank DiLeo | Frank Sivero | Tony Darrow | Mike Starr | Frank Vincent | Frank Adonis | Catherine Scorsese | Gina Mastrogiacomo | Suzanne Shepherd
This film views the mob lives of three pivotal figures in the 1960's and 70's New York. Ray Liotta plays Henry Hill, a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. Joe Pesci plays Tommy Devito, a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry's best friend. Robert De Niro plays Jimmy Conway, the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero, played by Paul Sorvino, to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive. Download:1080p720pDVDDivXPDA
Genres:Crime | Drama Countries:France | USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Robert De Niro | Sharon Stone | Joe Pesci | James Woods | Frank Vincent | Pasquale Cajano | Don Rickles | Kevin Pollak | Vinny Vella | Alan King | L. Q. Jones | Dick Smothers | Joseph Rigano | John Bloom | Melissa Prophet
This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas—it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw—Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence. Download:1080p720pDVDDivXPDA
Genres:Crime | Drama | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:Martin Scorsese Actors:Leonardo DiCaprio | Matt Damon | Jack Nicholson | Martin Sheen | Mark Wahlberg | Vera Farmiga | Anthony Anderson | Ray Winstone | Alec Baldwin
Two just-graduated officers from Massachusetts State Police Academy follow opposite sides of the law: William Costigan is assigned to work undercover with the Irish mobster Frank Costello to get evidences to arrest him. His true identity is only known by his superiors Dignam and Oliver Queenan. The protégée of Costello, Colin Sullivan, is promoted in the Massachusetts State Police and is the informer of Costello. Each police officer gives his best effort trying to disclose the identity of the other "rat". Download:1080pDVDDivXPDA
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