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Martin Scorsese

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Date of Birth: Nov 17, 1942

Country: USA

Biography: 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 Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style

Total Titles at Criticker: 110 - You've Seen 0

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Titles You Haven't Ranked (110)

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as Actor (75) | Director (50) | Writer (13)

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Behind the White Glasses

Behind the White Glasses (2017)

Summary: It is a musical portrait that shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary and groundbreaking talent of filmmaker and writer, Lina Wertmüller.

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Vinyl

Vinyl (2016) - TV Series

Summary: A New York music executive in the late 1970s hustles to make a career out of the city's diverse music scene. (imdb)

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Silence

Summary: In the seventeenth century, two Jesuit priests face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and propagate Christianity. (imdb)

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The Audition

The Audition (2015) - Short Film

Summary: A short film promoting the opening of Melco-Crown's movie-themed resort and casino in Macau. (imdb)

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Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)

Summary: Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut\'s 1966 book \"Cinema According to Hitchcock\" influenced their work. (imdb)

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The New York Review of Books: A 50 Year Argument

The New York Review of Books: A 50 Year Argument (2014)

Summary: America’s leading journal of ideas for over 50 years. Provocative, idiosyncratic and incendiary, the film weaves rarely seen archival material, contributor interviews, excerpts from writings. Confrontation and original argument are in the Review's DNA. Co-produced with the BBC's award-winning Arena and shaped by Scorcese's vivid filmmaking style, The Fifty Year Argument captures the power of ideas in influencing history. (sheffdocfest.com)

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Life Itself

Life Itself (2014)

Summary: In 2013, we lost Roger Ebert—arguably the nation’s best-known and most influential movie critic. Based on his memoir of the same name, Life Itself recounts Ebert’s fascinating and flawed journey—from politicized school newspaperman, to Chicago Sun-Times movie critic, to Pulitzer Prize winner, to television household name, to the miracle of finding love at 50, and finally his “third act” as a major voice on the Internet when he could no longer physically speak. (magpictures.com)

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

Summary: Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star, a Hollywood director (for some a Hollywood failure), and a crucially important independent filmmaker...

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Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned (2013)

Summary: An exploration of several interconnected subjects: The Cannes Film Festival, cinema art, money, glamor and death. (imdb)

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One Direction: This Is Us

One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

Summary: A look at Niall, Zayn, Liam, Louis, and Harry's meteoric rise to fame, from their humble hometown beginnings and competing on the X-Factor, to conquering the world and performing at London's famed O2 Arena. (imdb)

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Trespassing Bergman

Trespassing Bergman (2013)

Summary: In the mid 1960s Swedish director Ingmar Bergman built a house on the remote island of Fårö. Throughout his life, the exact location of the house was a well-guarded secret. Here Bergman lived and shot some of his seminal films until his death in 2007. In TRESPASSING BERGMAN the audience is taken to the house together with directors such as Alejandro González Iñárritu, Claire Denis, Michael Haneke and others, to tell the story of Bergman, his island and some of his most central films. (ffm-montreal.org)

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Milius

Summary: A look at the life of filmmaker,John Milius. (imdb)

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The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Summary: Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government. (imdb)

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Casting By

Casting By (2012)

Summary: The surprising, never-before-told tale of the indispensable yet unsung Casting Director - Iconoclasts whose keen eye, exquisite taste and gut instincts redefined Hollywood (imdb)

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Bad 25

Summary: Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson recording the album and interviews with confidants, musicians, choreographers, and such music-world superstars as Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Cee Lo Green and Mariah Carey. (tiff.net)

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Side By Side

Side By Side (2012)

Summary: The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. (imdb)

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Woody Allen: A Documentary

Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) - TV Special

Summary: With unprecedented access, Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Robert Weide follows the film legend over a year and a half to create the ultimate biography. Beginning with Allen's childhood the film chronicles the trajectory and longevity of Allen's career, from his work as a TV scribe, standup comedian and frequent TV talk show guest, to a writer-director averaging one film-per-year for more than 40 years. (PBS)

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Kurosawa

Kurosawa's Way (2011)

Summary: Eleven major filmmakers from Europe, Asia and America talk about Akira Kurosawa and explore some ways on which he influenced their own work. (imdb)

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Corman

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

Summary: Independent film maverick. Trailblazing writer/director who takes chances with style and script. Inspirational humanist. Box-office success. Indie filmmaker from the 1970s or 1990s? No—Roger Corman! (mubi.com)

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George Harrison: Living in the Material World

George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)

Summary: The film follows Harrison's story from his early life in Liverpool, the success of Beatlemania, his travels to India, the influence of Indian culture in his music, and his relevance and importance as a member of The Beatles.

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Hugo

Summary: Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. (imdb)

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Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies

Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies (2010)

Summary: A documentary that looks at how early filmmaking influenced the Cubist painters Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Summary: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus.

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Stones in Exile

Stones in Exile (2010)

Summary: In the spring of 1971 the Rolling Stones reluctantly departed the UK to take up residence in France

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A Letter to Elia

A Letter to Elia (2010)

Summary: Filmmaking legend Martin Scorsese explains how seeing the films of Elia Kazan as a kid and young man taught him that the cinema could be an expression of his own life and issues. The filmmaker uses copious clips from Kazan's work in order to paint an autobiographical portrait on the power of movies. (Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide)

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...Men filmen ar min alskarinna

...Men filmen ar min alskarinna (2010)

Summary: Guided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom Bergman is and remains an important influence - such as Woody Allen, Olivier Assayas, Bernardo Bertolucci, Arnaud Desplechin, John Sayles, Martin Scorsese and Lars von Trier, the film provides a vivid portrait of the artist who in each new project found a challenge for himself and for the people he worked with - both actors and colleagues behind the camera. (imdb)

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Shutter Island

Shutter Island (2010)

Summary: Two U.S. Marshalls are sent to a federal institution for the criminally insane to capture a violent female escapee.

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Public Speaking

Public Speaking (2010)

Summary: A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences. (imdb)

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The Master

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009) - Direct-to-Video

Summary: One hour documentary about main characteristics and elements about Hitchcock's cinema focussing in Warner movies: Strangers on a Train, North by Northwest, Suspicion, I Confess, The Wrong Man, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Dial M for Murder.

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Shine a Light

Shine a Light (2008)

Summary: Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary band. (imdb)

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Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (2008)

Summary: Documentary portrays the saga of how Italian Americans went from being outsiders who were stereotyped as gangsters in American movies to insiders in Hollywood who took control of their own stories. Interviews, film clips and home movies from Italian American filmmakers highlight personal experiences and comment on Hollywood's politics and cultural impact. (imdb)

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Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows

Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) - TV Movie

Summary: Martin Scorsese narrates this tribute to Val Lewton, the producer of a series of memorable low-budget horror films for RKO Studios. (imdb)

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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)

Summary: Documentary about the career of legendary insult comic, Don Rickles. (supergloo)

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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)

Summary: As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before... (imdb)

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The Key to Reserva

The Key to Reserva (2007) - Short Film

Summary: The Key to Reserva: Scorcese films a "lost" Hitchcock script. A briliant advertisement and a complex homage to Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Hermmann. (YouTube)

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Painting with Light

Painting with Light (2007) - Short Film

Summary: An examination of the great advances in cinematography achieved by Jack Cardiff. (imdb)

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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007)

Summary: Academy Award nominated director Scott Hicks ("Shine") documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished composer Philip Glass as he interacts with a number of friends and collaborators, including Chuck Close, Ravi Shankar and Martin Scorsese. (imdb)

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The Departed

The Departed (2006)

Summary: The lives of two cops: Colin Sullivan, smart and ambitious, appears to be on the fast track in the Massachusetts State Police Department, whose prime target is powerful Irish mob boss Frank Costello. Billy Costigan, street-smart and tough, is purported to have a violent temper that costs him his badge...

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Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public

Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public (2005) - Short Film

Summary: This documentary is featured on the Warner Brothers DVD for _Public Enemy, The (1931), released in 2005. (imdb)

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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) - TV Special

Summary: A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star. (imdb)

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The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On

The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On (2005) - Short Film

Summary: This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

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White Heat: Top of the World

White Heat: Top of the World (2005) - Short Film

Summary: "White Heat: Top of the World" (16 minutes) features interviews with filmmakers, critics, and theorists, including Martin Scorsese and Alain Silver, in which they discuss the film's themes, James Cagney's role, and the characters of Cody, Ma, and Cody's wife Verna, played by Virginia Mayo. (amazon.com)

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The Eye of the Beholder

The Eye of the Beholder (2005) - Short Film

Summary: A series of interviews about the film Peeping Tom. It includes a rare interview with Karlheinz Böhm talking about his role and its subsequent effect on him. (imdb)

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Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero

Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero (2005) - Short Film

Summary: This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for Little Caesar, released in 2005.

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Refuge

Summary: Since the beginning of the 20th Century, Westerners have been traveling to the East in search of spiritual wisdom. By the 1950's Eastern meditation masters were coming to the West and establishing meditation centers here. This film is the story of those journeys, East and West, towards refuge. The story of Refuge is told by a series of first time interviews with renowned filmmakers who have made major motion pictures about Buddhism and by accomplished Tibetan masters who have established themselves here, in the West. (Refuge Film)

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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)

Summary: A look into the evolution, importance and current role of film editors. (doctor7)

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Filming for Your Life: Making

Filming for Your Life: Making 'After Hours' (2004) - Short Film

Summary: The making of Martin Scorsese's cult film "After Hours" is discussed by the director himself, Griffin Dunne, editor Thelma Schoonmaker and producer Amy Robinson, almost 20 years later of its release. They share stories about the movie's inception, the filming process and curious behind the scenes stories about the movie. (imdb)

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Shark Tale

Shark Tale (2004)

Summary: Oscar is a fast-talking little fish whose big dreams have a habit of landing him in hot water. Lenny is a great white shark with a sensitive side and a secret - he's a vegetarian. When a great white lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and the truth about Lenny makes him an outcast, the two become the most unlikely of friends.

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A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004) - Direct-to-Video

Summary: The story about the beginnings of Francis Ford Coppola's production company American Zoetrope and it's try to change the Hollywood system.

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Scorsese on Scorsese

Scorsese on Scorsese (2004) - TV Movie

Summary: Director Martin Scorsese discusses his life growing up in Manhattan and his filmmaking career. (imdb)

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The 100 Scariest Movie Moments

The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004) - TV Mini-Series

Summary: Film-makers, performers, genre authorities and selected high-profile fans count down the most chilling moments in cinematic history. (imdb)

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The Aviator

The Aviator (2004)

Summary: A biographical chronicle which charts the early years of famous tycoon, Howard Hughes, whose eclectic career spanned across everything from oil, to film, casinos, and aviation.

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Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003) - Direct-to-Video

Summary: Documentary on John Huston's "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948).

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Michael Jackson: Number Ones

Michael Jackson: Number Ones (2003) - Direct-to-Video

Summary: This is a compilation of Michael Jackson's music videos throughout his decades of music career. (imdb)

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A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

Summary: For American cinema, the 1970s was an era during which a new generation of filmmakers created work for a new kind of audience. In this documentary, pioneering writers, directors and actors talk about the times, their films and their colleagues. (IFC Films)

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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)

Summary: Narrated by Sydney Pollack, film critic Richard Schickel's dazzling two-hour plus documentary to one of the towering figures in film: Charles Chaplin.

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Feel Like Going Home

Feel Like Going Home (2003) - TV Special

Summary: Musician Corey Harris travels through Mississippi and on to West Africa, exploring the roots of the music. (pbs.org)

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Gangs of New York

Gangs of New York (2002)

Summary: Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. (imdb)

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The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood (2001) - Short Film

Summary: A short film Scorsese did for the TV special "The Concert for New York City".

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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)

Summary: The career and life of Stanley Kubrick is explored through pictures, clips from his films, his old home movies, comments from his colleagues and a narration by Tom Cruise. (imdb)

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The Muse

The Muse (1999)

Summary: What happens when a screenwriter (Brooks) loses his edge, he turns to anyone he can for help... even if it's the mythical "Zeus's Daughter" (Stone). And he's willing to pay, albeit reluctantly, whatever price it takes to satisfy this goddess, especially when her advice gets him going again on a sure-fire script. However, this is not the limit of her help, she also gets the writer's wife (MacDowell) going on her own bakery enterprise, much to the chagrin of Brooks, who has already had to make many personal sacrifices for his own help. (imdb)

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A Conversation with Gregory Peck

A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999) - TV Special

Summary: Gregory Peck tells stories and answers questions about his career in the Barter Theatre. Interspersed are clips from Peck's films and from interviews recorded over the years and vérité contemporary footage of visiting with his daughter Cecilia before and after the birth of her son, receiving the National Medal of Arts, chatting with Lauren Bacall and with Martin Scorsese, etc. Throughout, Peck is informal, candid, and wry. (imdb)

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My Voyage to Italy

My Voyage to Italy (1999)

Summary: "I saw these movies. They had a powerful effect on me. You should see them." That's Martin Scorsese's message for this doc.

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Bringing Out the Dead

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

Summary: Surrounded by the injured and the dying, EMS paramedic Frank is dwelling in an urban night-world, crumbling under the accumulated weight of too many years of saving and losing lives. The film follows Frank over the course of fifty-six hours in his life as he reaches the very brink of spiritual collapse and redemption.

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Frank Capra

Frank Capra's American Dream (1997) - TV Movie

Summary: Documentary about Frank Capra.

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Kundun

Summary: The incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders -- Tibet's Dali Lama and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history.

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Obsessed with Vertigo

Obsessed with Vertigo (1997) - Short Film

Summary: A documentary about the making and restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece "Vertigo". Narrated by Roddy McDowall, with behind-the-scenes talk from Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Bumstead, Robert A. Harris, Patricia Hitchcock, James C. Katz, Kim Novak, Peggy Robertson and Martin Scorsese. Brings fresh perspective, not just to the film and the director, but to the Fifties Hollywood as well. (imdb)

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The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)

Summary: In a documentary about Samuel Fuller, the spectator gets different impressions about the Hollywood director and his films. The film is divided into the three sections: The Typewriter, the Rifle and the Movie Camera. The first segment covers Fuller's past as a newsman where he began as a copy boy and ended as a reporter. Part two describes Fuller's experiences in World War II, in which he participated as a soldier. The last section focuses on Fuller as director... (imdb)

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Casino

Summary: 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... (imdb)

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The Making of an Englishman

The Making of an Englishman (1995) - TV Movie

Summary: A personal documentary by the grandsons of Emeric Pressburger who created some of the classics of the British cinema. They retrace his journey in exile from Hungary and five other European countries, arriving in England in 1935, interviewing his friends and colleagues and using home movies, diary extracts and film clips.

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Search and Destroy

Search and Destroy (1995)

Summary: A would-be movie producer (Griffin Dunne) strives to convince a self-help guru (Dennis Hopper) to let him film his book. As the guru is only interested in money, the producer solicits the help of a shady businessman (Christopher Walken) and the guru's own secretary (Ileana Douglas), who wants to write movie scripts (a horror story about brain-scraping monsters). (imdb)

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A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) - TV Movie

Summary: Despite its nearly four-hour running time, this is a uniquely personal look at movies from one of the late 20th century's great directors and film historians... (imdb)

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I Know Where I

I Know Where I'm Going! Revisited (1994) - TV Movie

Summary: Nancy Franklin' was so overwhelmed by the film 'I Know Where I'm Going!' (1945) that she traveled from New York to the Western Isles of Scotland to see the places where it was made and to find out more about the people who made it. This documentary retraces her steps on a subsequent visit. (imdb)

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Quiz Show

Quiz Show (1994)

Summary: An idealistic young lawyer (Rob Morrow) working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. His investigation focusses on two contestants on the show "Twenty-One": Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), a brash working-class Jew from Queens, and Charles Van Doren (Ralph Fiennes), the patrician scion of one of America's leading literary families. Based on a true story. (imdb)

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The Making of

The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1994) - Direct-to-Video

Summary: This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of My Fair Lady... (imdb)

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The Age of Innocence

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Summary: Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer star in a ravishing romance about three wealthy 1870s New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle. (Sony)

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Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion (1991)

Summary: David Merrill (Robert DeNiro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood director, returns from filming abroad in France to find that his loyalty has been called into question by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and he is unable to work until cleared. (imdb)

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Cape Fear

Cape Fear (1991)

Summary: A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

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Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990)

Summary: A collection of tales based upon the dreams of Kurosawa.

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Made in Milan

Made in Milan (1990) - Short Film

Summary: As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan. (imdb)

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The Grifters

The Grifters (1990)

Summary: When small-time cheat Roy Dillon (Cusack) winds up in the hospital following an unsuccessful scam, it sets up a confrontation between his estranged mother Lilly (Huston) and sexy girlfriend Myra (Bening). Both Lilly and Myra are ruthless confidence artists playing the con game in a league far above Roy ... and always looking for their next victim. The question soon becomes who's conning who as Roy finds himself caught in a complicated web of passion and mistrust. (Miramax)

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Goodfellas

Goodfellas (1990)

Summary: Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy ? (imdb)

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New York Stories

New York Stories (1989)

Summary: Three stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant (imdb)

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Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ

Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - Short Film

Summary: Martin Scorsese carries around a VHS camera and records glimpses of working on location to get "Temptation" completed. (SM)

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The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

Summary: At his execution, Jesus is tempted by an alluring image of a peaceful and pleasant life with Mary Magdelene to try to get him to refuse the sacrifice he must make (imdb)

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Bad

Bad (1987) - Short Film

Summary: The musical video to one of Michael Jackson's biggest hits

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Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg

Long Live the New Flesh: The Films of David Cronenberg (1986) - TV Movie

Summary: Documentary about the career of director David Cronenberg, with clips from his films and interviews with friends, colleagues, film critics and Cronenberg himself. (imdb)

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The Color of Money

The Color of Money (1986)

Summary: A former pool player returns to the game and takes on a young protege. (imdb)

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Round Midnight

Round Midnight (1986)

Summary: Paris, 1959. The tenor sax player who has just been booked at the Blue Note was once known as one of the greats... (imdb)

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After Hours

After Hours (1985)

Summary: Paul meets Marcy at a coffee shop after work, and gets her phone number. He calls her, she asks him to come over (imdb)

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Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlova (1983)

Summary: The film is based on the biography of the legendary Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She became an internationally regarded ballerina after her performances in 1909 with the Dyaghilev's Ballet in Paris and in London. Anna Pavlova eventually formed her own troupe. She made a successful world tour together with Viktor d'Andre, who was her husband and manager. (imdb)

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The King of Comedy

The King of Comedy (1983)

Summary: Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin wants to achieve success in showbiz, by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves his own privacy.

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Il pap

Il pap'occhio (1980)

Summary: The Pope (Manfred Freyburger) is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station and entice them back into the religion of their ancestors. (moviefone.com)

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Raging Bull

Raging Bull (1980)

Summary: When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter portrayed in this Martin Scorsese film by Robert De Niro. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone... (imdb)

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The Last Waltz

The Last Waltz (1978)

Summary: A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band. (imdb)

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American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince (1978)

Summary: American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince is a 1978 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese. Its subject is Scorsese's friend Steven Prince, best known for his small role as Easy Andy, the gun salesman in Taxi Driver. Prince is a raconteur telling wild stories about his life as an ex-drug addict and a road manager for Neil Diamond. Scorsese intersperses home movies of Prince as a child as he talks about his family.

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New York, New York

New York, New York (1977)

Summary: The day WWII ends, Jimmy, a selfish and smooth-talking musician, meets Francine, a lounge singer. From that moment on, their relationship grows into love as they struggle with their careers and aim for the top (imdb)

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Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver (1976)

Summary: A mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran works as nighttime taxi driver in a city whose perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to violently lash out. (IMDB.com)

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Alice Doesn

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

Summary: A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer. (imdb)

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Italianamerican

Italianamerican (1974)

Summary: The film consists of Martin Scorsese and a small film crew literally talking over dinner at his parents' New York apartment... (imdb)

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Mean Streets

Mean Streets (1973)

Summary: A small-time hood struggles to succeed on the "mean streets" of Little Italy. (imdb)

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Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block

Martin Scorsese: Back on the Block (1973) - Short Film

Summary: Director Martin Scorsese revisits his hometown, Lower East Side (Little Italy), New York City with old friends Joseph Morale and Robert Uricola. The town and people on which Mean Streets was based.

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Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Summary: During the depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.

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Directed by John Ford

Directed by John Ford (1971)

Summary: Interviewing some of Ford's most frequent collaborators, Bogdanovich examines the life and films of one of America's greatest directors.

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Street Scenes

Street Scenes (1970)

Summary: In the late Spring of 1970, nationwide protests against the war in Vietnam focused in the Wall Street area of New York City and ultimately in a major anti-war demonstration in Washington, D.C... (imdb)

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Who

Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)

Summary: J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. (imdb)

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The Big Shave

The Big Shave (1967) - Short Film

Summary: A young man starts shaving and finds himself unable to stop.

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It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964) - Short Film

Summary: Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it he talks about how much of his success and happiness is due to the support of his "friend" Joe. Unfortunately the only one who blindly believes Joe is anything close to a friend is Murray, because it's obvious to everyone that Joe back-stabs him at every chance and is sleeping with his wife. (imdb)

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What

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) - Short Film

Summary: A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible. He attempts to function again by consulting an analyst and becoming married, but eventually succumbs to his strange anxiety by disappearing into the picture. (imdb)

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Vesuvius VI

Vesuvius VI (1959)

Summary: A miniature epic set in Ancient Rome and "inspired" by the then popular television series "77 Sunset Strip." (imdb)