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Martin Charles Scorsese was born in the Flushing neighborhood of New York City's Queens borough on November 17, 1942. He grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood of the city's Manhattan borough. Both of his parents, Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, worked in the Garment District.
Martin Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942, in Flushing, New York. He was the younger of two sons born to Charles and Catherine Scorsese of Sicilian descent. His father was a clothes presser, and his mother was a seamstress.
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- 9 Taxi Driver
- 8 Raging Bull
- 7 The King of Comedy
- 6 After Hours
- 5 The Color of Money
- 4 Goodfellas
- 3 Cape Fear
- 2 The Age of Innocence
- 1 Casino
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After Who’s That Knocking On My Door, Martin Scorsese directed the romantic crime drama Boxcar Bertha in 1972, but his big break arrived the following year with the crime movie Mean Streets, starring Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro. Mean Streets follows Charlie Cappa (Keitel) and his friend John “Johnny Boy” Civello (De Niro), a slacker and small-...
The movie that established Martin Scorsese as an accomplished filmmaker was Taxi Driver, released in 1976. Taxi Driver follows Travis Bickle (De Niro), an ex-marine and Vietnam veteran working as a taxi driver in New York City. Travis suffers from PTSD, lives alone, and struggles with chronic insomnia, and his mental state keeps deteriorating. Trav...
Raging Bull is a biographical sports drama movie based on Jake LaMotta’s 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. Raging Bull, then, follows the life of Italian-American middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta’s (De Niro), taking a look into his self-destructive and obsessive rage and jealousy that ultimately destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. ...
Leaving crime, the mob, and biographical dramas behind, in 1982 Martin Scorsese directed the black comedy The King of Comedy. It tells the story of Rupert Pupkin (De Niro), who is a failure in life but in his head, he’s a celebrity and the host of an imaginary talk show… in his mother’s basement. Convinced that meeting talk show host Jerry Langford...
After Hours is a black comedy thriller released in 1985 and the movie widely regarded as Scorsese’s most underrated work. After Hours follows Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne), a computer data entry worker who gets involved in a series of misadventures while trying to make his way home from New York City’s SoHo district during the night. Catherine and C...
The Color of Money is a 1986 sports drama based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The Color of Money follows pool hustler and stakehorse Eddie Felson (Paul Newman), who takes cocky but talented youngster Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise) under his wing, teaching him the art of pool hustling, which ends up inspiring Eddie to make an unli...
Perhaps the best-known cameo appearances of Catherine and Charles Scorsese happened in the 1990 movie Goodfellas, which is widely regarded as Martin Scorsese’s best movie. Based on the book Wiseguy, by Nicholas Pileggi, Goodfellas chronicles the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his days as a teenager running errands for Paul Cicero (Paul Sorvi...
Cape Fear is a 1991 psychological thriller based on the 1957 novel The Executioners, by John D. MacDonald, and a remake of the 1962 movie of the same name. Cape Fear is the story of Max Cady (De Niro), a violent statutory rapist who after serving a 14-year prison sentence, starts stalking his defense lawyer, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte), and his family ...
The Age of Innocence is a 1993 historical romantic drama movie based on the 1920 novel of the same name by Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence follows Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), a lawyer who is happily engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder). However, Newland’s life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), May...
Casino is a 1995 crime movie based on Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. Casino tells the story of Sam “Ace” Rothstein (De Niro), a gambling expert handicapper who is asked by the Chicago Outfit to oversee the day-to-day casino and hotel operations at the Tangiers Casino in Las Vegas. However, it gets more compl...
Learn about the minor and uncredited roles of Catherine and Charles Scorsese in their son's films, from Mean Streets to The Irishman. See the list of every appearance by the parents of the legendary director and their characters.
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Learn about the life and career of Martin Scorsese, one of the most acclaimed and influential filmmakers of all time. His parents were both children of Sicilian immigrants and he grew up in Little Italy, New York.
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Jan 10, 2020 · 115 subscribers. Subscribed. 23. 1.8K views 4 years ago. [This] is a 1974 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Scorsese’s parents, Catherine and Charles. ...more. The...
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Scorsese was born in New York City, the son of Teresa and Francesco Scorsese, Sicilian immigrants from Polizzi Generosa, a small town near Palermo. [3] [4] He married Catherine Cappa in 1933. He was the father of Academy Award -winning film director Martin Scorsese.
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Oct 15, 2023 · The film showcases Scorsese's parents, Charles and Catherine, as they discuss their experience as Italian immigrants, family heritage, marriage, and religion.
