Martin Scorsese Fast Facts
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| Birth Name: |
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Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese
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| Date of Birth: |
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November 17, 1942
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| Birth Place: |
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New York, New York
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| Education: |
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NYU Film School
Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1964
Masters Degree in 1966
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Laraine Brennan (1965 - ?)
Julia Cameron (1975 - ?)
Isabella Rossellini (1979 - 1983)
Barbara De Fina (1985 - 1991)
Helen Morris (1999 - present)
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Catherine (daughter)
Domenica (daughter)
Francesca (daughter) - born in 1999
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| Big Break: |
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Gets chance to direct Roger Corman's low-buget movie, Boxcar Bertha
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| Biggest Hit: |
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The Departed won the Academy Award and made the most money of any of this films
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| Career Low: |
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New York, New York (but we do like that song)
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| Comeback Vehicle: |
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Raging Bull
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| Tabloid Moments: |
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Cocaine addiction
Religious right came out strongly against him when he made The Last Temptation of Christ
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| Good Works: |
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President of the Film Foundation
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| Side Jobs: |
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Producer
Writer
Actor
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| Quintssential Quality: |
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Fast talking New Yorker who directs brilliant movies
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The Color of Money
Frank Costello (
The Departed
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"When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I'm saying to you is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?"
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