Filmmaking was the domain of Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese before Joe and Anthony Russo turned it into a family affair. How? The director of Taxi Driver, 81, has worked on almost every movie in which his family was involved. Catherine Scorsese, his late mother, was one of his closest collaborators and made appearances in several of her son’s films.
Her most famous role, however, is that of Mrs. DeVito (Tommy’s mother) in the Robert De Niro starrer film Goodfellas. And Scorsese once shared a cute little fact about this cameo. Having said that, even though it is unquestionably a superbly made film, one of its most memorable scenes was still largely improvised.
Martin Scorsese at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival | image: Wikimedia Commons/Siebb
Indeed, the dinner scene with Catherine Scorsese is unquestionably hilarious in this biographical crime drama film, and to make the scene even better, she improvised most part of it.
Her most famous role, however, is that of Mrs. DeVito (Tommy’s mother) in the Robert De Niro starrer film Goodfellas. And Scorsese once shared a cute little fact about this cameo. Having said that, even though it is unquestionably a superbly made film, one of its most memorable scenes was still largely improvised.
Martin Scorsese at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival | image: Wikimedia Commons/Siebb
Indeed, the dinner scene with Catherine Scorsese is unquestionably hilarious in this biographical crime drama film, and to make the scene even better, she improvised most part of it.
- 5/16/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
The New York Dolls’ wildly original debut album got Martin Scorsese through the making of “Mean Streets” in 1973.
Years later, Dolls frontman David Johansen enlivened the soundtrack of Scorsese’s HBO series productions “Boardwalk Empire” and “Vinyl.” Scorsese is also a regular listener of Johansen’s Sirius Xm series “Mansion of Fun.”
Finally, after Scorsese caught Johansen’s career-spanning cabaret set at the Café Carlyle, the director-producer – a storied teller of New York stories – decided that the time was ripe for a documentary on the proto-punk scion of Staten Island. “Personality Crisis: One Night Only,” which debuted April 14 on Showtime, chronicles Johansen’s evolution from the Dolls to the lounge-y pop of his Buster Poindexter period through his present day life as a husband, stepfather and eminence grise of New York’s music scene.
Scorsese, Johansen, “Personality” co-director and editor David Tedeschi and executive producer Margaret Bodde gathered April 25 at...
Years later, Dolls frontman David Johansen enlivened the soundtrack of Scorsese’s HBO series productions “Boardwalk Empire” and “Vinyl.” Scorsese is also a regular listener of Johansen’s Sirius Xm series “Mansion of Fun.”
Finally, after Scorsese caught Johansen’s career-spanning cabaret set at the Café Carlyle, the director-producer – a storied teller of New York stories – decided that the time was ripe for a documentary on the proto-punk scion of Staten Island. “Personality Crisis: One Night Only,” which debuted April 14 on Showtime, chronicles Johansen’s evolution from the Dolls to the lounge-y pop of his Buster Poindexter period through his present day life as a husband, stepfather and eminence grise of New York’s music scene.
Scorsese, Johansen, “Personality” co-director and editor David Tedeschi and executive producer Margaret Bodde gathered April 25 at...
- 4/29/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Martin Scorsese is one of the best directors the world has seen. He was born in New York on November 17, 1942. He is from an Italian-American family. His parents are Luciano Charles Scorsese and Catherine Scorsese. And Martin has a brother named Frank. Scorsese studied cinema at New York University. And he took his master’s license there as well. So now let’s take a close look at this fantastic director’s life! Martin Scorsese Has 170 Awards! Martin Scorsese is among the most award-winning directors of all time. He got nominated for 283 awards in his life. And of 283,
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- 11/25/2022
- by onurcan
- TVovermind.com
Joe Pesci's career has been filled with gems throughout the years. He's constantly shown off his range from his comedic turn in "My Cousin Vinny," to his fiery roles in Martin Scorsese's Casino." He even combined his comedic chops and intensity in a strange way in his role as one of the Wet Bandits in the family-friendly "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." But Pesci was never content with the evolution of his craft, and in his latest collaboration with Scorsese in "The Irishman," he plays a far more subdued crime boss than he has portrayed in the past. But it was his role in "Goodfellas" that gave Pesci is one (and only) Academy Award win.
The creative process to mold Pesci's performance as Tommy DeVito in "Goodfellas" was unique, to say the least. Casting Pesci clearly paid off as his performance not only...
The creative process to mold Pesci's performance as Tommy DeVito in "Goodfellas" was unique, to say the least. Casting Pesci clearly paid off as his performance not only...
- 9/13/2022
- by Andrew Korpan
- Slash Film
Martin Scorsese’s gangster classic “Goodfellas” is often cited as one of the most violent movies ever made, but it could have been a whole lot bloodier had it not been for test screenings. Ahead of “The Irishman” release next month, Scorsese spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the challenges of test screening “Goodfellas.” The director remembered the film’s unflinching violence prompting walkouts, creating tension between him and studio Warner Bros.
“It was an angry reaction,” Scorsese said. “It became very difficult. It was a constant battle until a few weeks before release…[the film] terrified Warner Bros. executives at the time.”
One scene Scorsese cut back on because of the test screenings was the brutal murder of gangster Billy Batts (Frank Vincent). Joe Pesci’s Tommy DeVito savagely kills Billy by stabbing him repeatedly with a large kitchen knife. The test screening called into question just how many stabs Scorsese and...
“It was an angry reaction,” Scorsese said. “It became very difficult. It was a constant battle until a few weeks before release…[the film] terrified Warner Bros. executives at the time.”
One scene Scorsese cut back on because of the test screenings was the brutal murder of gangster Billy Batts (Frank Vincent). Joe Pesci’s Tommy DeVito savagely kills Billy by stabbing him repeatedly with a large kitchen knife. The test screening called into question just how many stabs Scorsese and...
- 10/14/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The entertainment industry knows how to celebrate mom, taking her to red carpets, casting her in movies and writing songs with her in mind. In honor of Mother's Day, here are five big gestures Hollywood has made in honor of their mothers. 1. Martin Scorsese puts his mom in Goodfellas Catherine Scorsese was at the center of among the most memorable scenes in Martin Scorsese's crime drama. She played the mother of Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito, who comes to her house with his friends with a body in the trunk of their car. "She doesn't care what her son has done,
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- 5/9/2015
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Catherine Scorsese claims she's living proof ... even if you're a child of one of the biggest moguls in Hollywood -- you can still get screwed.Catherine -- the daughter of "Goodfellas" director Martin Scorsese -- claims in a new lawsuit ... producers of "Campus Life" cut a deal with her to direct and produce an online movie with supernatural themes and gothic characters -- kind of like "Twilight."Catherine says she used her juice to get...
- 4/24/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
So it’s Martin Scorsese’s birthday today. Sixty-eight years old. The director of such masterpieces as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, and Taxi Driver is a filmmaking legend, but since today is his day, let’s instead focus on his work in front of the camera. He’s not exactly Hitchcock, but I always get a thrill when I catch Scorsese in one of his pictures. In Gangs of New York, he’s the wealthy uptown family man whose mansion is attacked by the rioting mob. In Taxi Driver, he’s the sketchy guy spying on his wife from Robert De Niro’s cab.
- 11/17/2010
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW.com - PopWatch
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