Announcement
MARTIN SCORSESE
BEST DIRECTOR
1977 - 1980 - 1997
Who's That Knocking at My Door?
Release Date - 1968
My Grade - Good - ***1/3 - B
Boxcar Bertha
Release Date - June 14th, 1972
My Grade - Rather Meager - *3/4 - D+
Mean Streets
Release Date - Oct. 2nd, 1973
My Grade - Rather Meager - *3/4 - D+
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Release Date - Dec. 9th, 1974
My Grade - Very Good - ***1/2 - B+
U.S. Box Office Gross - $18,600,000
Taxi Driver
Release Date- Feb. 7th, 1976
My Grade - Flawed, but Worthy- *** - B-
U.S. Box Office Gross - $28,262,574
New York, New York
Release Date - June 22, 1977
My Grade - Outstanding - **** - A-
U.S. Box Office Gross - $16,400,000
Raging Bull
Release Date - 14th November 1980
Budget - $18.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $23,334,953
My Grade - Masterpiece - ***** - A+
The King of Comedy
Release Date - 18th Feb. 1983
Budget - $20.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $2,536,242
My Grade - Outstanding - **** - A-
After Hours
Release Date - 20th Sept. 1985
Budget - $5.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $10,609,321
My Grade - Good - ***1/3 - B
The Color of Money
Release Date - 17th October 1986
Budget - $15.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $52,293,982
My Grade - Between Fair and Mediocre - **1/2 - C+
The Last Temptation of Christ
Release Date - 12th August 1988
Budget - $6.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $8,373,585
My Grade - Excellent - ****1/2 - A
GoodFellas
Release Date- 21st Sept. 1990
Budget - $25.0 million
U.S. Box Office Gross - $46,836,394
My Grade - Very Good - ***1/2 - B+
Cape Fear
Release Date - 15th November 1991
Budget - $35.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $79,091,969
Overseas - $103,200,000
Worldwide Total - $182,219,969
My Grade - Excellent - ****1/3 - A
The Age of Innocence
Release Date- 17th Sept. 1993
Filming Dates - March '92 - June '92
Filming Locations - Albany, N.Y., Troy, N.Y.,
Hoboken, N.J., New York City, N.Y., Paris, France,
Philadelphia, Pa., Portsmouth, R.I.
Running Time - 132 mins.
Budget - $34.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $32,255,440
My Grade - Excellent - ****3/4 - A
Cast:
Daniel Day-Lewis...Newland Archer, Michelle Pfeiffer...Ellen Olenska
Winona Ryder...May Welland, Alexis Smith...Louisa van der Luyden
Geraldine Chaplin...Mrs. Welland, Mary Beth Hurt...Regina Beaufort
Alec McCowen...Sillerton Jackson, Richard R. Grant...Larry Lefferts
Miriam Margolyes...Mrs. Mingott, Robert Sean Leonard...Ted Archer
Jonathan Pryce...Rivière, Siân Phillips...Mrs. Archer
Michael Gough...Henry van der Luyden, Stuart Wilson...Julius Beaufort
Norman Lloyd...Mr. Letterblair, Joanne Woodward...Narrator
Producer - Barbara De Fina
Screenplay - Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese
Cinematographer - Michael Ballhaus
Film Editor - Thelma Schoonmaker
Production Designer - Dante Ferretti
Costume Designer - Gabriella Pescucci
Soundtrack - Elmer Bernstein
Casino
Release Date - 22nd November 1995
Filming Locations - Las Vegas, NV, Fresno, Cal., Mojave Desert, Hanford, Cal.
Running Time - 178 mins.
Budget - $52.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $42,512,375
Overseas - $73,600,000
Worldwide - $116,112,375
My Grade - Excellent - ****1/2 - A
Cast:
Robert De Niro...Sam 'Ace' Rothstein, Sharon Stone...Ginger McKenna/Rothstein
Joe Pesci...Nicky Santoro, James Woods...Lester Diamond
Don Rickles...Billy Sherbert, Alan King...Andy Stone
Kevin Pollak...Phillip Green, L.O. Jones...Pat Webb
Dick Smothers...Senator, Frank Vincent...Frank Marino
John Bloom...Don Ward, Bill Allison...John Nance
Producer - Barbara De Fina
Screenplay - Martin Scorsese & Nicholas Pileggi
Cinematographer - Robert Richardson
Film Editor - Thelma Schoonmaker
Production Designer - Dante Ferretti
Costume Designers - John Dunn & Rita Ryack
Soundtrack - Robbie Robertson
Kundun
Release Date - 26th December 1997
Budget - $28.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $5,684,789
My Grade - Outstanding - **** - A-
Bringing Out the Dead
Release Date - 22nd October 1999
Budget - $30.0 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $16,797,191
My Grade - Good - ***1/3 - B
Gangs of New York
Release Date- 21st December 2002
Budget - $100 million
U.S. Box Office Total - $77,812,000 million
Overseas Total - $115,960,504 million
Worldwide - $193,772,504 million
My Grade - Flawed, but Worthy - *** - B-
The Aviator
Studio - Warner Bros., Miramax
My Grade - Flawed, but Worthy - *** - B-
Release Date - December 17th, 2004
Filming Dates - July 7th, 2003 - November 14th, 2003
Filming Locations - Los Angeles, Cal., Montréal, Québec, Canada
Long Beach, Cal., San Diego, Cal., Santa Clarita, Cal.,
Ventura, Cal., San Bernardino, Cal., Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada
Budget - $110 million
U.S. Box Office Gross - $102,610,330
Overseas - $111,131,129
Worldwide Gross - $213,741,459
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio...Howard Hughes
Cate Blanchett...Katharine Hepburn
Kate Beckinsale...Ava Gardner
John C. Reilly...Noah Dietrich
Alec Baldwin...Juan Trippe
Alan Alda...Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Ian Holm...Professor Fitz
Danny Huston...Jack Frye
Gwen Stefani...Jean Harlow
Jude Law...Errol Flynn
Frances Conroy...Mrs. Hepburn
Willem Dafoe...Roland Sweet
Producers - Sandy Climan, Charles Evan, Jr., Michael Mann, Graham King, & Mattias Deyle
Screenplay - John Logan
Cinematographer - Robert Richardson
Film Editor - Thelma Schoonmaker
Production Designer - Dante Ferretti
Costume Designer - Sandy Powell
Soundtrack - Howard Shore
The Departed
Filming Locations - New York City, N.Y., Boston, Mass.,
White Plains, N.Y., and Quincy, Mass.
Running Time - 2 hrs. 30 min.
Release Date - October 6th, 2006
Filming Dates - April 25th, '05 - Sept. 15th, '05
Budget - $90 million
Box Office Gross:
North America - $124,917,000 million (in 115 days)
Overseas - $138,700,000 million
Worldwide - $263,617,000 million
My Grade - Rather Meager...D+...*1/2
Cast:
Mark Wahlberg...Dignam
Matt Damon...Colin Sullivan
Leonardo DiCaprio...Billy Costigan
Jack Nicholson...Frank Costello
Alec Baldwin...Ellerby
Martin Sheen...Oliver Queenan
Ray Winstone...Mr. French
Vera Farmiga...Madeleine
Crew:
Screenplay - William Monahan
Soundtrack - Howard Shore
Cinematographer - Michael Ballhaus
Film Editor - Thelma Schoonmaker
Costume Designer - Sandy Powell
Production Designer - Kristi Zea
