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Boston Globe

‘Mr. Scorsese' promises an intimate look at one of the great American directors

'The 'Mr. Scorsese' team was given exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese's private archives and conducted extensive interviews with the filmmaker. It is anchored by conversations with Scorsese, his friends, family and creative collaborators including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris and close childhood friends.' At 82, Scorsese has a long list of movies in development, including an adaptation of the nonfiction shipwreck book 'The Wager' (by Boston University and Tufts graduate Advertisement The series looks like a cinephile's dream, a candid in-depth study of a filmmaker who loves to talk (often very fast). Advertisement Chris Vognar can be reached at