Silence
Two typical things have often been noted about legendary Hollywood director Martin Scorsese . One , he prefers casting either Robert De Niro or Leonardo DiCaprio as the lead characterand two , he prefers adapting books into movies rather than create new stories .
Ever since he made his first film in 1967 , Scorsese has adapt dozens of books into celluloid . Some of the flick have buy the farm on to be much better than the books they were based on while some have failed to strike . Here are the director ’s in force and worst script - to - picture show adaptations .
Impressed: Raging Bull
tantalise Bullwas the first - ever film to be chosen for saving by the National Film Registry in its year of vent . It marked the first collaboration between Martin Scorsese , Robert De Niro , and Joe Pesci , The trio would go on to have a strong working relationship in the future . De Niro also had to attain 60 pounds for his role .
The sports drama is adapt from boxing middleweight champion Jake LaMotta ’s memoirRaging bullshit : My account . The movie revolves around Jake ( Robert De Niro)who is phenomenal in the ring but an excited wreck out of it . Despite want love from family and protagonist , his anger issue alien him from them .
Didn’t Impress: Silence
Unlike most Scorsese movies , this 2018 historical drama starring Andre Garfield , Adam Driver , and Liam Neeson failed to generate any buzz . The book is ground on the 1966 novel with a similar championship by Nipponese writer Shūsaku Endō . The film only finagle a cosmopolitan gross of # $ 23.7 million against a budget of $ 50 million .
Silencefollows Christian missionary Francisco Garupe ( Adam Driver ) and Sebastião Rodrigues ( Andrew Garfield ) who locomote to Japan to seek for their miss mentor Jesuit Cristóvão Ferreira ( Liam Neeson ) . Interestingly , the moviehad been in development hellfor 28 years . Maybe Scorsese now wishes he had just left it alone .
Impressed: The Wolf Of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Streetis conform from former Wall Street broker Jordan Belfort ’s memoir of the same name . The flick follows Belfort ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) as he rises from a next-to-last stockbroker in Wall Street to a multi - millionaire possessor of the firm Stratton Oakmont . However , he is soon bring down by the authorities due to fraudulent dealings .
The real - life sentence Jordan Belfort praise the movie for being mostly precise . It grossed $ 392 million worldwide , thus becoming Martin Scorsese ’s best - perform movie . At the 86th Academy Awards , it was nominate for Best Director , Best Picture , Best Actor , Best Supporting Actor , and Best Adapted Screenplay .
Didn’t Impress: Shutter Island
Shutter Islandwas one of the few Martin Scorsese cinema that did n’t receive a single Oscar nominating speech . It also has a grade of 68 % which is quite low as per Scorsese standards . Even though praise was give for the soundtrack and performance by DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo , the general response was mixed .
The movie was adapt from Dennis Lehane ’s 2003 novel which has a similar rubric . Shutter Islandis set in 1954 and it roll around the investigations by U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) about the disappearance of a mentally sick affected role from the Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital . Soon , Teddy fall upon that things are n’t on the dot as they seem .
Impressed: Casino
Casinois based on Nicholas Pileggi ’s non - fiction bookCasino : honey and Honor in Las Vegas . The source was also bring in by Scorsese to co - drop a line the screenplay . The film starred Scorsese ’s favored genus Mus , Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci . Sharon Stone was also cast as a lead and ended up catch a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her purpose as Ginger .
The movie follows mobster Sam ' Ace ' Rothstein ( Robert De Niro ) who runs acasino in Las Vegas . Ace come for political party miss Ginger and marries her but she ends up being too wild for his liking . Ace ’s childhood friend Nicky Santoro ( Joe Pesci)also starts inhabit recklessly , has an affair with Ginger and is soon strike off for expiry by the mob .
Didn’t Impress: The Age Of Innocence
The Age of Innocencewas adapted from the 1920 Edith Wharton novel . It was a failure at both the American and global box office , grossing just $ 32 million against a budget of $ 34 million . Scorsese ’s founding father also had a cameo in the film but died shortly before its release .
The movie watch over Newland Archer ( ( Daniel Day - Lewis ) , a plentiful lawyer who gets take to a New York City socialite in the 1870s New York . Their marriage is test when his wife ’s beautiful cousin arrives in two and Newland fall deeply for her .
Impressed: Goodfellas
Goodfellasis also based on a Nicholas Pileggi book . Scorsese must really love his body of work . This clock time , the director select Pileggi’sWiseguyas the source material . The movie revolved around the rise and crepuscle of gangster Henry Hill ( Ray Liotta ) in the mob as well as his dealings with gangster James Conway ( Robert De Niro ) and Tommy DeVito ( Joe Pesci ) .
AlongsideThe Godfather , Scorsese’sGoodfellasis widely consider one of the two best mobster films ever made . Interestingly , Liotta almost never arrive his use because the studio wanted a well - do it actor . He was once quoted read , " I think they would ’ve rather had Eddie Murphy than me . " Luckily , Scorsese ’s news to the executives made him get the role .
Didn’t Impress: The Aviator
Though it was popular among critic upon its release , this film is barely ever spill about . It just did n’t have the ingredients needed to make it a classic . It was the 2nd film in which Leonardo DiCaprio was flying planes or pretending to do so . He had previously given a spectacular performance as a con artist and fake pilot in Steven Spielberg’sCatch Me If you’re able to .
This biographical film is establish on Charles Higham ’s non - fiction bookHoward Hughes : The Secret Life . It follows Howard ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) who decides to become a film manufacturer after inherit 75 % of his father ’s wealth . He become on to produce a duad of classic films such asHell ’s Angelswhich Scorsese has really identify as one of his favorite films . later on on , he furcate into the aviation industry , establish TWA Airlines .
Impressed: The Irishman
The Irishmanrevolves around former ring hitman Frank Sheeran ( Robert De Niro ) and his close relationship with Northeastern Pennsylvania offence political boss Russel Buffalino ( Joe Pesci ) and controversial Teamster Union gaffer Jimmy Hoffa ( Al Pacino ) . afterward on , Frank is forced to sour on Hoffa and shoot down him after he angers the rabble .
The Netflix celluloid is ground on the non - fiction bookI see You Paint Houses , which was penned by Frank with the avail of his lawyer as per his own recollections . Thoughsome historians have questioned Frank ’s title that he defeat Jimmy Hoffa , most of the plastic film ’s story is say to be genuine . The Irishmanreceived 10 Oscar nominating address .
Didn’t Impress: Hugo
With his criticism of Marvel , Scorsese has made it absolved that he detest fantasy and science fiction films . So , it ’s quite a surprisal that he made this motion picture back in 2011 . The lack of cacoethes was clearly apparent . Even though the plot was self-coloured , the movie was just not as fun as other offerings in its writing style . As a upshot , it made a $ 100 million deprivation at the box post . Producer Graham King gloss about the failure , saying . " There ’s no finger - pointing — I’m the producer and I take the responsibility . "
Hugo was based on Brian Selznick ’s novelThe Invention of Hugo Cabret . It followed a boy who lived in purdah at the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris . It was the first - ever pic that Scorsese shot in 3D after admit to being impressed by the technology .
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