Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York Oscar Campaign Scandal Pt.1: Miramax/Robert Wise's Martin Scorsese/Gangs Of New York Oscar Ad The plot got even thicker when Murray Weissman and others later claimed that Robert Wise himself had approached Miramax after reading another Op-Ed piece, this one — "Crashing the Party for Poor Marty" — published in Variety (Feb. 3, 2003) and penned by two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men). In addition to calling Martin Scorsese "a giant ape director" who disregarded his screenwriters (and throwing in mean-spirited putdowns directed at Al Pacino and Robin Williams), Goldman wrote: "The Hollywood parties [Scorsese] is attending must make him want to barf, but there [he] is, glad-handing anyone in the vicinity who is an Academy member who might throw him a vote. "Miramax, the greatest movie company of the era (and the most...
- 2/16/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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