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“I’m not only legitimate but running a casino, and that’s like selling people dreams for cash.” Through. Martin Scorsese (born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and film historian whose career spans more than fifty years. Scorsese has directed twenty-five feature length narrative films and sixteen feature length documentary films to date. His films Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, and Goodfellas are often cited among the. A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite. Director: Martin Scorsese Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods. Votes: 465,828 Gross: $42.44M. Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition, white-hot passion and 24-karat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice. Casino is often treated as an afterthought to Goodfellas, but Scorsese made a masterpiece by exploring tragedy instead of black comedy. With Casino, Scorsese Upped the Ante on Goodfellas Tilt Magazine.

Doug Liman changed the game with The Bourne Identity. The director’s grounded vision for what many eventually came to see as “America’s James Bond” influenced action movies for years, and arguably still continues to do so. When James Bond was rebooted with Casino Royale and beyond, audiences and critics spotted an unmistakable Bourne influence. More inner conflict, more brutal hand-to-hand combat, and the gadgets and toys flew out the window. 007 became a spy in the modern world, similar to the tone Liman struck with his Robert Ludlum adaptation.

To this day, Liman doesn’t know how to feel about it.

The filmmaker is back with a new movie on HBO Max, Locked Down, which depicts life under lockdown and a heist at Harrods. While interviewing Liman for his latest, we asked about Bourne’s influence on Hollywood and more specifically, Bond.

“I always wanted to make a James Bond movie,” he said, “but they don’t hire American directors. By the way, you’ve made two little indie movies. You’re never going to direct James Bond. I went and made Bourne Identity, and then after The Bourne Identity came out, the next James Bond to come out was Casino Royale, which totally copied the tone of Bourne. I had a very surreal thing where I was sort of making Bourne because I really wanted to make Bond, and then Bond copied Bourne.”

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It remains surreal for Liman. “I didn’t quite know how to process that,” he added. “I still don’t know how to process that. I don’t know if I got what I wanted or didn’t get what I wanted. It’s beyond my computing power to know how to feel about that. It’s probably an unsatisfying answer. To say I’m annoyed or flattered would be easy, but I’m still confused about how should I feel this.”

Liman does, however, know how he feels about the risks he took with The Bourne Identity. The director has always seen himself as a rule-breaker. With the ending of his Bourne film, he went big by going small and defied Universal’s wishes. Bourne doesn’t fight off dozens after dozens of goons. Instead, only a handful.

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“It’s still one of my favorite mementos from my career,” he concluded. “Universal told me the ending would be unsatisfying, and they wanted Jason Bourne to fight 200 people. I told the two executives to go eff themselves. Unfortunately, one of those executives now runs Netflix. I’m still proud of having sent that memo.”

Martin Campbell (born 24 October 1943) is a New Zealand film and television director based in the United Kingdom. He is best known for directing the highly regarded British miniseries Edge of Darkness (1985), for which he won a BAFTA, The Mask of Zorro (1998), and the James Bond filmsGoldenEye (1995) and Casino Royale (2006).

Life and career[edit]

Born in Hastings, New Zealand, Campbell moved to London, where he began his career as a director of softcore sex comedies and action television series in the 1970s. He went on to direct two James Bond films, 1995's GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006's Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the oldest director in the series' history, at the age of 62 (beating the previous record set by Lewis Gilbert, who directed Moonraker at the age of 59). Campbell stated that he was offered the opportunity to direct further James Bond films after Goldeneye, but found the plot to be limiting and only viewed himself directing further films if working with a new Bond actor - as he subsequently did with Daniel Craig on Casino Royale.^[2]

He also directed two Zorro films, The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005), both starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Campbell also directed the 2011 film adaptation of the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern. Campbell also directed The Foreigner (2017), starring Jackie Chan. ^[3]

On television Campbell directed the film Cast a Deadly Spell^[4] and had overseen some of the more action-oriented episodes from the TV series The Professionals (1977–1983); however, his best-known work is the 1985 BBC Television drama serial Edge of Darkness, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Director in 1986. Campbell has also directed a movie remake of Edge of Darkness, starring Mel Gibson and Ray Winstone, and released in 2010. Campbell directed the first episode of the US TV series Last Resort.

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

• The Sex Thief (1973)
• Three for All (1975)
• Eskimo Nell (1975)
• Intimate Games (1976, Uncredited)
• Criminal Law (1988)
• Defenseless (1991)
• No Escape (1994)
• GoldenEye (1995)
• The Mask of Zorro (1998)
• Vertical Limit (2000)
• Beyond Borders (2003)
• The Legend of Zorro (2005)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Edge of Darkness (2010)
• Green Lantern (2011)
• Reckless (2013)
• Warriors (2014)
• The Foreigner (2017)
• The Asset (2021)

Television[edit]

• The Professionals (1978–1980; 5 episodes)
• Minder (1980; 2 episodes)
• Shoestring (1980; 1 episode)
• Reilly: The Ace of Spies (1983; 6 episodes)
• Charlie (1984 4-part miniseries)
• Edge of Darkness (1985; 6-part miniseries)
• Screen Two (1986; 1 episode 'Frankie and Johnnie')
• Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
• Homicide: Life On The Street (1993; 1 episode Three Men and Adena)
• 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003; 1 episode)
• Last Resort (2012; 1 episode)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Nair, Drishya (19 June 2011). 'Martin Campbell says director Forster messed up 'Quantum of Solace''. International Business Times. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
2. ^'What Would Bring Goldeneye And Casino Royale's Director Back To James Bond'. Cinema Blend. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
3. ^'Birds Remake Director Martin Campbell Flies the Coop'. DreadCentral.
4. ^J. O'Connor, John (10 September 1991). 'Review/Television; A Detective and Sci-Fi In Los Angeles Magic'. The New York Times.

External links[edit]

• Martin Campbell on IMDb

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