ON THIS DAY in 1875, imprisoned New York City politician Boss Tweed, while on a home visit, escaped to Cuba. In 2002, Tweed was portrayed by Jim Broadbent in Martin Scorsese’s GANGS OF NEW YORK.
Martin Scorsese
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- Born: November 17, 1942, in New York City
- Early ambition: to become a Catholic priest
- Married: five times
- Assistant Director and Editor on: WOODSTOCK (1970)
- First feature-length film: WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR? (1967)
- Winner of: the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2001
- Academy Awards: 20
- Introduced to Robert De Niro by: director Brian DePalma
- Fun fact: was offered the part of Charles Manson in the tv movie, HELTER SKELTER
- Quote: “I’m a lapsed Catholic. But I am Roman Catholic, there’s no way out of it.”
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