Scorsese, Martin Easter Eggs

Scorsese's mom appears in the Godfather III. She complains to Andy Gracia's character about how Joey Zaszo is running the neighborhood, just before Garcia kills Zaszo.

The great English film-maker Michael Powell was more than an influence on modern master Martin Scorsese. Scorsese became a close friend of Powell and saved the latter's "Peeping Tom" from oblivion. And Scorsese's Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker... more

Marty also appears briefly as TV Studio Director in "King of Comedy."
His voice can be heard as a sarcastic dispatcher in "Bringing Out the Dead," and that's also him talking about 9 ball at the beginning of "The Color of Money."
He also has a brief... more

In both the films 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino', Martin's mum is in the film. In 'Goodfellas', she plays the mum of Joe Pesci's character, whom they visit for dinner and a knife. In 'Casino', she is the mum of the mafia running the cash drop-off point and... more

Scorsese appears in "Taxi Driver" as a cab fare planning on killing his unfaithful wife (as told to DeNiro's "Travis Bickle". He later appears in the film sitting on the stoop of the campaign headquarters as Cybil Sheppard walks by in slow-mo.

In... more