“Mr. Scorsese” Debuts on Apple TV+ With a Five-Part Portrait of a Life in Film

Overview

• All five episodes of the Apple TV+ documentary launched today, directed by Rebecca Miller.
• The series features on-camera reflections from Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Mick Jagger and others.
• Miller presents Scorsese’s story as a five-part hero’s journey spanning early breakthroughs, setbacks and renewal.
• The film highlights DiCaprio’s star power as a catalyst for Scorsese’s 2000s resurgence, beginning with Gangs of New York.
• It revisits periods of FBI protection tied to Taxi Driver and The Last Temptation of Christ and portrays a studio-killed project capped by Scorsese’s rueful line about not going to Apple TV+.