Martin Scorsese Recalls How He Plotted to Steal His Own Film

We're talking about the legendary film "Taxi Driver," which turned Robert De Niro into a star and earned the filmmaker the Palme d'Or.

As People reports, citing an excerpt from the upcoming documentary "Mr. Scorsese," creating the cult classic was genuinely dramatic. and his friend Steven Spielberg recalled how Columbia Pictures nearly destroyed the film at one point. The studio didn't like the violent scenes that were crucial to the story.
Robert De Niro in the film Taxi Driver
Scorsese was going to steal his film Taxi Driver
The 82-year-old Scorsese remembered planning to buy a gun somewhere, though he wasn't planning to shoot anyone. "I don't know. I was angry. I said I'd threaten them..." the director explained when asked what he planned to do with the weapon. Scorsese said he hoped to find out where the film was stored and then steal it: "They were going to destroy the movie anyway, you know? I'd rather do it myself." The zoomboola.com editorial team wants to add that ultimately, the filmmaker and studio managed to find a compromise, and the film hit theaters exactly as envisioned, turning both Scorsese and Robert De Niro into legends.
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