Martin Scorsese Confronts the Best and Worst of Us in New Trailer for Apple TV+'s Mr. Scorsese
Apple TV+ drops the trailer for Mr. Scorsese, a five-part documentary packed with rare archives and exclusive interviews as Martin Scorsese wrestles with the good and evil at the core of human nature.
Martin Scorsese has been canonized since practically the start of his career, and at 82 he is still out here making three-hour epics like that’s a normal Tuesday. Now Apple TV+ is turning the camera on Marty himself. The first trailer just dropped for a five-part documentary series called 'Mr. Scorsese,' and it looks like the rare filmmaker portrait that might actually earn the word definitive.
What Apple is rolling out
Directed by Rebecca Miller for Apple TV+, 'Mr. Scorsese' follows the filmmaker across roughly six decades, from his New York University student shorts to the present. Apple says Miller had full, no-strings access to Scorsese’s private archives, and the series is built around substantial new conversations with Scorsese alongside interviews that haven’t been seen before. The big thematic throughline is very Scorsese: the tug-of-war between good and evil in human nature, and how his own life bled directly into the work. In other words, not just a clip reel, but a lived-in map of how the movies became the movies.
Who shows up
- Robert De Niro
- Daniel Day-Lewis
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Mick Jagger
- Robbie Robertson
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Steven Spielberg
- Sharon Stone
- Jodie Foster
- Paul Schrader
- Margot Robbie
- Cate Blanchett
- Jay Cocks
- Rodrigo Prieto
- His kids, his wife Helen Morris, and a few close childhood friends
Why Rebecca Miller is an intriguing pick
Miller isn’t part of Scorsese’s usual crew, but the overlap is interesting: she’s married to Daniel Day-Lewis, who starred in Scorsese’s 'Gangs of New York.' She also directed Day-Lewis in 'The Ballad of Jack and Rose.' And when it comes to documentary bona fides, she made 'Arthur Miller: Writer,' a terrific portrait of her father that doubled as a filmmaker’s-eye view of a complicated artist. So yes, there’s a connection, even if it’s not the obvious one.
"The sneak peek includes the true version of a mythic, never-before-told story about Taxi Driver, and how thanks to Marty’s perseverance and dedication to his art, the film retained its integrity and went on to become one of the most culturally significant films of all time."
That little tease from Miller is some prime inside baseball. If you’re a Taxi Driver lore person, you know there are a handful of long-circulating stories about what almost happened on that movie. The promise here is we finally get the real version, straight from the people who were there.
The pitch in plain English
Five episodes. New interviews with the collaborators who matter most. Scorsese talking through his own work, with the receipts from his personal archive. The sweep runs from the scrappy student films to the big-canvas modern era, and the spine is that classic Scorsese obsession with morality and consequence. It’s the kind of access-heavy, career-spanning doc that usually gets announced and then never quite materializes. This one did.
When and where
'Mr. Scorsese' premieres October 17 on Apple TV+. The first trailer is out now.