Martin Scorsese did not direct which of these films?
The 1973 American sports drama film "Bang the Drum Slowly" was directed by John D. Hancock. With the film's plot, it's about a baseball player of limited intellect who has a terminal illness, and his brainier, more skilled teammate. IThe film is an adaptation of the 1956 baseball novel "Bang the Drum Slowly" by American author Mark Harris. It was previously dramatized in 1956 on the US Steel Hour with Paul Newman, Albert Salmi and George Peppard starring in key roles.
This 1973 version stars Michael Moriarty and a then little known Robert De Niro as baseball teammates. De Niro's performance in this film and in "Mean Streets", released two months later, brought him widespread acting acclaim.
Martin Scorsese (b. November 17, 1942, Queens, New York) is an American filmmaker known for his harsh, often violent depictions of the culture in American. From the 1970s Scorsese has created a body of work that has been very ambitious, bold, and seen as brilliant. It's known that even his most acclaimed films are viewed is extremely demanding, sometimes unpleasantly intense dramas that have enjoyed relatively little commercial success. Scorsese thus bears the not totally undeserved reputation as a cult director; he enjoys working with big budgets and Hollywood’s most desirable stars. In terms of artistry, he is perhaps seen as the most significant American director of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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