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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (117418)	12/29/2008 12:21:24 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 132070

John Martorano flick is on Martin Scorsese’s drawing board By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa with Simone Press Monday, December 29, 2008 - Updated 1h ago E-mail Printable (4) Comments Text size Share (0) Rate Now don’t breathe a word of this. Because nobody’s supposed to know. But word from the Left Coast is that the man behind the controversial John Martorano movie is none other than gangster-filmmaker extraordinaire Martin Scorsese! We hear that Scorsese met secretly with the Winter Hill Gang hitman at an Italian restaurant in the Back Bay while “The Departed” director was in town making “Shutter Island.” Then, according to our snitch, Marty had his longtime collaborator, producer Graham King, lock down the rights to Martorano’s life story. It is also likely that William Monahan, who wrote the screenplay for “The Departed,” which Scorsese directed and King produced, will write the Martorano script. The North Shore Oscar winner has a first-look deal with King and the three had great success with the aforementioned set-in-Boston crime drama. “From movie prospective, a true gangster story with Martin Scorsese makes it very appealing,” said our Tinseltown insider. “I wouldn’t be suprised if ‘The Departed’ team was put back together - Graham, Marty and Bill writing.” News that Martorano’s criminal career - which included 20 gruesome murders and a turn as a snitch that put him back on the street - is coming to the big screen was met with anger and dismay in Boston. “It’s disgusting,” retired state police Col. Tom Foley told the Herald’s Dave Wedge . “Nobody should be capitalizing on what he did. It’s wrong and it sickens me.” Martorano was allowed to plead guilty to 20 murders and serve just 12 years in jail in exchange for his testimony against fellow mobsters and former FBI agent John Connolly . Scorsese, you will recall, made a similar snitch - Henry Hill - famous in his seminal 1990 gangster flick “Goodfellas.” BTW, a spokesman for King said the producer’s office was closed for the holidays and he couldn’t be reached for comment. File Under: Hit Flick. Drop dimes to trackgals@bostonherald.com or 617-619-6488. And “friend” us at myspace.com/trackgals or the Track Gals at Facebook.com. (4) Comments \| Post / Read Comments Next Article in The Inside Track: We Hear: Elizabeth Banks, Bernie Madoff, Glen Davis & more... Advertisment