In 1985, Tarantino, then a 22-year-old burgeoning filmmaker, took a job at a video store in Manhattan Beach, California. ![]() This is where things get really interesting. However, of those that did, one in particular stands out: Quentin Tarantino. The doc was never officially released but there were some screenings here and there and from those a handful of bootleg VHS copies were made and circulated, but hardly anyone saw them. In fact, Scorsese was so rapt with the real character of Prince that he made a short documentary in 1978 entitled American Boy about the man and his, shall we say, colorful experiences. That’s because the actor playing Andy, Steven Prince, wasn’t acting, not really, he actually was that kind of guy, a junkie hustler, a part-time roadie, and a friend of Martin Scorsese’s. Remember when he’s buying the gun from Easy Andy in the hotel room? Andy’s frenetic egregiousness and slick sales skills dwarf DeNiro by comparison, and though this is the only scene in which the character appears, the mark he leaves on the film and the audience is indelible. He’s the dominant presence in every single scene, except for maybe one. ![]() There’s no real denying that for all the other great talent in the film – Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Cybil Shepherd – Robert DeNiro owns Taxi Driver. ![]() This is legitimately one of the cooler film stories I’ve heard in a while, and I think you’re going to agree.
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