The thriller epic ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ has just been released in German cinemas, in which Martin Scorsese reunites his two regular actors on screen (after they already appeared together in ‘This Boy’s Life’ and ‘Marvin’s Daughters’ in the cinema ). played): Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom he has worked six times, and Robert De Niro, who has appeared in front of Scorsese’s camera ten times since the gangster film “Witches’ Cauldron” (1973). But there’s another Scorsese film that not only stars DiCaprio and De Niro, but also Brad Pitt – which no one remembers, even though it was incredibly expensive and free to find online!
We are talking about “The Audition”, a short film from 2015: the 15-minute comedy was shot on the occasion of the opening of the Studio City hotel and casino resort in Macau, which spent a lot of money on the advertising campaign – three of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the world in a film from a living directing legend that cost an astronomical $70 million for a short film!
In the film (based on a screenplay by ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ author Terence Winter), Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Pitt play fictionalized versions of themselves: the three stars compete for a role in the (also fictional) new Martin Scorsese film, in which the director of “Taxi Driver” also appears as an actor. You can view the result in full here:
Sure, you can tell from the film that it’s actually a promotional video, but it’s still a pure delight for fans to see side by side the three gaming-loving Hollywood greats, who reportedly pocketed $13 million each for a movie. few days of filming. Nevertheless, investors had no interest in exploiting the commercial potential of ‘The Audition’: after its world premiere at the casino’s opening, it was first shown in a few cinemas in China and Hong Kong before ending up on the Internet – where it remains legal and free to watch to this day.