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Scorsese wins top directing award

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The Directors’ Guild of America has named Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese best film director for 2007 for his gangster drama “The Departed.”

The award puts him in the front-running to win his first Oscar at the Academy Awards later this month.
Fifty-one out of the 57 other Guild winners have won the gold statuette.

“The Departed” stars Matt Damon as a mole who has infiltrated the police and Leonardo Di Caprio as a cop who has gone undercover in a mob network. It has grossed more than any other Scorsese film and critics have praised it as a welcome return to vivid crime drama.

The modest movie-maker said he was not expecting the honour – his first Guild award. He said he just wanted to make a good film that people would enjoy.

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