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Though it's been nearly 40 years since Martin Scorsese 's "Taxi Driver" hit theaters, the Oscar Award-winning director still recalls the extreme measures he considered taking in order to convince the studio to greenlight the 1976 film in its entirety.

In a preview clip for Apple TV+'s documentary "Mr. Scorsese," the 82-year-old director, along with Steven Spielberg, recalled the studio's (Columbia Pictures) concern about the movie's bloody content.

"Marty was very upset," Spielberg, 78, said at the beginning of the clip . "I get a call at the office, and he said, ‘Steve, Steve, this is Marty. Can you come over to the house?’"

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