 Scorsese directed classic films Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas |
Director Martin Scorsese is being taken to court for allegedly failing to have a medical examination for a new film. Hollywood Gang Productions claims Scorsese missed a check-up he needed to have for them to get insurance cover for forthcoming period drama Silence.
Scorsese, 61, is being sued by the company for breach of contract.
"All we want to do is stick a thermometer in him," Richard Golub, the lawyer for Hollywood Gang, said. Scorsese was unavailable for comment.
The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan Superior Court on 3 September and made public this week.
'Ignored'
It said Scorsese agreed in February to "submit to such physical examination" but ignored repeated requests to fulfil that commitment.
The six-page lawsuit also seeks legal fees of at least $10,000 (�5,500).
Under its agreement with Scorsese, the company was to take out a $1m (�557,000) policy to insure themselves in case anything should happen to the director during production of Silence.
The film is about a group of Jesuit priests in 16th Century Japan who try to convert Samurai to Christianity.
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