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"Martin Scorsese is to receive a special prize at the 17th Annual Critics&amp;#039; Choice Movie Awards. The Hugo director will be given the Music+Film Award in honor of his innovative use of music in his films. Last year&amp;#039;s recipient was Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino. Scorsese has been praised by critics over the decades for the importance of popular tunes and original scores in award-winning films like Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino.  He also directed a series of documentaries about rock icons, including The Band&amp;#039;s classic concert film The Last Waltz and the Bob Dylan retrospective No Direction Home. Scorsese has received many of the film industry&amp;#039;s most prestigious honours since the release of his 1973 breakthrough Mean Streets. The filmmaker has won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe and in 2007 received his first &amp;#039;Best Director&amp;#039; Academy Award for the crime thriller The Departed. The 17th Annual Critics&amp;#039; Choice Movie Awards will air live on VH1 on Thursday, January 12th at 8/7c. Scorsese&amp;#039;s latest movie Hugo is now playing in US and UK cinemas. &amp;gt; Producer Graham King on Hugo: &amp;quot;I sent the book to Scorsese&amp;#039;s wife&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Martin Scorsese to direct The Snowman Watch the trailer for Martin Scorsese&amp;#039;s Hugo below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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