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Leonardo DiCaprio says director Martin Scorsese deserves to win an Academy Award for his new movie The Departed, adding it was a "joke" the veteran director had yet to receive an Oscar.
"It would be wonderful if this film was rewarded, I think it very much deserves it," said DiCaprio, who stars in the crime thriller that won a Golden Globe award for best film. Regarded as a master of cinema, Scorsese missed out on Oscars for classics such as Raging Bull and Taxi Driver.
