Martin Scorsese is Orson Welles with better taste

And less poundage. Here's a Spanish commercial for the mass-market sparkling wine Freixenet, which Scorsese directed as an homage to Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much." This is the extended version, dubbed for your enjoyment. (Major props to Josh Friedman at The Food Section.)

And now, in the interest of equal time, here's Mr. Welles and Paul Masson:

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Don't forget Scorsese's jail house meal prep in Good Fellas which ended up being referenced in You, Me and Dupree ...