Martin Scorsese's new film The Wolf of Wall Street was reportedly met with disdain at an Academy screening.

Martin Scorsese was reportedly booed at 'The Wolf of Wall Street' screening.

The filmmaker's new black comedy was branded "disgusting" by senior Oscar voters at an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences screening held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles, with one screenwriter allegedly confronting Scorsese after the event.

The risqué movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill is based on Jordan Belfort's real-life memoir of his rise to riches on Wall Street and contains explicit sex and drug-use scenes.

Veteran actress Hope Holiday scathingly wrote on Facebook: "Last night was torture at the Academy - 'The Wolf of Wall Street' - three hours of torture. Same disgusting crap over and over again - after the film they had a discussion which a lot of us did not stay for.