Raging Bull

United States

1980

129 Min

Black and White

1.85:1

English

Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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PROD Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler

SCR Paul Schrader, Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Mardik Martin, Peter Savage

CAST Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Michael Badalucco

PROD DES Phil Abramson, Frederic C. Weller, Carl Biddiscombe

SOUND Michael Evje, Les Lazarowitz

Synopsis

Nominated for eight Academy Awards and boasting some of the best fight scenes on film, Robert DeNiro (who won Best Actor honors and famously gained 50 pounds for the role) plays the self-destructive middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. His increasing paranoia leads to professional and personal devastation as his manager brother Joe Pesci and teenaged wife Cathy Moriarty grapple with his violence outside the ring. Bristling with energy and shot in crisp black-and-white, this is a must see on the big screen. –AFI

Director

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese was born in New York City and soon developed a passion for cinema and a particular admiration for neo-realist cinema which inspired him and influenced his view or portrayal of his Sicilian heritage. After graduating from NYU Film School in 1966 and making a number of shorts, he shot his first feature-length film Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1968) with fellow student, actor Harvey Keitel, and editor Thelma Schoonmaker both of whom were to become long-term collaborators. Mean Streets followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the ‘Scorsese style’. After Scorsese directed Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, the trio was reunited for the dark journey of Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver. After New York, New York Scorsese released Raging Bull. The acclaimed biography of middleweight fighter Jake LaMotta was followed by exploration of fans as pariah in The King of Comedy, dark-comic dreams in After Hours and pool sharks in The Color of Money. Scorsese outraged some religious… read more

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29Jan12

A big wow on how a protagonist developed a character throughout the film.

Larissa

15Jan12

O filme acompanha a história de 2 (ou 3, 4, 5...) dementes no mundo do boxe. Não meu tipo de filme. Assim como não suporto filme de mulherzinha, um que exala pura testosterona também não me agrada. O filme possui dois tipos de personagem: homem estúpido / mulher objeto. Que se dane a cinematografia, vá a merda a técnica, fuck filme preto e branco. Ofendido com a linguagem? É assim que eles falam do início ao fim.

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Anthony

13Jan12

The film that saved Scorsese's life. De Niro gives his all, the story haunting, and the cinematography doesn't let you go. Plain and simple as that.

Connor Burke

9Jan12

Robert DeNiro's performance was great, an awesome score, and all-around great filmmaking. Martin Scorsese really made it seem like it took place in the 40's.