Rent Raging Bull (1980)
3.9 of 5 from 369 ratings
2h 3min
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- Synopsis:
- "Raging Bull" is arguably the finest work from the Scorsese and De Niro partnership. De Niro gives and amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface, ever ready to erupt. Vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality and honesty, the fight sequences are famed for their realism. Violent throughout, this film is a testament to Scorsese's and De Niro's skills, creating a thoroughly absorbing film about such an unlikable character. Renowned for throwing himself into the roles of his character, De Niro went on a diet to gain fifty pounds during production for the role of the faded star.
- Actors:
- Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett, James V. Christy, Bernie Allen, Floyd Anderson, Gene LeBell, Harold Valan
- Directors:
- Martin Scorsese
- Producers:
- Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler
- Voiced By:
- Ted Husing
- Writers:
- Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage, Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin
- Others:
- Thelma Schoonmaker, Donald O Mitchell, Les Lazarowitz, Bill Nicholson, David J. Kimball, Michael Chapman
- Aka:
- The Life of Jake La Motta
- Studio:
- MGM
- Genres:
- Drama, Sports & Sport Films
- Collections:
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- Awards:
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- Release Date:
- 09/02/2009
- Run Time:
- 123 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- B & W
- Bonus:
- Commentary By Director Martin Scorsese and Editor Thelma Schoonmakcr
- Cast & Crew Commentary, Irwin Winkler, Robbie Robertson. Robert Chartoff, Theresa Saktana, John Turiurro, Frank Warner, Michael Chapman and Cis Corman Storytellers Commentary With Mardik Martin, Paul Schrader, Jason Lustin and Jake Lamotta
- Before The Fight - (The Writing, The Casting And Preproduction)
- Inside The Ring - (The Choreography Of The Fight Scenes)
- Outside The Ring (Behind The Scenes Stories On The Making Of The Film
- After The Fight - (The Sound Design, The Music, The Impact Of The Film)
- Deniro Vs. Lamotta
- The Bronx Bull - Making Of Documentary
- Lamotta Defends Title
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/05/2024
- Run Time:
- 129 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Three audio commentaries, featuring Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker; director of photography Michael Chapman, producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, casting director Cis Corman, music consultant Robbie Robertson, and others; and boxer Jake La Motta and screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader
- New video essays by film critics Geoffrey O'Brien and Sheila O'Malley
- Fight Night, a making-of program featuring Scorsese and key members of the cast and crew
- Three short programs highlighting the collaboration between Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro
- Television interview from 1981 with actor Cathy Moriarty and the real Vikki La Motta
- Interview with Jake La Motta from 1990
- Program from 2004 featuring veteran boxers reminiscing about La Motta
- Trailer
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Reviews (5) of Raging Bull
Outstanding - Raging Bull review by CP Customer
Outstanding description of a troubled individual wo cannot accept his success and the faithfulness of his close friends and family.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Intense and dramatic but not easy viewing. - Raging Bull review by JD
If you think it was impressive that Renée Zellweger put on several pounds to play Bridget Jones you will be blown away by de Niro's commitment to this film. His performance is unquestionably outstanding and this film deserves to have the cult status I believe it to have. The boxer however was really not nice and this account of his life is quite difficult to engage with. There is no likeable character and no comfortable interlude between bouts of aggression and extreme jealousy. This film should be on a list of films to watch but not for idle pleasure.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
A Masterpiece - Raging Bull review by PT
De Niro's finest performance I feel. La Motta ( De Niro) is a brilliant fighter but his people skills are appalling. He loves Vicky (an exceptional feature film debut by Cathy Moriarty) his wife with all his heart in his own way, but that way is terrible for her, and anyone who even looks in her direction. His total paranoia of her imagined infidelity and fancying other men culminates with brutal consequences for his brother ( Joe Pesci also outstanding).
Great boxing sequences, especially the fight with Sugar Ray, when La Motta takes a barbaric hammering, blood drenching the front row spectators in the carnage. What, and the way he says it to Sugar Ray Robinson after this savagery sums the man up. La Motta is hewn from granite, as is his personality. His caring, loving side is there, but the paranoia and total mistrust of his personality take precedence. What a film.
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