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Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent, and Nicholas Colasanto in his final film role. The film is an adaptation of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta 's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story.
- $23.4 million
- Robert De Niro
- $18 million
Dec 19, 1980 · Raging Bull is a 1980 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, a boxer whose violence and temper destroyed his life. The film won two Oscars and is widely regarded as a classic of the genre and a masterpiece of cinema.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Martin Scorsese
- 1980-12-19
May 10, 1998 · Powered by JustWatch. “Raging Bull” is not a film about boxing but about a man with paralyzing jealousy and sexual insecurity, for whom being punished in the ring serves as confession, penance and absolution. It is no accident that the screenplay never concerns itself with fight strategy.
The story of a middleweight boxer as he rises through ranks to earn his first shot at the middleweight crown. He falls in love with a gorgeous girl from the Bronx. The inability to express his ...
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- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Robert De Niro
A biographical film about the life and career of boxer Jake LaMotta, who became a champion but also a violent and self-destructive man. The film depicts his struggles with his family, his brother, his manager, and his jealousy, as well as his fights in and out of the ring.
Roger Ebert praises Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull" as a movie about brute force, anger, and grief, starring Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, a former boxing champion. He analyzes the film's themes of sexuality, violence, and jealousy, and the madonna-whore complex that drives LaMotta's life.
Robert De Niro stars as Jake La Motta, a violent and paranoid boxer who destroys his relationships with his brother, wife, and friends. The film features stunning black-and-white cinematography, powerful editing, and a memorable soundtrack by Frank Warner.
