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Raging Bull. 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 ...
- $23.4 million
- Robert De Niro
- $18 million
Dec 19, 1980 · A biographical film about the life of boxer Jake LaMotta, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro. The film explores LaMotta's rise and fall in the ring and his personal struggles with violence, jealousy and family.
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- Biography, Drama, Sport
- Martin Scorsese
- 1980-12-19
May 10, 1998 · A film about a boxer's obsessive and violent relationship with his wife and his brother, based on the autobiography of Jake LaMotta, the middleweight champion of the 1940s and '50s. Ebert praises the film's cinematography, editing, and acting, and calls it one of the greatest of the decade.
Raging Bull is a 1980 biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro as Jake La Motta, a middleweight boxer with a violent and self-destructive personality. The film explores his rise and fall in the ring and in his personal life, and features iconic scenes of boxing and dialogue.
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The biographical film of boxer Jake LaMotta, who rose to fame and glory in the ring, but suffered from violence and rage outside of it. The film depicts his turbulent relationships with his brother, his wife, and his mafia associates, as well as his struggles with jealousy and paranoia.
Roger Ebert praises Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull" as a film about brute force, anger, and grief, starring Robert De Niro as a former boxing champion. He analyzes the character's madonna-whore complex, his jealousy, and his tragic fate.
