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Raging Bull

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• Documentary
• Drama

• 1980
• Martin Scorsese
• 123 mins
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Summary

Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning drama, based on the life of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, starring Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty and Joe Pesci. 1941: under the managership of his brother Joey, Jake La Motta establishes a reputation as a world championship contender with a string of brutal victories. He begins an affair with Vickie, a teenager who becomes his second wife, but his obsessive jealousy sends both his personal life and career into a downward spiral.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

John Marriott

Critics and film-makers are always being asked to reel off their desert island films: this, without question, is one such great. Director Martin Scorsese makes no concession to character likeability here as he charts Jake La Motta's downward slide from arrogant prizefighter to frustrated, hateful dropout. Robert De Niro, who piled on the pounds to play the latter-day La Motta, proves he is the ultimate Method actor, both utterly convincing in the ring (the brutal fight sequences are spectacularly staged) and as the empty barrel abusing everyone (including his wife, Cathy Moriarty, and brother, Joe Pesci) at home. Scorsese effortlessly fuses top-drawer acting (De Niro rightly won a best actor Oscar for his efforts), pumping narrative drive and blitzkrieg camera technique to deliver a giddy, claustrophobic classic.

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8.1/10

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Cast

rolenameJake La MottaRobert De NiroVickie La MottaCathy MoriartyJoey La MottaJoe PesciSalvyFrank VincentTommy ComoNicholas ColasantoLenoreTheresa SaldanaMarioMario GalloPatsyFrank AdonisGuidoJoseph BonoToppyFrank Topham"Sugar" Ray RobinsonJohnny Barnes

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Details

Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2007-08-17

Languages

English

Guidance

Contains violence and swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Black and white

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