Raging Bull
Give me a stage, where this bull here can rage.
Plot:The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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Known For Martin Scorsese
The war was over and the world was falling in love again.
Plot:An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.
Plot:A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Cast & Crew
Robert De Niro
Joe Pesci
Cathy Moriarty
Frank Vincent
Nicholas Colasanto
Theresa Saldana
Mario Gallo
John Turturro
Joseph Bono
Frank Adonis
Charles Scorsese
Rita Bennett
Bernie Allen
Gene LeBell
Victor Magnotta
Camera
Michael Chapman
Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker
Production
Cis Corman
James D. Brubaker
Hal W. Polaire
Irwin Winkler
Crew
Budd Schulberg
Fun Facts of Movie
- When the real Jake LaMotta saw the movie, he said it made him realize for the first time what a terrible person he had been. He asked the real Vicki LaMotta “Was I really like that?”. Vicki replied “You were worse.”
- In 1978, when Martin Scorsese was at an all-time low due to a near overdose resulting from an addiction to cocaine, Robert De Niro visited him at the hospital, and told him that he had to clean himself up and make this movie about a boxer. At first, Scorsese refused (he didn’t like sports movies anyway), but due to De Niro’s persistence, he eventually gave in. Many claim (including Scorsese) that De Niro saved Scorsese’s life by getting him back into work.
- In preparation for his role, Robert De Niro went through extensive physical training, then entered in three genuine Brooklyn boxing matches and won two of them.
- The reasons why the film was made in black and white were mainly to differentiate it from “Rocky (1976),” as well as for period authenticity. Another reason was that Martin Scorsese didn’t want to depict all that blood in a color picture. Also, in the book, Jake LaMotta says “Now, sometimes, at night, when I think back, I feel like I’m looking at an old black and white movie of myself. Why it should be black and white I don’t know, but it is.”
- Robert De Niro accidentally broke Joe Pesci‘s rib in a sparring scene. This shot appears in the film: De Niro hits Pesci in the side, Pesci groans, and there is a quick cut to another angle.
- When Martin Scorsese visited some boxing matches, he was immediately struck by two images: the blood-soaked sponge wiped across the fighter’s back, and the pendulous drops of blood hanging off the ropes.
- To achieve the feeling of brotherhood between the two lead actors, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci lived and trained with each other for some time before filming began. Ever since then, the two have been very close friends.
(Source: IMDb)
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