Raging Bull
Raging Bull • 2h 9m
Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1980 • United States
Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty
With this stunningly visceral portrait of self-destructive machismo, Martin Scorsese created one of the truly great and visionary works of modern cinema. Robert De Niro pours his blood, sweat, and brute physicality into the Oscar-winning role of Jake La Motta, the rising middleweight boxer from the Bronx whose furious ambition propels him to success within the ring but whose unbridled paranoia and jealousy tatter his relationships with everyone in his orbit, including his brother and manager (Joe Pesci) and gorgeous, streetwise wife (Cathy Moriarty). Thelma Schoonmaker’s Oscar-winning editing, Michael Chapman’s extraordinarily tactile black-and-white cinematography, and Frank Warner’s ingenious sound design combine to make RAGING BULL a uniquely powerful exploration of violence on multiple levels—physical, emotional, psychic, and spiritual.
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RAGING BULL Commentary 1
This audio commentary, recorded in 1990, features director Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
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RAGING BULL Commentary 2
This audio commentary, recorded in 2004 for MGM, features director of photography Michael Chapman, producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, casting director Cis Corman, music consultant Robbie Robertson, actors Teresa Saldana and John Turturro, and supervising sound-effects editor Frank Warner.
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RAGING BULL Commentary 3
This audio commentary, recorded in 2004 for MGM, features boxer Jake La Motta with his nephew Jason Lustig and screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader.
