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Brutal Rise, Fall and Redemption of Boxer Jake LaMotta

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Raging Bull

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( Catalog Number CC1238L )
(1.85:1) (3 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Raging Bull
1980 - 128 min. - Color  Black and White
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Martin Scorsese's brutal character study incisively portrays the true rise and fall and redemption of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who thrives on his ability (and desire) to take a beating. Opening with the spectacle of the over-the-hill La Motta (Robert De Niro) practicing his 1960s night club act, the film flashes back to 1940s New York, when Jake's career is on the rise. Despite pressure from the local mobsters, Jake trusts his brother Joey (Joe Pesci) to help him make it to a title bout against Sugar Ray Robinson the honest way; the Mob, however, will not cave in. Jake gets the title bout, and blonde teenage second wife Vickie (Cathy Moriarity), but success does nothing to exorcise his demons, even as he channels his rage into boxing. Alienating Vickie and Joey, and disastrously gaining weight, Jake has destroyed his personal and professional lives by the 1950s. After he hits bottom, however, Jake emerges with a gleam of self-awareness, as he sits rehearsing Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront speech in his dressing room mirror: "I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody." Working with a script adapted by Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader from La Motta's memoirs, Scorsese and De Niro sought to make an uncompromising portrait of an unlikable man and his ruthless profession. Eschewing uplifting Rocky-like boxing movie conventions, their Jake is relentlessly cruel and self-destructive; the only peace he can make is with himself. Michael Chapman's stark black-and-white photography creates a documentary/tabloid realism; the production famously shut down so that De Niro could gain 50+ pounds. Raging Bull opened in late 1980 to raves for its artistry and revulsion for its protagonist; despite eight Oscar nominations, it underperformed at the box office, as audiences increasingly turned away from "difficult" films in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Academy concurred, passing over Scorsese's work for Best Director and Picture in favor of Robert Redford and Ordinary People, although De Niro won a much-deserved Oscar, as did first-time feature editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Oscar or no Oscar, Raging Bull has often been cited as the best American film of the 1980s. --- Lucia Bozzola

In Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro explore the soul of a profoundly violent man and search for the human core buried deep inside him. In many ways, DeNiro's performance as Jake does make him seem more like an animal than a human being; he's ruled by a volatile mixture of arrogance, paranoia, sexual confusion, and fear, and he can deal with his emotions only through violence. The physical brutality that makes Jake a champion in the boxing ring cripples his relationships with his wives, his business associates, and his brother. But even though LaMotta is in many ways controlled by the worst parts of his nature, he's also aware of it on some primal level; when he commands his brother to hit him as hard as he can, it's almost as if he wants someone to knock the fight out of him (while believing, arrogantly but accurately, that it can't be done), and as Jake literally beats his head against a wall in a Florida jail cell, shouting "Why? Why? Why?," it sounds as if he's begging for an explanation of his entire life. In nearly any other film, a performance as strong and intricately detailed as DeNiro's would control the entire show, but here Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty both offer superb, career-making support, while Scorsese's peerless visual sense makes this more than just another star vehicle. The boxing sequences are shot, choreographed, and edited with such audacious power and impact that it's hard to believe that they occupy only t

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Cast for Raging Bull

Robert De Niro - Jake LaMotta
Cathy Moriarty - Vickie LaMotta
Joe Pesci - Joey LaMotta
Frank Vincent - Salvy
Nicholas Colasanto - Tommy Como
Theresa Saldana - Lenore
Frank Adonis - Patsy
Mario Gallo - Mario
Frank Topham - Toppy/Handler
Johnny Barnes - Sugar Ray Robinson
Kevin Mahon - Tony Janiro
Ed Gregory - Billy Fox
Louis Raftis - Marcel Cerdan
Johnny Turner - Laurent Dauthuille
Coley Wallace - Joe Louis
Candy Moore - Linda
Count Billy Varga - Ring Announcer (3rd Robinson Fight)
Allan Malamud - Reporter at Jake's House
Richard McMurray - J.R.
Mardik Martin - Copa Waiter
Bill Mazer - Reporter
Geraldine Smith - Janet
Martin Scorsese - Barbizon Stagehand
Charles Scorsese - Charlie - Man with Como
Lou Tiano - Ricky
Harvey Parry - Referee (3rd Robinson Fight)
Robert Uricola - Man outside Cab
Peter Savage - Jackie Curtie
Peter Petrella - Johnny
John Turturro - Man at Table
Noah Young - Musician #3
Kevin Breslin - Heckler
Joseph Bono - Guido
Wally K. Berns - Arresting Deputy #2
James V. Christy - Dr. Pinto
Daniel P. Conte - Detroit Promoter
Cis Corman
Mary Albee - Underage I.D. Girl
Bob Aaron - Prison Guard #1
Michael Badalucco - Soda Fountain Clerk
Bernie Allen - Comedian
John Arceri - Maitre d'
Vic Magnotta - Fighting Soldier
Ted Husing - Himself (TV Announcer 3rd Robinson Fight)
Bill Hanrahan - Eddie Eagan
Paul Forrest - Monsignor
Jimmy Lennon - Ring Announcer (2nd Robinson Fight/Dauthuille Fight)
Jack Lotz - Referee (Fox Fight)
Kenny Davis - Referee (1st Robinson Fight)
Shay Duffin - Ring Announcer (Janiro Fight)
Marty Denkin - Referee (Janiro Fight)
Lori Anne Flax - Irma
Don Dunphy - Himself/Radio Announcer (Dauthuille Fight)
Peter Fain - Dauthuille Corner Man

Crew for Raging Bull

Martin Scorsese - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Chartoff - Producer
Irwin Winkler - Producer
Joseph Carter - Book Author
Mardik Martin - Screenwriter
Peter Savage - Book Author / Associate Producer
Paul Schrader - Screenwriter
Michael Chapman - Cinematographer
Robbie Robertson - Composer (Music Score)
Thelma Schoonmaker - Editor
Bill Kenney - Production Designer
Gene Rudolf - Production Designer
Kirk Axtell - Art Director
Sheldon Haber - Art Director
Alan Manzer - Art Director
Hal W. Polaire - Associate Producer
Phillip Abramson - Set Designer
Fred C. Weiler - Set Designer
John Boxer - Costume Designer
Richard Bruno - Costume Designer
Michael Westmore - Makeup
Jerry Grandey - First Assistant Director
Allan Wertheim - First Assistant Director
Jake La Motta - Consultant/advisor / Book Author
Al Silvani - Consultant/advisor
Jim Nickerson - Stunts / Stunts Coordinator
Michael Evje - Sound/Sound Designer
Les Lazarowitz - Sound/Sound Designer
Donald O. Mitchell - Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Nicholson - Sound/Sound Designer
James D. Brubaker - Production Manager
Cis Corman - Casting
David J. Kimball - Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Topham - Technical Advisor

Awards for Raging Bull

Best Actor (win) Robert De Niro 1980 Academy
Best Cinematography (nom) Michael Chapman 1980 Academy
Best Director (nom) Martin Scorsese 1980 Academy
Best Editing (win) Thelma Schoonmaker 1980 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Les Lazarowitz 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Bill Nicholson 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Mitchell, Donald O. 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Kimball, David J. 1980 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) Joe Pesci 1980 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Cathy Moriarty 1980 Academy
Best Director (nom) Martin Scorsese 1980 Directors Guild of America
Best Actor (win) Robert De Niro 1980 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1980 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Actor (win) 1980 LA Film Critics Association
Best Film (win) 1980 LA Film Critics Association
Best Actor (win) 1980 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Supporting Actor (win) 1980 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Actor (win) De Niro, Robert 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction Martin Scorsese 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Picture Martin Scorsese 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actor (win) Joe Pesci 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress Cathy Moriarty 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Editing (win) Shoonmaker, Thelma 1981 British Academy Awards
Most Promising Newcomer (win) Joe Pesci 1981 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (in Drama) (win) 1981 Golden Globe
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1990 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: Raging Bull
Feature Release Date: 1980
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Color: Color Black and White
Runtime: 128 Minutes
Chapters: 33
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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LD Release Date: 6 Dec 1990
Catalog Number: CC1238L
UPC: 0715515001922
ISBN: 1-55940-077-3
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 3
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1238L
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Raging Bull

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Raging Bull
1980 - 128 min. - Color  Black and White
Genre: Drama
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Martin Scorsese's brutal character study incisively portrays the true rise and fall and redemption of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who thrives on his ability (and desire) to take a beating. Opening with the spectacle of the over-the-hill La Motta (Robert De Niro) practicing his 1960s night club act, the film flashes back to 1940s New York, when Jake's career is on the rise. Despite pressure from the local mobsters, Jake trusts his brother Joey (Joe Pesci) to help him make it to a title bout against Sugar Ray Robinson the honest way; the Mob, however, will not cave in. Jake gets the title bout, and blonde teenage second wife Vickie (Cathy Moriarity), but success does nothing to exorcise his demons, even as he channels his rage into boxing. Alienating Vickie and Joey, and disastrously gaining weight, Jake has destroyed his personal and professional lives by the 1950s. After he hits bottom, however, Jake emerges with a gleam of self-awareness, as he sits rehearsing Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront speech in his dressing room mirror: "I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody." Working with a script adapted by Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader from La Motta's memoirs, Scorsese and De Niro sought to make an uncompromising portrait of an unlikable man and his ruthless profession. Eschewing uplifting Rocky-like boxing movie conventions, their Jake is relentlessly cruel and self-destructive; the only peace he can make is with himself. Michael Chapman's stark black-and-white photography creates a documentary/tabloid realism; the production famously shut down so that De Niro could gain 50+ pounds. Raging Bull opened in late 1980 to raves for its artistry and revulsion for its protagonist; despite eight Oscar nominations, it underperformed at the box office, as audiences increasingly turned away from "difficult" films in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Academy concurred, passing over Scorsese's work for Best Director and Picture in favor of Robert Redford and Ordinary People, although De Niro won a much-deserved Oscar, as did first-time feature editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Oscar or no Oscar, Raging Bull has often been cited as the best American film of the 1980s. --- Lucia Bozzola

In Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro explore the soul of a profoundly violent man and search for the human core buried deep inside him. In many ways, DeNiro's performance as Jake does make him seem more like an animal than a human being; he's ruled by a volatile mixture of arrogance, paranoia, sexual confusion, and fear, and he can deal with his emotions only through violence. The physical brutality that makes Jake a champion in the boxing ring cripples his relationships with his wives, his business associates, and his brother. But even though LaMotta is in many ways controlled by the worst parts of his nature, he's also aware of it on some primal level; when he commands his brother to hit him as hard as he can, it's almost as if he wants someone to knock the fight out of him (while believing, arrogantly but accurately, that it can't be done), and as Jake literally beats his head against a wall in a Florida jail cell, shouting "Why? Why? Why?," it sounds as if he's begging for an explanation of his entire life. In nearly any other film, a performance as strong and intricately detailed as DeNiro's would control the entire show, but here Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty both offer superb, career-making support, while Scorsese's peerless visual sense makes this more than just another star vehicle. The boxing sequences are shot, choreographed, and edited with such audacious power and impact that it's hard to believe that they occupy only t

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Cast for Raging Bull

Robert De Niro - Jake LaMotta
Cathy Moriarty - Vickie LaMotta
Joe Pesci - Joey LaMotta
Frank Vincent - Salvy
Nicholas Colasanto - Tommy Como
Theresa Saldana - Lenore
Frank Adonis - Patsy
Mario Gallo - Mario
Frank Topham - Toppy/Handler
Johnny Barnes - Sugar Ray Robinson
Kevin Mahon - Tony Janiro
Ed Gregory - Billy Fox
Louis Raftis - Marcel Cerdan
Johnny Turner - Laurent Dauthuille
Coley Wallace - Joe Louis
Candy Moore - Linda
Count Billy Varga - Ring Announcer (3rd Robinson Fight)
Allan Malamud - Reporter at Jake's House
Richard McMurray - J.R.
Mardik Martin - Copa Waiter
Bill Mazer - Reporter
Geraldine Smith - Janet
Martin Scorsese - Barbizon Stagehand
Charles Scorsese - Charlie - Man with Como
Lou Tiano - Ricky
Harvey Parry - Referee (3rd Robinson Fight)
Robert Uricola - Man outside Cab
Peter Savage - Jackie Curtie
Peter Petrella - Johnny
John Turturro - Man at Table
Noah Young - Musician #3
Kevin Breslin - Heckler
Joseph Bono - Guido
Wally K. Berns - Arresting Deputy #2
James V. Christy - Dr. Pinto
Daniel P. Conte - Detroit Promoter
Cis Corman
Mary Albee - Underage I.D. Girl
Bob Aaron - Prison Guard #1
Michael Badalucco - Soda Fountain Clerk
Bernie Allen - Comedian
John Arceri - Maitre d'
Vic Magnotta - Fighting Soldier
Ted Husing - Himself (TV Announcer 3rd Robinson Fight)
Bill Hanrahan - Eddie Eagan
Paul Forrest - Monsignor
Jimmy Lennon - Ring Announcer (2nd Robinson Fight/Dauthuille Fight)
Jack Lotz - Referee (Fox Fight)
Kenny Davis - Referee (1st Robinson Fight)
Shay Duffin - Ring Announcer (Janiro Fight)
Marty Denkin - Referee (Janiro Fight)
Lori Anne Flax - Irma
Don Dunphy - Himself/Radio Announcer (Dauthuille Fight)
Peter Fain - Dauthuille Corner Man

Crew for Raging Bull

Martin Scorsese - Director / Screenwriter
Robert Chartoff - Producer
Irwin Winkler - Producer
Joseph Carter - Book Author
Mardik Martin - Screenwriter
Peter Savage - Book Author / Associate Producer
Paul Schrader - Screenwriter
Michael Chapman - Cinematographer
Robbie Robertson - Composer (Music Score)
Thelma Schoonmaker - Editor
Bill Kenney - Production Designer
Gene Rudolf - Production Designer
Kirk Axtell - Art Director
Sheldon Haber - Art Director
Alan Manzer - Art Director
Hal W. Polaire - Associate Producer
Phillip Abramson - Set Designer
Fred C. Weiler - Set Designer
John Boxer - Costume Designer
Richard Bruno - Costume Designer
Michael Westmore - Makeup
Jerry Grandey - First Assistant Director
Allan Wertheim - First Assistant Director
Jake La Motta - Consultant/advisor / Book Author
Al Silvani - Consultant/advisor
Jim Nickerson - Stunts / Stunts Coordinator
Michael Evje - Sound/Sound Designer
Les Lazarowitz - Sound/Sound Designer
Donald O. Mitchell - Sound/Sound Designer
Bill Nicholson - Sound/Sound Designer
James D. Brubaker - Production Manager
Cis Corman - Casting
David J. Kimball - Re-Recording Mixer
Frank Topham - Technical Advisor

Awards for Raging Bull

Best Actor (win) Robert De Niro 1980 Academy
Best Cinematography (nom) Michael Chapman 1980 Academy
Best Director (nom) Martin Scorsese 1980 Academy
Best Editing (win) Thelma Schoonmaker 1980 Academy
Best Picture (nom) 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Les Lazarowitz 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Bill Nicholson 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Mitchell, Donald O. 1980 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Kimball, David J. 1980 Academy
Best Supporting Actor (nom) Joe Pesci 1980 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Cathy Moriarty 1980 Academy
Best Director (nom) Martin Scorsese 1980 Directors Guild of America
Best Actor (win) Robert De Niro 1980 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Picture (win) 1980 L.A. Film Critics Association
Best Actor (win) 1980 LA Film Critics Association
Best Film (win) 1980 LA Film Critics Association
Best Actor (win) 1980 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Supporting Actor (win) 1980 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Actor (win) De Niro, Robert 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Direction Martin Scorsese 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Picture Martin Scorsese 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actor (win) Joe Pesci 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress Cathy Moriarty 1980 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Editing (win) Shoonmaker, Thelma 1981 British Academy Awards
Most Promising Newcomer (win) Joe Pesci 1981 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (in Drama) (win) 1981 Golden Globe
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1990 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

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