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Raging Bull
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Jake LaMotta (based on the book by) and
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Release Date:
19 December 1980 (USA) more
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Plot:
An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 16 nominations more
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(128 articles)
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Classic examination of masculinity more (395 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert De Niro ... Jake La Motta
Cathy Moriarty ... Vickie La Motta

Joe Pesci ... Joey
Frank Vincent ... Salvy
Nicholas Colasanto ... Tommy Como
Theresa Saldana ... Lenore
Mario Gallo ... Mario

Frank Adonis ... Patsy
Joseph Bono ... Guido
Frank Topham ... Toppy

Lori Anne Flax ... Irma
Charles Scorsese ... Charlie - Man with Como
Don Dunphy ... Himself - Radio Announcer for Dauthuille Fight
Bill Hanrahan ... Eddie Eagan
Rita Bennett ... Emma - Miss 48's
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Runtime:
129 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/16 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:M | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:16 | Philippines:R-18 | Spain:18 (1st DVD Edition) | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Israel:16 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (re-rating) (2000) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #26171) | West Germany:16 (bw)
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Sound effects for punches landing were made by squashing melons and tomatoes. Sound effects for camera flashes going off were sounds of gunshots. The original tapes were deliberately destroyed by the sound technicians, to prevent then being used again. more
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Continuity: Ring announcer's glasses in opening match. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jake La Motta: I remember those cheers / They still ring in my ears / After years, they remain in my thoughts. / Go to one night / I took off my robe, and what'd I do? I forgot to wear shorts. / I recall every fall / Every hook, every jab / The worst way a guy can get rid of his flab. / As you know, my life wasn't drab. / Though I'd much...
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Spoofed in Scary Movie 2 (2001) more
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Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo more

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40 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
Classic examination of masculinity, 16 March 2002
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

The story of boxer Jake La Motta from his rising star in the 1940's through to his own downfall and his eventual living on the cabaret circuit in the present day.

Scorsese and De Niro – nobody needs say any more. Whether it be media satire (King of Comedy), small time thugs (Mean Streets) or real gangsta s**t (Goodfellas), the two rarely miss. This was one of their best to date (and probably for ever). The story is fascinating in itself but as an examination of masculinity it excels. The film allows us to watch a man who goes along with all the things he thinks make him a man – even when those characteristics and habits begin to destroy everything he has – his marriage, his realtionships and his career. Combine this with the gripping boxing tale of ups and downs and you have a film that never outstays it's welcome.

Scorsese is on top form – the use of black and white any have been a quality issue, but he uses it well. The fight scenes are other worldly – exaggerated to the extent that it is breathtaking and more shocking than previous boxing scenes in other movies. My favourite effect is the sound editing in the fights where silence and calm seem to descend just before key moments…..amazing. The relationship stuff is also gripping and Scorsese handles he human cost just as well as he shows us the physical beatings.

De Niro is amazing – the method stuff alone is great, but his whole performance is intense. Similarly Moriaty, Pesci and Frank Vincent are excellent – however they all stand in De Niro's shadow.

Overall – an excellent film on so many levels, as a story, as a examination of masculinity, as a sports film, as a lesson in direction and editing…..this excels in so many ways – may it never drop out of the top ten from the twentieth century!

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