TY - BOOK AU - Martin Scorsese AU - Martin Scorsese AU - Paul Schrader AU - Mardik Martin AU - Jake La Motta AU - Joseph Carter AU - Peter Savage AU - Robert De Niro AU - Cathy Moriarty AU - Joe Pesci TI - Raging Bull AV - PN1997 .R345 1980 PY - 1980/// CY - United States PB - Chartoff-Winkler Productions N1 - Based on the biography "Raging Bull: My Story" by Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, and Peter Savage N2 - From case cover: Robert De Niro teams with director Martin Scorsese in this "extraordinarily compelling" (Leonard Maltin) film that introduced unflinching realism to stunned audiences in 1980. An "exceedingly violent as well as poetic" fight picture that maps "the landscape of the soul" (The New York Times), Raging Bull garnered eight Oscar Nominations and two Wins, including Best Actor for DeNiro. DeNiro gives the performance of his career as Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty are unforgettable as the brother who falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy, and the fifteen-year-old girl who becomes his most prized trophy. A "brilliantly photographed film of extraordinary power and rare distinction" (The Wall Street Journal), Raging Bull is film making at its riveting best ER -