DVD
R (Restricted)
Raging Bull (Special Edition)
 (12/19/1980)
In Collection
#456

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Owner:
Ben
Drama, Sports
USA  /  English

Robert De Niro Jake LaMotta
Moriarty, Cathy Vickie LaMotta
Joe Pesci Joey LaMotta

Director Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese's brutal black-and-white biography of self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta was chosen as the best film of the 1980s in a major critics' poll at the end of the decade, and it's a knockout piece of filmmaking. Robert De Niro plays LaMotta (famously putting on 50 pounds for the later scenes), a man tormented by demons he doesn't understand and prone to uncontrollably violent temper tantrums and fits of irrational jealousy. He marries a striking young blond (Cathy Moriarty), his sexual ideal, and then terrorizes her with never-ending accusations of infidelity. Jake is as frightening as he is pathetic, unable to control or comprehend the baser instincts that periodically, and without warning, turn him into the rampaging beast of the title. But as Roman Catholic Scorsese sees it, he works off his sins in the boxing ring, where his greatest athletic talent is his ability to withstand punishment. The fight scenes are astounding; they're like barbaric ritual dance numbers. Images smash into one another--a flashbulb, a spray of sweat, a fist, a geyser of blood--until you feel dazed from the pummeling. Nominated for a handful of Academy Awards (including best picture and director), Raging Bull won only two, for De Niro and for editor Thelma Schoonmacher. --Jim Emerson

Edition Details
Edition Widescreen
Barcode 027616915122
Region Region 1
Release Date 2/8/2005
Packaging Jewel Case
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 1: Black & White Widescreen
Personal Details
Purchase Date 6/11/2005
Purchase Price $9.99
Store Best Buy
Condition New (Still Sealed)
Current Value $9.99
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