RAGING BULL (1980 - R)

RAGING BULL is the dramatic autobiography/biography (at times self-narrated by the protagonist, but generally left to narration by a third person omniscient narrator/director) about the infamous middleweight champion boxer Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro). Exploiting his personal and public life, the film adapts the novelty of black-and-white medium (with an artistic Technicolor Montage midway through) to capture the tense atmosphere that pervaded the unstable career and lifestyle of LaMotta as the film traces his rise and fall as one of the greatest boxers, albeit character assessment aside, of his era.

The cast includes Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, and Joe Pesci.

Written by: Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage, and Joseph Carter (book), and Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin (screenplay).

Directed by: Martin Scorsese.

The RAGING BULL Review

Genre: Drama, Autobiography/Biography, Sport.

Rated: R for language, violence, and sexual references.

Tagline: "And though I can fight, I’d rather recite…"

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