Raging Bull

Raging Bull

Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1980 • United States
Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty

With this stunningly visceral portrait of self-destructive machismo, Martin Scorsese created one of the truly great and visionary works of modern cinema. Robert De Niro pours his blood, sweat, and brute physicality into the Oscar-winning role of Jake La Motta, the rising middleweight boxer from the Bronx whose furious ambition propels him to success within the ring but whose unbridled paranoia and jealousy tatter his relationships with everyone in his orbit, including his brother and manager (Joe Pesci) and gorgeous, streetwise wife (Cathy Moriarty). Thelma Schoonmaker’s Oscar-winning editing, Michael Chapman’s extraordinarily tactile black-and-white cinematography, and Frank Warner’s ingenious sound design combine to make RAGING BULL a uniquely powerful exploration of violence on multiple levels—physical, emotional, psychic, and spiritual.

Raging Bull
  • Raging Bull

    Directed by Martin Scorsese • 1980 • United States
    Starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty

    With this stunningly visceral portrait of self-destructive machismo, Martin Scorsese created one of the truly great and visionary works of modern cinema. Robert De Niro pours his blood, sweat, a...

Extras

  • RAGING BULL Commentary 1

    This audio commentary, recorded in 1990, features director Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker.

  • RAGING BULL Commentary 2

    This audio commentary, recorded in 2004 for MGM, features director of photography Michael Chapman, producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, casting director Cis Corman, music consultant Robbie Robertson, actors Teresa Saldana and John Turturro, and supervising sound-effects editor Frank Warner.

  • RAGING BULL Commentary 3

    This audio commentary, recorded in 2004 for MGM, features boxer Jake La Motta with his nephew Jason Lustig and screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader.

  • Pour Everything In

    This video essay, written and narrated by film critic and poet Geoffrey O’Brien, explores director Martin Scorsese’s mastery of formal cinematic techniques in RAGING BULL and the layers of aesthetic choices on display in the film.

  • Gloves Off

    This video essay, written and narrated by film critic Sheila O’Malley, observes the films triumvirate of Jake La Motta, his brother Joey, and his second wife, Vickie, and how actors Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Cathy Moriarty gave the characters everything they had.

  • Fight Night: Before the Fight

    This four-part making-of documentary features director Martin Scorsese; producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler; actors Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, and Frank Vincent; director of photography Michael Chapman; editor Thelma Schoonmaker; screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrad...

  • Fight Night: Inside the Ring

    This four-part making-of documentary features director Martin Scorsese; producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler; actors Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, and Frank Vincent; director of photography Michael Chapman; editor Thelma Schoonmaker; screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrad...

  • Fight Night: Outside the Ring

    This four-part making-of documentary features director Martin Scorsese; producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler; actors Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, and Frank Vincent; director of photography Michael Chapman; editor Thelma Schoonmaker; screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrad...

  • Fight Night: After the Fight

    This four-part making-of documentary features director Martin Scorsese; producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler; actors Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, and Frank Vincent; director of photography Michael Chapman; editor Thelma Schoonmaker; screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrad...

  • Mary Karr on RAGING BULL

  • Marty and Bobby

    This short program presented here highlights director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro’s longtime friendship, collaboration, and mutual dedication to their craft. It was produced for MGM in 2010.

  • Marty on Film

    This short program presented here highlights director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro’s longtime friendship, collaboration, and mutual dedication to their craft. It was produced for MGM in 2010.

  • Robert De Niro on Acting

    This short program features audio exceprts from a Harold Lloyd Master Seminar recorded in 1980 at the American Film Institute.

  • Jake La Motta, 1990 Interview

    This program spotlights former middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta. It includes excerpts from a 1990 interview with La Motta and boxing footage from his career.

  • Remembering Jake

    This program, produced for MGM in 2010, spotlights former middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta. It features members of the Veteran Boxers Association of New York reminiscing about La Motta, a.k.a. the Raging Bull.

  • Cathy Moriarty and Vikki La Motta

    This interview with Cathy Moriarty and Vikki La Motta, on whom Moriarty’s character in RAGING BULL is based, was recorded in 1981 for Belgian television.