Losing the fight by a fixed result causes a fight to break out at the end of the match. It is one of three films that has been named to the National Film Registry in its first year of eligibility.īeginning in 1964, where an older and fatter Jake LaMotta ( Robert DeNiro) practices his stand-up comic routine, we are transported back in time to his boxing career in 1941 against his opponent, Jimmy Reeves, in the infamous Cleveland bout. After receiving mixed initial reviews, it went on to garner a high critical reputation and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made, along with the pair's other famed collaboration from that era, ' Taxi Driver' ( 1976). The film features supporting roles from Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, and Frank Vincent, who has starred in many films directed by Martin Scorsese. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, La Motta's brother and manager, and Cathy Moriarty as his abused wife. It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, a temperamental and paranoid but tenacious boxer who alienates himself from his friends and family. 'Thank you for making it and inspiring so many actors and filmmakers for generations, including myself.'Raging Bull' is a 1980 biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from the memoir ''. 'This is a true cinematic masterpiece that's going to live on for centuries,' said Leonardo DiCaprio, another longtime Scorsese collaborator, who moderated Sunday's Q&A. It co-stars Cathy Moriarty and Joe Pesci as Jake's wife and brother, respectively.

24 on the American Film Institute's 100 greatest American movies of all time list, tells the true story of former boxing champ Jake LaMotta.

The filmmaking legend sat down with Robert De Niro for a virtual panel at Sunday's Tribeca Festival to discuss their 1980 boxing classic, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two (including best editing and actor, for De Niro). Martin Scorsese left it all in the ring making 'Raging Bull.'

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