Raging Bull
I don’t go down for nobody.
Country
Production
Budget
$18 000 000
Box office
$23 384 902
Director
Actors
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Gene Rudolf
Audition
Cis Corman
Short description
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the scene where Jake shouts something about a steak at his first wife, a neighbor starts yelling back at him. Curiously, there was no neighbor in the script; this man appeared completely by chance, as he hadn't even heard about the filming and didn't recognize Robert De Niro. Notably, the actor, without breaking character, got into a verbal altercation with the 'neighbor.'
- In preparation for the role, Robert De Niro trained intensely and even participated in three real boxing matches in Brooklyn, winning two of them.
- During the filming of the fight scene, Robert De Niro accidentally broke Joe Pesci's rib.
- Robert De Niro deliberately gained 60 pounds for this film. This was a record at the time. It was later broken by Vincent D'Onofrio, who gained 70 pounds to play Private Lawrence in Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket'.
- To record the sound of boxing punches, watermelons and tomatoes were smashed, and the sound of gunshots was used for camera flashes. The resulting magnetic tapes were destroyed by the sound engineers to prevent their reuse.
- The original script included a scene in which LaMotta masturbated in his prison cell.
- The music featured in the film was not written specifically for it. Scorsese borrowed it from the works of Italian composer Pietro Mascagni.
- After watching the film, LaMotta admitted that it made him realize what a terrible person he had been.
- The film marked John Turturro's acting debut. Interestingly, Turturro and De Niro later played characters named Billy Sunday in different films. Turturro played such a character in 'His Game,' and De Niro in 'The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'.
- In 1978, when Martin Scorsese nearly died from a drug overdose (he was snorting cocaine), Robert De Niro, visiting the director in the hospital, tried to persuade him to never use drugs again and expressed a wish for Scorsese to make a film about a boxer. Scorsese initially refused (he didn't like sports films), but De Niro eventually convinced him. Many believe that De Niro saved the director's life by insisting on his return to work. Scorsese himself, incidentally, shares this opinion.
- To better understand his character, De Niro became acquainted with LaMotta, with whom he developed a very good relationship. They remained inseparable throughout the entire filming period. LaMotta told De Niro that he had the makings of a true fighter and that he would be happy to become his manager or trainer.
- Robert De Niro gained 27 kilograms specifically for this film.
- Hershey's chocolate was used as a blood substitute, as it looked effective when filming in black and white.
- The quote from the Bible ("I was blind, but now I see") is addressed to the professor whom Scorsese studied under. This man died shortly before the film's premiere. Scorsese dedicated the film to his teacher, stating in the credits that he "helped him see."
- The wedding scene on the roof was directed by Martin Scorsese's father, as Martin himself fell ill during filming.
- The film includes phrases and recreates scenes from 'On the Waterfront,' as LaMotta admired Marlon Brando’s character and often quoted him.
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