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Actors: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Raging Bull |
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Jake LaMotta is a boxer trying to make it big. With the help of his brother, Joey, Jake becomes a famous boxer. He soon falls for Joey's girlfriend, Vickie. They fall in love, and get married. Jake stops his boxing career to open his very own bar.
--Estefan Ellison, Resident Scholar
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Raging Bull is about Jake LaMotta's profesional boxing career, homelife and some time after when he became overweight.
Jake LaMotta was a middleweight boxer who fought in through the 40's and 50's. They called him the bronx bull and people described him as a brawler. DeNiro plays him and Joe Pesci play his brother Joey who was his manager.
We see LaMotta's personal life as he has a big problem with anger and often thought his wife, Cathy Moriarty, was cheating on him.
This man's anger drove every away from him and he ends up 50 pounds overweight, which DeNiro did actually gain.
--Alex Panetta, Resident Scholar
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Yes, this is the best film of the 1980's. Not so much of a sports story, it's rather a story about a man's struggle with his own nature. A once-in-a-decade masterpiece.
--Tero Hakulinen, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Raging Bull |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
Kind of sports story:
- boxing
Sports story?
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- athlete
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- boxing
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- (man) muscular
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Age:
- 20's-30's
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- prison
- sports arena
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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