Although he has to be reminded by his brother he is already married, the opportunity to invite her out for the day becomes a possibility thanks to his brother. Accompanied by his brother to the local open-air swimming pool, a restless Jake spots a 15-year-old girl named Vikki at the edge of the pool ( Cathy Moriarty). When they are finally settled in the house, Jake admits that he doesn't have much faith in his own abilities. Joey discusses a potential shot for the title with one of his mob connections, Salvy Batts ( Frank Vincent), on the way to his brother's house. Evans, Mike "The Making of Raging Bull" 2006 p.93-97, 98-103, 105.] His brother Joey ( Joe Pesci) is not only a sparring partner to him but also responsible for organizing his fights. 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. "Raging Bull" is a 1980 biographical film directed by Martin Scorsese, adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from the memoir "".
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