Raging Bull (1980)

Regisseur:

Martin Scorsese

Drehbuchautoren:

Jake LaMotta (book) and
Joseph Carter (book) ...
(mehr)

Premierendatum:

19. Dezember 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Biographie | Drama | Sportfilm

Plot:

An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring, destroys his life outside it.

Plot Keywords:

Brothers | Disturbing | Vulgar Language | Black & White To Color | Paranoid

Filmpreise:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 16 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Classic examination of masculinity

Besetzung

Robert De Niro	...	Jake La Motta
Cathy Moriarty	...	Vickie Thailer
Joe Pesci	...	Joey La Motta
Frank Vincent	...	Salvy Batts
Nicholas Colasanto	...	Tommy Como
Theresa Saldana	...	Lenore
Mario Gallo	...	Mario
Frank Adonis	...	Patsy
Joseph Bono	...	Guido
Frank Topham	...	Toppy
Lori Anne Flax	...	Irma
Charles Scorsese	...	Charlie
Don Dunphy	...	Himself
Bill Hanrahan	...	Eddie Eagan
Rita Bennett	...	Emma
James V. Christy	...	Dr. Pinto
Bernie Allen	...	Comedian
Floyd Anderson	...	Jimmy Reeves
Gene LeBell	...	Ring announcer
Harold Valan	...	Referee [Reeves fight]
Victor Magnotta	...	Fighting soldier
Johnny Barnes	...	Sugar Ray Robinson
John Thomas	...	Trainer [first Robinson fight]
Kenny Davis	...	Referee [first Robinson fight]
Paul Carmello	...	Ring announcer [first Robinson fight]
Jimmy Lennon Sr.	...	Ring announcer, second Robinson fight (as Jimmy Lennon)
Bobby Rings	...	Referee [second Robinson fight]
Kevin Mahon	...	Tony Janiro
Marty Denkin	...	Referee [Janiro fight] (as Martin Denkin)
Shay Duffin	...	Ring announcer [Janiro fight]
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	...	Billy Fox
'Sweet' Dick Whittington	...	Ring announcer [Fox fight]
Jack Lotz	...	Referee [Fox fight]
Kevin Breslin	...	Heckler [Fox fight]
Louis Raftis	...	Marcel Cerdan
Frank Shain	...	Ring announcer [Cerdan fight]
Coley Wallace	...	Joe Louis [Cerdan fight]
Fritzie Higgins	...	Woman with Vickie [Cerdan fight]
George Latka	...	Referee [Cerdan fight]
Fred Dennis	...	Cornerman #1 [Cerdan fight]
Robert B. Loring	...	Cornerman #2 [Cerdan fight]
Johnny Turner	...	Laurent Dauthuille
Vern De Paul	...	Dauthuille's trainer
Chuck Hassett	...	Referee [Dauthuille fight]
Ken Richards	...	Reporter at phone booth [Dauthuille fight]
Peter Fain	...	Dauthuille cornerman [Dauthuille fight]
Billy Varga	...	Ring announcer [third Robinson fight] (as Count Billy Varga)
Harvey Parry	...	Referee [third Robinson fight]
Ted Husing	...	Himself, announcer [third Robinson fight] (voice) (archive footage)
Michael Badalucco	...	Soda fountain clerk
Thomas Beansy Lobasso	...	Beansy
Paul Forrest	...	Monsignor
Peter Petrella	...	Johnny
Sal Serafino Tomassetti	...	Webster Hall bouncer
Geraldine Smith	...	Janet
Mardik Martin	...	Copa waiter
Maryjane Lauria	...	Girl #1
Linda Artuso	...	Girl #2
Peter Savage	...	Jackie Curtie
Daniel P. Conte	...	Detroit promoter
Joe Malanga	...	Bodyguard
Sabine Turco Jr.	...	Bouncer at Copa
Steve Orlando	...	Bouncer at Copa
Silvio García Jr.	...	Bouncer at Copa
John Arceri	...	Maitre d'
Joseph A. Morale	...	Man at Table #1
James Dimodica	...	Man at Table #1
Robert Uricola	...	Man outside cab
Andrea Orlando	...	Woman in cab
Allan Malamud	...	Reporter at Jake's house
D.J. Blair	...	State Atty. Bronson
Laura James	...	Mrs. Bronson
Richard McMurray	...	J.R
Mary Albee	...	Underage ID girl
Lisa Katz	...	Woman with ID girl
Candy Moore	...	Linda
Richard A. Berk	...	Musician #1
Theodore Sauners	...	Musician #2
Noah Young	...	Musician #3
Nick Trisko	...	Carlo, bartender
Lou Tiano	...	Ricky
Bob Evan Collins	...	Arresting deputy #1
Wally K. Berns	...	Arresting deputy #2 (as Wally Berns)
Allen Joseph	...	Jeweler (as Allan Joseph)
Bob Aaron	...	Prison guard #1
Glenn Leigh Marshall	...	Prison guard #2
Martin Scorsese	...	Barbizon stagehand
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Joseph Bergmann	...	Sailor (At Ballroom) (uncredited)
Bruno DiGiorgi	...	Soda fountain clerk #2 (uncredited)
Marty Farrell	...	Heckler in bar (uncredited)
Tony Lip	...	Patron at Nightclub (uncredited)
Bill Mazer	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Dennis O'Neill	...	Dancer (uncredited)
John Turturro	...	Man at table, Webster Hall (uncredited)
McKenzie Westmore	...	Jake's daughter (uncredited)
Jimmy Williams	...	Reporter (uncredited)

Regie
Martin Scorsese

Buch
Jake LaMotta		(book "Raging Bull: My Story") (as Jake La Motta) and
Joseph Carter		(book "Raging Bull: My Story") &
Peter Savage		(book "Raging Bull: My Story")
Paul Schrader		(screenplay) and
Mardik Martin		(screenplay)

Produktion
Robert Chartoff	....	producer
Hal W. Polaire	....	associate producer
Peter Savage	....	associate producer
Irwin Winkler	....	producer

Kamera
Michael Chapman

Schnitt
Thelma Schoonmaker

Casting
Cis Corman

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Phil Abramson
Frederic C. Weiler		(as Fred Weiler)

Kostüme
John Boxer
Richard Bruno

Maske/Frisuren
Verne Caruso	....	hair stylist
Mary Keats	....	hair stylist
Mike Maggi	....	makeup artist
Mona Orr	....	hair stylist
Jean Burt Reilly	....	hair stylist
Michael Westmore	....	makeup designer
Allen Payne	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
James D. Brubaker	....	production manager

Regieassistenten
Henry Bronchtein	....	dga trainee
Elie Cohn	....	second assistant director
Jerry Grandey	....	first assistant director
Joan Van Horn	....	second assistant director (as Joan Feinstein)
Allan Wertheim	....	first assistant director

Ausstattung (Stab)
Terry L. Adams	....	assistant property master
Kirk Axtell	....	art director: Los Angeles
Hank Bauer	....	chief carpenter
Emily Ferry	....	property master
Sheldon Haber	....	art director: New York
William Lowry	....	construction grip (as William J. Lowry Sr.)
Gene Ludvigsen	....	construction foreman
Alan Manser	....	art director: Los Angeles
Jack Mortellaro	....	set dresser
Eugene Powell	....	scenic artist
Gene Rudolf	....	production designer: New York
Thomas Saccio	....	property master (as Tom Saccio)
Hans Swanson	....	assistant property master
Louis S. Toth Jr.	....	head construction grip (as Lou Toth Jr.)
Linda Conaway-Parsloe	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Ton Stab
Michael Evje	....	sound mixer
Gary S. Gerlich	....	sound effects editor
Walter A. Gest	....	sound recordist (as Walter Gest)
Richard Guinness	....	boom operator
David J. Kimball	....	sound re-recording engineer
Les Lazarowitz	....	sound mixer
Victoria Martin	....	assistant sound effects editor
Donald O. Mitchell	....	sound re-recording engineer
Bill Nicholson	....	sound re-recording engineer
Gary Ritchie	....	sound recordist
Robert Sciretta	....	cable person
Murray Siegel	....	cable person
Chester Slomka	....	sound effects editor
Pat Suraci	....	boom operator
Frank E. Warner	....	supervising sound effects editor (as Frank Warner)
Bill Wylie	....	sound effects editor (as William J. Wylie)

Spezialeffekte
Raymond Klein	....	special effects
Max E. Wood	....	special effects

Stunts
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunt coordinator (as Jim Nickerson)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
David Copeland	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Bennie Moore	....	stunts (uncredited)
Konrad Sheehan	....	stunts (uncredited)

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Dustin Blauvelt	....	first assistant camera
Peter J. Breen	....	dolly grip
Robert Connors	....	best boy electric (as Robert Conners)
Richard Fee	....	second assistant camera
Henry Fusco	....	best boy electric
Tom Gilligan	....	best boy grip
Edward Gold	....	camera operator (as Eddie Gold)
Brian Hamill	....	still photographer
Christine M. Loss	....	still photographer (as Christine Loss)
Bruce MacCallum	....	second assistant camera (as Bruce McCallum)
Joe R. Marquette Jr.	....	camera operator (as Joe Marquette)
Ray Mendez	....	gaffer
Robert Miller	....	key grip
Barry Ping	....	best boy grip
Richard Quinlan	....	gaffer
Ed Quinn	....	key grip
Eddie Ramirez	....	first assistant camera (as Ed Ramirez)
Ricki-Ellen Brooke	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Vincent Donohue	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Don E. FauntLeRoy	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Albert Hood	....	electrician (uncredited)
Joe Kelly	....	grip (uncredited)
Gábor Kövér	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting (Stab)
Gail Kaszynski	....	casting assistant

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
William Loger	....	costumer (as Bill Loger)
Betty M. Nowell	....	costumer
Marilyn Putnam	....	costumer
Dean Skipworth	....	costumer
Andrea E. Weaver	....	costumer (as Andrea Weaver)

Schnitt (Stab)
Craig Bassett	....	assistant editor
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Mellissa Bretherton	....	assistant editor
Lisa Zeno Churgin	....	assistant editor (as Lisa Churgin)
Jeffrey Friedman	....	assistant editor (as Jeff Friedman)
Yoshio Kishi	....	associate editor
John Mavros	....	assistant editor
Michael R. Miller	....	assistant editor (as Michael Miller)
Susan E. Morse	....	associate editor
Sonya Polonsky	....	first assistant editor
Erik T. Ramberg	....	associate editor
Mary Scott	....	assistant editor
Karen I. Stern	....	assistant editor (as Karen Stern)
George Trirogoff	....	associate editor
Mark Warner	....	associate editor
William Chartoff	....	apprentice editor (uncredited)

Musik (Stab)
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor
Robbie Robertson	....	music producer

Transporte
George Alden	....	transportation captain
Ed Arter	....	transportation captain (as Edward D. Arter)
Tom O'Brien	....	transportation captain

Restlicher Stab
Tim Athan	....	production assistant
Dale Benson	....	location manager
Marion Billings	....	publicist
William Chartoff	....	production assistant (as Billy Chartoff)
Bud Conley	....	craft service
Christopher Cronyn	....	location manager (as Chris Cronyn)
Janet Crosby	....	assistant to producers
Jean De Niro	....	production assistant
Lenay Drucker	....	assistant to associate producers
Donna Gigliotti	....	assistant: Mr. Scorsese
June Rachel Guterman	....	production assistant (as June Guterman)
Jim Henry	....	black and white timer
Mary Hickey	....	production assistant
Rob Hummel	....	special assistance
Lori Imbler	....	assistant to producers
Moira Kelly	....	production office coordinator
Jake LaMotta	....	consultant (as Jake La Motta)
Kyle McCarthy	....	assistant to associate producers
Emmet Murphy	....	special assistance
Gloria Norris	....	researcher
Dan Perri	....	title designer
Janice M. Pieroni	....	production assistant
Lydia Resurreccion	....	production accountant
Mark Rubin	....	production assistant
Gene Rudolf	....	visual consultant: Los Angeles
Hannah Scheel	....	script supervisor
Deborah Schindler	....	assistant: Mr. Scorsese
Steve Schottenfeld	....	production assistant
Meryle Selinger	....	production accountant
Al Silvani	....	boxing technical advisor
Shawn Slovo	....	assistant: Mr. De Niro
Donna Smith	....	production office coordinator
Marie Sorell	....	first aid
Helene Spinner	....	production office coordinator
David Ticotin	....	production assistant
Rachel Ticotin	....	production assistant
Johanne Todd	....	assistant: Mr. De Niro
Frank Topham	....	technical advisor
Charles Winkler	....	production assistant
Todd Coleman	....	personal assistant: Mr. De Niro (uncredited)
Mark Del Costello	....	personal assistant: Mr. Scorsese (uncredited)
Michael Neale	....	location manager (uncredited)
Marty Eli Schwartz	....	location manager (uncredited)
Michael E. Uslan	....	production attorney (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Verleihfirmen

• United Artists (1980) (USA) (theatrical)
• CBS Television (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Criterion Collection, The (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Cinema Mondo (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbus Film (????) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Park Circus (2007) (UK) (theatrical) (re-issue)
• Tocantins (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• United Artists Films (1981) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (????) (UK) (VHS)

Weitere Firmen

• Big Fights Inc.  Jake La Motta screening material and the voice of Ted Husing announcing the actual La Motta-Robinson fight provided by
• Capitol Records  soundtrack released by
• Cinema Catering  catering
• EFX Unlimited  opticals
• Independent Casting  extras casting: Hollywood
• Modern Film Effects  opticals
• Movie Magic  opticals
• Sylvia Fay Casting  casting: bits and extras, New York
• Sylvia Fay/ Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Alternativ:

Wie ein wilder Stier (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

129 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss | Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Australia:M (original rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Brazil:16 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Spain:18 (1st DVD Edition) | Argentina:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Chile:18 | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Israel:16 | Italy:VM14 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (re-rating) (2000) | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R | West Germany:16

Drehorte:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Firma:

Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Dies und das:

The word "fuck" is used 114 times in this film.

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: When Jake is in the phone booth towards the end of the movie saying that he wouldn't be able to raise the $10,000 that he needed, his lips aren't moving.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Jake La Motta: I remember those cheers / They still ring in my ears / After years, they remain in my thoughts. / Go to one night / I took off my robe, and what'd I do? I forgot to wear shorts. / I recall every fall / Every hook, every jab / The worst way a guy can get rid of his flab. / As you know, my life wasn't drab. / Though I'd much...
[...]

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Sports Night: Small Town (#1.13)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Do I Worry

Classic examination of masculinity

The story of boxer Jake La Motta from his rising star in the 1940's through to his own downfall and his eventual living on the cabaret circuit in the present day.

Scorsese and De Niro – nobody needs say any more. Whether it be media satire (King of Comedy), small time thugs (Mean Streets) or real gangsta s**t (Goodfellas), the two rarely miss. This was one of their best to date (and probably for ever). The story is fascinating in itself but as an examination of masculinity it excels. The film allows us to watch a man who goes along with all the things he thinks make him a man – even when those characteristics and habits begin to destroy everything he has – his marriage, his realtionships and his career. Combine this with the gripping boxing tale of ups and downs and you have a film that never outstays it's welcome.

Scorsese is on top form – the use of black and white any have been a quality issue, but he uses it well. The fight scenes are other worldly – exaggerated to the extent that it is breathtaking and more shocking than previous boxing scenes in other movies. My favourite effect is the sound editing in the fights where silence and calm seem to descend just before key moments…..amazing. The relationship stuff is also gripping and Scorsese handles he human cost just as well as he shows us the physical beatings.

De Niro is amazing – the method stuff alone is great, but his whole performance is intense. Similarly Moriaty, Pesci and Frank Vincent are excellent – however they all stand in De Niro's shadow.

Overall – an excellent film on so many levels, as a story, as a examination of masculinity, as a sports film, as a lesson in direction and editing…..this excels in so many ways – may it never drop out of the top ten from the twentieth century!