Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many screenings as he can, Liam is always watching new movies and television shows.
The Big Picture Although the history of cinema is defined by great actor and director collaborators, there’s almost no working relationship more iconic than that of Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese. Ever since they first worked together on the 1973 gangster thriller Mean Streets, Scorsese and De Niro have pushed each other forward, taking on ambitious projects that would provoke hesitation from even the most accomplished performers and filmmakers.
Release Date November 14, 1980 Director Martin Scorsese Cast Robert De Niro , Cathy Moriarty , Joe Pesci , Frank Vincent , Nicholas Colasanto , Theresa Saldana Runtime 129 minutes Writers Jake LaMotta , Joseph Carter , Peter Savage , Paul Schrader , Mardik Martin Studio United Artists The Deleted Scene That Paul Schrader Wanted in 'Raging Bull' Set in the 1940s, Raging Bull is based on the true story of the boxer Jake LaMotta , a rising star within the middleweight division who gets his...
Related The Oscars Have Always Taken Martin Scorsese for Granted The Oscars have never really given Scorsese the respect he's owed. Although their partnership was largely a successful one, Schrader wrote a shocking scene for Raging Bull that Scorsese did not approve of. In one of the film’s darkest moments, Schrader’s screenplay called for LaMotta to be in an isolated holding cell reflecting on memories of his past.
Robert De Niro Objected to Paul Schrader's 'Raging Bull' Scene Schrader considered the sequence essential to the film, citing it as a “cool scene” that was an “actor’s treat” for De Niro to perform. In addition to giving the film a particularly lurid moment, the sequence would pay off the recurring idiosyncrasy of LaMotta repeatedly punching his hands by showing the boxer pummeling the wall in rage; with no one left to take out his rage on, LaMotta can only abuse himself.
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