Martin Scorsese's brutal character study incisively portrays the true rise and fall and redemption of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who thrives on his ability (and desire) to take a beating. Working with a script adapted by Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader from La Motta's memoirs, Scorsese and De Niro sought to make an uncompromising portrait of an unlikable man and his ruthless profession. Eschewing uplifting Rocky-like boxing movie conventions, their Jake is relentlessly cruel and self-destructive; the only peace he can make is with himself. Michael Chapman's stark black-and-white photography creates a documentary/tabloid realism; the production famously shut down so that De Niro could gain 50-plus pounds. Raging Bull opened in late 1980 to raves for its artistry and revulsion for its protagonist; despite eight Oscar nominations, it underperformed at the box office, as audiences increasingly turned away from "difficult" films in the late '70s and early '80s. The Academy concurred, passing over Scorsese's work for Best Director and Picture in favor of Robert Redford and Ordinary People, although De Niro won a much-deserved Oscar, as did the film's editor, Thelma Schoonmaker. Oscar or no Oscar, Raging Bull has often been cited as the best American film of the 1980s.
     


STARS...........: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci
DIRECTOR........: Martin Scorsese
WRITERS.........: Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin
GENRE...........: Biography, Drama, Sport
METASCORE.......: 89
TOMATOMETER.....: 95
IMDB RATING.....: 8.2/10  285,336 votes
IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081398
RUNTIME.........: 2h 9mn
SIZE............: 7.13 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main@L4)
BITRATE.........: 7000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1920x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.85:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English E-AC3 5.1 640kbps
AUDIO2..........: Commentary with Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
AUDIO3..........: Commentary with producers, cinematographer, cast members and Robbie Robertson.
AUDIO4..........: Commentary with co-writers Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader, Jason Lustig and Jake La Motta.
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
CHAPTERS........: Yes
SOURCE..........: Original UK Blu-ray (Same as US 30th Anniversary edition)
ENCODED BY......: Sartre
ENCODE DATE.....: 2019-04-22