Raging Bull
(1980)
Stars: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: Paul Schrader
Language: English
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Duration: 128
Rated: R
DVD Release: January 2011
Martin Scorsese's 1980 Raging Bull has been identified in recent years as one of America's greatest films, and understandably so. Robert De Niro won a richly deserved Academy Award for portraying fighter Jake La Motta, an extremely difficult New York boxer who has to contend with his own temper and jealousy, as well as the Mob and the boxing establishment. Joe Pesci is very good as La Motta's long-suffering brother, and Cathy Moriarty made a strong screen debut as the brawler's glamorous wife. The highly contrasted black-and- white film has a richness, texture, and even sensuality about it that, together with Scorsese's amazing editing (with his Oscar-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker) and De Niro's focused, tragic performance, is unforgettable.
| Robert De Niro | Jake La Motta |
| Cathy Moriarty | Vickie La Motta |
| Joe Pesci | Joey |
| Frank Vincent | Salvy |
| Nicholas Colasanto | Tommy Como |
| Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Brice Armstrong | Captain Ginyu (voice: English version) |
| Theresa Saldana | Lenore |
| Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Laura Bailey | Kid Trunks / Gotenks (voice: English version) |
| Mario Gallo | Mario |
| Pietro Mascagni | Music |
| John Burgmeier | Tien (voice: English version) |
| Frank Adonis | Patsy |
| Shigeru Chiba | Raditz (voice: Japanese version) |
| Joseph Bono | Guido |
| Justin Cook | Raditz / Super Buu (voice: English version) |
| Frank Topham | Toppy |
| Kara Edwards | Goten / Gotenks / Videl (voice: English version) |
| Lori Anne Flax | Irma |
| Hiroko Emori | Chaozu (voice: Japanese version) |
| Charles Scorsese | Charlie - Man with Como |
| Toshio Furukawa | Piccolo (voice: Japanese version) |
| Don Dunphy | Himself - Radio Announcer for Dauthuille Fight |
| Tôru Furuya | Yamcha (voice: Japanese version) |
| Bill Hanrahan | Eddie Eagan |
| Daisuke Gôri | Mr. Satan (voice: Japanese version) |
| Rita Bennett | Emma - Miss 48's |
| Todd Haberkorn | Android 19 (voice: English version) |
| James V. Christy | Dr. Pinto |
| Kyle Hebert | Gohan / Narrator (voice: English version) |
| Yukitoshi Hori | Android 19 (voice: Japanese version) |
| Bernie Allen | Comedian |
| Floyd Anderson | Jimmy Reeves - Reeves Fight |
| Ryô Horikawa | Vegeta (voice: Japanese version) |
| Gene LeBell | Ring Announcer - Reeves Fight (as Gene Lebell) |
| Chuck Huber | Android 17 (voice: English version) |
| Harold Valan | Referee - Reeves Fight |
| Victor Magnotta | Fighting Soldier - Reeves Fight |
| Johnny Barnes | Sugar Ray Robinson - First Robinson Fight |
| 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 and Dauthuille Fight (as Jimmy Lennon) |
| Bobby Rings | Referee - Second Robinson Fight |
| Kevin Mahon | Tony Janiro - Janiro Fight |
| Marty Denkin | Referee - Janiro Fight (as Martin Denkin) |
| Shay Duffin | Ring Announcer - Janiro Fight |
| Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | Billy Fox - Fox Fight |
| 'Sweet' Dick Whittington | Ring Announcer - Fox Fight |
| Jack Lotz | Referee - Fox Fight |
| Kevin Breslin | Heckler - Fox Fight |
| Louis Raftis | Marcel Cerdan - Cerdan Fight |
| Dick Whittington | Ring Announcer - Fox Fight (as 'Sweet' Dick Whittington) |
| 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 - Dauthuille Fight |
| Vern De Paul | Dauthuille's Trainer - Dauthuille Fight |
| Chuck Hassett | Referee - Dauthuille Fight |
| Ken Richards | Reporter at Phone Booth - Dauthuille Fight |
| Peter Fain | Dauthuille Corner Man - Dauthuille Fight |
| Billy Varga | Ring announcer - Third Robinson Fight (as Count Billy Varga) |
| Harvey Parry | Referee - Third Robinson Fight |
| Ted Husing | Himself - Third Robinson Fight Announcer (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 Attorney Bronson |
| Laura James | Mrs. Bronson |
| Richard McMurray | J.R. |
| Mary Albee | Underage I.D. Girl |
| Lisa Katz | Woman with I.D. Girl |
| Candy Moore | Linda |
| Richard A. Berk | Musician #1 |
| Theodore Sauners | Musician #2 |
| Noah Young | Musician #3 |
| Nick Trisko | Bartender Carlo |
| Lou Tiano | Ricky |
Genre: Television
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: Dolby
IMDb: 0081398
