17 Facts About Raging Bull

Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story.

Raging Bull eventually pursues a relationship with her, even though he is already married.

Raging Bull's jealousy is evident when he brutally defeats Janiro in front of the local Mob boss, Tommy Como, and Vickie.

Raging Bull is suspended shortly thereafter from the board on suspicion of throwing the fight, though he realizes the error of his judgment when it is too late.

Raging Bull is eventually reinstated, and in 1949, wins the middleweight championship title against Marcel Cerdan.

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Raging Bull is later arrested for introducing under-age girls to men in his club.

Raging Bull tries and fails to bribe his way out of his criminal case using the jewels from his championship belt instead of selling the belt itself.

Raging Bull came about when De Niro read the autobiography upon which the film is based on the set of The Godfather Part II.

Scorsese repeatedly turned down the opportunity to direct the film, claiming he had no idea what Raging Bull was about, even though he had read some of the text.

Raging Bull insisted that one camera operated by the Director of Photography, Michael Chapman, would be placed inside the ring as he would play the role of an opponent keeping out of the way of other fighters so that viewers could see the emotions of the fighters, including those of Jake.

Raging Bull went through a test screening in front of a small audience including the chief executives of United Artists, Steven Bach and Andy Albeck.

Scorsese made no secret that Raging Bull would be his "Hollywood swan song" and he took unusual care of its rights during post-production.

In 2012, Raging Bull was voted by the Motion Picture Editors Guild as the best-edited film in history.

Raging Bull was listed by Time magazine as one of the All-TIME 100 Movies.

Raging Bull was fifth on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time.

In 2015, Raging Bull ranked 29th on BBC's "100 Greatest American Films" list, voted on by film critics from around the world.

In 2006, Variety reported that Sunset Pictures was developing a sequel entitled Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake LaMotta, chronicling LaMotta's early life, as told in the sequel novel of the same name.