Laserdisc Title: "RAGING BULL"
Edition: The Criterion Collection (3-Disc Set)
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Frank Adonis, Mario Gallo, Frank Topham, Lori Anne
Special Features: ---See Notes Below---
Production / Year: 1980 United Artists Corporation
Running Time: 128 Minutes / B&W with Color Sequences
Audio Format: Digital Sound, Dolby Surround, Stereo
Video Format: Videoscope, NTSC, CAV (Standard Play)
Miscellaneous Features: Rated R
Distributed By: The Voyager Company (First Printing 1990)
Catalog / Spine Number: CC1230L (Spine Number 120)

IMPORTANT: This is a 12-inch Diameter Laserdisc, which is NOT the same as DVD and cannot be played on a DVD player!

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): Very Good - Few very light to very minor hairline surface swirls or very light fingerprint marks
Jacket: Very Good - Normal shelf wear, few creases, slightly worn-out corners or edges and small tear in the tri-fold jacket near top right corner

Synopsis:

Martin Scorsese's brutal black-and-white biography of self-destructive boxer Jake LaMotta was chosen as the best film of the 1980s in a major critics' poll at the end of the decade, and it's a knockout piece of filmmaking. Robert De Niro plays LaMotta (famously putting on 50 pounds for the later scenes), a man tormented by demons he doesn't understand and prone to uncontrollably violent temper tantrums and fits of irrational jealousy.

He marries a striking young blond (Cathy Moriarty), his sexual ideal, and then terrorizes her with never-ending accusations of infidelity. Jake is as frightening as he is pathetic, unable to control or comprehend the baser instincts that periodically, and without warning, turn him into the rampaging beast of the title. But as Roman Catholic Scorsese sees it, he works off his sins in the boxing ring, where his greatest athletic talent is his ability to withstand punishment. The fight scenes are astounding; they're like barbaric ritual dance numbers. Images smash into one another--a flashbulb, a spray of sweat, a fist, a geyser of blood--until you feel dazed from the pummeling. Nominated for a handful of Academy Awards (including best picture and director), Raging Bull won only two, for De Niro and for editor Thelma Schoonmacher.

One of the ring's most feared brawlers, La Motta was known for absorbing an incredible amount of punishment - and dishing out even more. But tragically, his sadomasochistic rage exceeded the boundaries of the prizefight ring. His downside spiral from a hard, lean slugger to a pathetic, bloated, two-bit nightclub performer is depicted with uncompromising detail.

Joe Pesci stars as La Motta's well-intentioned brother and Cathy Moriarty stars as a perfect La Motta's blond, sexy, slow voiced, teenaged wife. Raging Bull is a movie full of anger and non-stop violence, but always with an edge of humanity.

SPECIAL FEATURES

An audio essay with Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker discussing the making of Raging Bull

The original theatrical trailer

Historic Jake La Motta boxing & interview footage

Film influences on Raging Bull: excerpts from Force of Evil. On the Waterfront and The Quiet Man

The shooting script

Original storyboards

Publicity and production photographs

Siskel and Ebert & others on Raging Bull

Videoscope - The Criterion Collection is proud to present The Producers in its original wide-screen format.

THIS IS NOT A DVD!!! THIS IS A 12" LASERDISC AND WILL NOT PLAY IN A DVD PLAYER

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