Raging Bull

Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, and others. The film is an adaptation of Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir, following his career as a middleweight boxer and his tumultuous personal life. De Niro played LaMotta, gaining 60 pounds to portray him in his later years. Scorsese was inspired by Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers and closely studied the fight scenes' filming technique. The film premiered in New York City in 1980 and initially received mixed reviews, but later gained high critical acclaim and became the first film selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990.learn more on wikipedia