Jake La Motta learned early in life that to survive he had to be tough. A veritable battering ram of a boxer who took on the nickname The Bronx Bull, he slugged his way through life, beating his wife, his friends and anyone who stirred his vicious temper- including the mobsters who for years kept the championship title just beyond his reach.

Raging Bull is La Motta's harrowing, violent story and Martin Scorsese's film of the former Middleweight Champion's autobiography is as fierce and uncompromising as his subject. Its knockout punch is the electrifying performance of Robert De Niro. His Academy Award-winning portrayal of a man for whom brutality became a means of expression and a way of life, is a pinnacle of his collaboration with Scorsese with whom he explored the dark souls of other loners in Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, New York, New York, and The King of Comedy.

Adding to the film's authenticity are. the dynamic supporting performances of newcomers Cathy Moriarty and Joe Pesci, Michael Chapman's stark black-and-white cinematography, Thelma Schoonmaker's dazzling editing (which also has won an Academy Award®) and the inestimable contributions of another individual, La Motta himselt, who served as technical adviser.

A ROBERT CHARTOFF-IRWIN WINKLER PRODUCTION

ROBERT DE NIRO IN A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “RAGING BULL"

Produced in association with PETER SAVAGE

Screenplay by PAUL SCHRADER and MARDIK MARTIN

Based on the book by JAKE LA MOTTA with JOSEPH CARTER and PETER SAVAGE

Director of photography MICHAEL CHAPMAN

Produced by IRWIN WINKLER and ROBERT CHARTOFF

Directed by MARTIN SCORSESE