Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro as middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta, tracing his rise in the ring alongside his self-destructive jealousy and violence toward his family. Shot largely in black and white, the film is noted for De Niro's physical transformation for the role, including significant weight gain to portray LaMotta in his later years, for which De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Raging Bull is widely regarded as one of the greatest American films and sports biopics ever made.
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Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin, which adapts Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story.
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Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro as middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta, tracing his rise in the ring alongside his self-destructive jealousy and violence toward his family.
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Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Actor.
Wikidata P166: Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
Wikidata P166: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Wikidata P166 (award received): National Board of Review: Top Ten Films.
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