Raging Bull - Blu-Ray - Region Free - [Pre-Owned]

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 terrorises 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.

Audio Commentary with director Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker (1990) Audio Commentary with director of photography Michael Chapman, producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff, music producer Robbie Robertson, actors John Turturro and Theresa Saldana, casting director Cis Corman, and supervising sound effects editor Frank Warner (2004) Audio Commentary with writers Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader, boxer-author Jake LaMotta, and LaMotta's nephew Jason Lustig (2004) "Marty and Bobby" 2010 featurette (13:35) "Raging Bull: Reflections on a Classic" 2010 featurette (12:15) "Remembering Jake" 2010 featurette (11:04) "Marty on Film" 2010 featurette (10:30) Interview with Cathy Moriarty from a 1981 episode of the television series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (6:42) (480i) "Raging Bull: Fight Night" 2004 featurettes (480i): - Play All (82:32 in total): -- "Raging Bull: Before the Fight" (26:01) -- "Raging Bull: Inside the Ring" (14:45) -- "Raging Bull: Outside the Ring" (27:24) -- "Raging Bull: After the Fight" (15:22) "The Bronx Bull: An Introduction to Raging Bull" featurette (27:54) (480i) "De Niro vs. La Motta: Shot for Shot" 2003 featurette (3:47) (480i) "La Motta Defends Title" 1950 newsreel footage (1:00) (480i) Theatrical Trailer (2:09)

Studio: MGM (UK) Run Time: 129 min approx. Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number of Discs: 1 Director: Martin Scorsese Actor: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci Region: ALL Rating: 18