Raging Bull (Special Edition) | 
| Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  228 reviews
Sales Rank: 11444
Format: Ac-3, Black & White, Collector's Edition, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1007431
ISBN: 0792863321
UPC: 027616915122
EAN: 9780792863328
ASIN: B00062IVKS
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 1980
Release Date: February 8, 2005
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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. --Jim Emerson
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 Blu-Ray Review June 22, 2009
Outrageous (CT)
Amazon, are you going to post my review?
Absolutely not any better than the 2 disc special edition standard version.
 Not Blu-Ray !! June 14, 2009
Saleh Mohammad (Kuwait)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I dont recommended it on Blu-Ray Because its NOT COLOURED
Its On Black&White ..
Raging Bull Is One Of The Greatest Sport Movie ever
But Blu-Ray Will Not Make any diffrence in this movie
Ofcourse Blu-Ray Make HUGE diffrence in the new movies but not in this one !!
 Pound-For-Pound, A Gritty True-Life Tale April 17, 2009
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
Here's a gritty, film noir-type story of real-life former boxing champion Jake LaMotta, a film that has features some memorable aspects to it.
Perhaps most memorable is the physical transformation of lead actor Robert De Niro, who gained somewhere around 50 pounds to play LaMotta at the end of this film.
The story moves well with few, if any, lulls and each fight scene is fairly credible although a little too brief. I'd like to have seen more boxing but it's better than having to sit through the overdone action as we saw in the "Rocky" pictures. The black-and-white photography also is excellent in here and makes me wish more modern-day films were done in black-and-white.
Usually the Hollywood actresses are a lot better looking than the real-life people they portray but that's not the case here with LaMotta's wife, Vicki. Cathy Moriarity doesn't hold a candle to the real "Vicki," who was a knockout, a voluptuous woman feature several times in Playboy magazine.
A warning for families: there is excessive profanity throughout this film. If you can stand that constant profane assault on your ears, it's still a very watchable movie. I found this to be one of those films that kept getting better with multiple viewings.
 Blue Ray black and white = great April 8, 2009
D. Potter (boston, ma)
Watching a black and white movie in blu ray is unbelievable. This is crisp, sharp and De Niro is as good as it gets.
Never Received Product March 9, 2009
S. Ritchie
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
Terrible. Never recieved the product. When I tried to contact the seller they never responed. I will not buy from this person again.
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