Raging Bull [Special Edition] (1980) - [2 DVD9] [2005]

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

MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese
COUNTRY: United States
YEAR: 1980

Cast
Robert De Niro
Cathy Moriarty
Joe Pesci
Frank Vincent
Nicholas Colasanto
Theresa Saldana
Frank Topham

Credits
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay: Paul Schrader, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Jake LaMotta, Joseph Carter, Peter Savage (book)
Cinematography: Michael Chapman
Costume Design: John Boxer, Richard Bruno
Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker

Extras Disc One:

Commentary by Director Martin Scorsese and Editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
Commentary by Director of Photography Michael Chapman, Producer Irwin Winkler, Music Producer Robbie Robertson, Producer Robert Chartoff, Sound Effects Editor Frank Warner, and actors John Turturro and Theresa Saldana.
Commentary by Jake LaMotta, LaMotta’s nephew Jason Lustig, writer Mardik Martin, and writer Paul Schrader.








Extras Disc Two:

Raging Bull: Before the Fight.
Raging Bull: Inside the Ring.
Raging Bull: Outside the Ring.
Raging Bull: After the Fight.
The Bronx Bull – an Introduction to Raging Bull.
LaMotta vs. DeNiro
LaMotta Defends Title








DVD:
DVD RELEASE: February 8, 2005
STUDIO: MGM
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.85:1
Black and White
AUDIO: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Stereo, French Mono, Spanish Mono
SUBTITLES: English, French, Spanish
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 129 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab + DVD Shrink
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: VIDEO_TS Folder
FILE SIZE: 7 GBs per disc