In Real Life: The film is based on La Motta's 1970 autobiography, also entitled "Raging Bull." La Motta coached and sparred with Robert De Niro (who plays La Motta in the film). In Reel Life: Jake La Motta is listed as a "consultant" in the opening credits. But just how true is the story? You decide. "Raging Bull" was also nominated for best picture, but lost out to "Ordinary People."ĭirector Martin Scorsese's brutal depiction of La Motta's life in and out of the ring pounds home the aura of realism with every blow. The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards in 1980, and took home two - Robert De Niro won best actor, and Thelma Schoonmaker won for best film editing. "Raging Bull," the gritty biopic about the life of former middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta, was considered by many to be the best movie of the 1980s. “It had heart,” he - Reel Life: 'Raging Bull' In a 2013 interview with Time, the actor recalled reading La Motta’s memoir for the first time and being moved by his story. Though Scorsese directed the movie, it was De Niro’s idea to make the film-to the point where it became his obsession. To boxing and film fans, La Motta will forever be known as the Raging Bull, an unforgettable fighter and subject of the eponymous black-and-white drama, which starred a young De Niro as the hotheaded champ. In a short statement, Robert De Niro acknowledged La Motta’s passing: “Rest in Peace, Champ.”
“I just want people to know, he was a great, sweet, sensitive, strong, compelling man with a great sense of humor, with eyes that danced,” she told the outlet. TMZ first reported the news on Wednesday, revealing that the boxer’s wife said he died in a nursing home due to complications from pneumonia. Jack La Motta, the fiery boxer whose life story was immortalized in the 1980 Martin Scorsese-directed film Raging Bull, has died.
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