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Second wife to champion boxer Jake LaMotta
- Joe Pesci discovered her competing in a bathing-beauty contest at a bar. He invited her to audition for the part of Vikki LaMotta, second wife to champion boxer Jake LaMotta, portrayed by Robert De Niro, in Martin Scorsese 's timeless black and white masterpiece, Raging Bull (1980).
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She was portrayed by actress Cathy Moriarty in the 1980 film Raging Bull. Moriarty was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Vikki. [ 9 ]
The film is an adaptation of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It follows the career of LaMotta, played by De Niro, his rise and fall in the boxing scene, and his turbulent personal life beset by rage and jealousy.
Sep 3, 2010 · WE ALL know Jake LaMotta, the Italian-American middleweight whom Robert De Niro played in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull.
Dec 19, 2015 · To celebrate the release of the biographical film that helped cement Scorsese’s role as one of Hollywood’s top directors, we’ve compiled a list of ten things you probably don’t know about the film....
- Kayla Cobb
- Martin Scorsese Hates Sports Movies
- According to The Real Jake Lamotta, Robert de Niro Coulda Been A Contender
- Martin Scorsese Believed That Raging Bull Would Be His Final Film
- Raging Bull Was Shot in Black-And-White For A Few Different Reasons
- Development of Raging Bull Began on The Set of The Godfather Part II
- Joe Pesci’s Rib Was Broken During A Sparring Scene
- Martin Scorsese Edited The Film in His Apartment During Shooting
- Robert de Niro Set The Record For Most Weight Gained For A Film Role
- The Boxing Scenes Were Shot with A Single Camera
- This Movie Saved Martin Scorsese’s Life
When Robert De Niro first came to Martin Scorsese with the story of Jake LaMotta, the director was initially hesitant to take the job. He’d never been a fan of sports, and as a result, he’d never been a fan of sports movies. De Niro eventually convinced Scorsese to take the job, and he started attending boxing matches to look for imagery he could u...
While he was preparing to play Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, Robert De Niro trained with the man himself. De Niro underwent months of physical training to bulk up for the part, and even took part in three real boxing matches in Brooklyn, winning two of them. The actor reportedly trained with the boxer he was portraying for a thousand rounds, and LaM...
When he was making Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese was convinced that it would mark the end of his career, so he put a lot of intensive work into it. If it was going to be his final film, he wanted to make sure it would be good. This meant that he spent longer than usual in the cutting room while he was piecing the film together, much to the ire of ex...
Martin Scorsese had a few reasons to shoot Raging Bull in black-and-white: he wanted to differentiate it from Rocky; he didn’t want to feature so much blood in color; he wanted the movie to reflect the period in which it took place; and he thought boxing gloves photographed better in black-and-white. RELATED: 10 Best Modern Movies Shot In Black-And...
Robert De Niro first read Jake LaMotta’s autobiography while he was shooting The Godfather Part II. He instantly saw the book’s potential to become a great film, and knew that his friend and collaborator Martin Scorsesecould do it justice. However, it took a whopping four-year period for De Niro to convince everybody involved in the production — in...
While Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci were shooting a scene in which their characters sparred, De Niro accidentally broke Pesci’s rib. This take ended up in the final movie; you can see it when Jake hits Joey in the side — Joey groans in pain, and there’s a prompt cut to a separate angle. Just as the two actors were really hitting each other in this s...
Martin Scorsese began editing Raging Bullwhile it was still being shot. Every night after filming was finished, Martin Scorsese took the footage to his apartment in New York and edited it. At one point during shooting, Scorsese shut down production because he was so stunned by Robert De Niro’s weight gain that he feared for the actor’s health.
Actors like Christian Bale are often praised for making massive changes to their physical appearance for film roles, but Robert De Niro made two massive changes to his physical appearance for one film role. He bulked up to play Jake LaMotta in his fighting prime in Raging Bull’s first and second acts, before getting out of shape to play LaMotta pas...
Although it was suggested that the boxing scenes should be shot using multiple cameras to capture the action from different angles, Martin Scorsese refused and insisted on using a single camera to shoot these scenes. He felt that using a single camera would utilize the camera as a third fighter in each boxing match. Shooting with one camera was ach...
Martin Scorsese was in a depressive slump at the end of the ‘70s. He was addicted to cocaine and came close to overdosing. Robert De Niro came to see him in the hospital and said that he needed to clean up so they could make a movie about a boxer he’d read about. Scorsese was unsure about making the movie, but De Niro persisted. Many people, includ...
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Feb 3, 2005 · BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 2 - Vicki LaMotta, the Bronx beauty whose marriage to the boxer Jake LaMotta was portrayed in the movie "Raging Bull," died here on Jan. 25. She was 75. She died at...
Feb 3, 2005 · Vikki LaMotta, the Bronx, N.Y.-born beauty whose marriage to boxer Jake LaMotta was portrayed in the film “Raging Bull,” has died. She was 75. LaMotta died Jan. 25 at Boca Raton...
