Scorsese was initially reluctant to develop the project, though he eventually came to relate to LaMotta's story. Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, and Frank Vincent all play supporting roles in the film. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, LaMotta's well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons, and Cathy Moriarty as his wife. The film, distributed by United Artists, stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian-American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family.

controversies surrounding the director have overshadowed the undeniably historic film in recent years.Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. The movie went on to win four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress for Keaton. Siskel ranked Annie Hall as the best movie of 1977, earning nominations in all five major Oscar categories and several others. Keaton had previously worked with Allen on several other films including Play It Again, Sam and her role in Annie Hall was specifically written for her. RELATED: Cinematic Heartbreakers: 8 Romance Movies Where The Main Characters Don't End Up Together

Through humor and sentimental emotion, Singer tries to understand where things when wrong exploring how they met, fell in love and the uncontrollable obstacles they faced in their once-promising romance. Comedian, Alvy Singer ( Woody Allen) reflects on his relationship with a struggling singer, Annie ( Diane Keaton) examining the rise and fall of their once-promising relationship.

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