Raging Bull

Dir. Martin Scorsese. 1980, 129 mins. 35mm. With Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty. With Raging Bull, Scorsese turned the boxing movie on its head, forgoing every cliché to create an indelible work of art. In an Oscar-winning role, De Niro is Jake La Motta, whose life story is dramatized with a mix of Shakespearean tragedy and documentary-like realism, while Pesci and Moriarty received nominations for their spectacular work as Jake’s brother and second wife. With nearly anthropological detail, Scorsese and De Niro make La Motta into the ultimate inscrutable human animal, fueled by passion and self-destruction. Michael Chapman’s glistening black-and-white cinematography is one of the glories of contemporary cinema. Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth / $7 MoMI members. There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.