Martin Scorsese Refused to Make Raging Bull Until He Had a Drug Overdose
Robert De Niro asked Scorsese again and again to no avail. Then he visited him in the hospital, and the rest is history.
One of Robert De Niro's most beloved films (and the last one he won an Oscar for) is Raging Bull, the 1980 classic directed by Martin Scorsese. It was the duo's fourth film together and an adaptation of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir, Raging Bull: My Story. At the time of its release, it was a box office disappointment and received mixed reviews despite eight Oscar nominations, but today it is regarded as a modern classic and one of the best films by everyone involved in its production.
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