His performance for the Martin Scorsese film from 1980 has been voted the ... Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980) 2. Anthony ...

If Raging Bull was De Niro’s labor of love, Scorsese had less at stake emotionally, unless saving his own life counts, which may explain why this is the filmmaker’s most formal accomplishment.

Scorsese talks extensively about the many ways in which the Archers inspired his movies. One example is his 1980 boxing biopic Raging Bull, which follows the rise and fall of middleweight champion ...