Raging Bull is a
Martin Scorsese film in which
Robert De Niro plays
Jake LaMotta, a temperamental and paranoid but tenacious boxer who alienates himself from his friends and family. The film stars
Joe Pesci[?] (who earned an
Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor) as La Motta's brother and
Cathy Moriarty[?] as his abused wife.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.