RAGING BULL SIGNED SCRIPT ROBERT DENIRO+JOE PESCI RPT Start Price USD 16.95 Current Price USD 16.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, October 10, 2008 End Time Monday, October 13, 2008 Location Dallas, TX See more about 'RAGING BULL SIGNED SCRIPT ROBERT DENIRO+JOE PESCI RPT' Description RAGING BULLThis is a COLOR COPY of the ENTIRE script. These autographs are of the following cast members: ROBERT DENIRO....as "Jake La Motta"JOE PESCI....as "Joey La Motta"MARTIN SCORCESE....DirectorJAKE LA MOTTA....as "The Real Jake La Motta"********************************************************************************* Movie Year: 1980 Writers: Jake La Motta and Joseph CarterDirector: Martin ScorceseDraft: Final DraftPages: 109 pages Martin Scorsese's brutal character study incisively portrays the true rise and fall and redemption of middleweight boxer Jake La Motta, a violent man in and out of the ring who thrives on his ability (and desire) to take a beating. Opening with the spectacle of the over-the-hill La Motta (Robert De Niro) practicing his 1960s night-club act, the film flashes back to 1940s New York, when Jake's career is on the rise. Despite pressure from the local mobsters, Jake trusts his brother Joey (Joe Pesci) to help him make it to a title bout against Sugar Ray Robinson the honest way; the Mob, however, will not cave in. Jake gets the title bout, and blonde teenage second wife Vickie (Cathy Moriarity), but success does nothing to exorcise his demons, even as he channels his rage into boxing. Alienating Vickie and Joey, and disastrously gaining weight, Jake has destroyed his personal and professional lives by the 1950s. After he hits bottom, however, Jake emerges with a gleam of self-awareness, as he sits rehearsing Marlon Brando's On the Waterfront speech in his dressing room mirror: "I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody." Working with a script adapted by Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader from La Motta's memoirs, Scorsese and De Niro sought to make an uncompromising portrait of an unlikable man and his ruthless profession. Eschewing uplifting Rocky-like boxing movie conventions, their Jake is relentlessly cruel and self-destructive; the only peace he can make is with himself. Michael Chapman's stark black-and-white photography creates a documentary/tabloid realism; the production famously shut down so that De Niro could gain 50-plus pounds. Raging Bull opened in late 1980 to raves for its artistry and revulsion for its protagonist; despite eight Oscar nominations, it underperformed at the box office, as audiences increasingly turned away from "difficult" films in the late '70s and early '80s. The Academy concurred, passing over Scorsese's work for Best Director and Picture in favor of Robert Redford and Ordinary People, although De Niro won a much-deserved Oscar, as did the film's editor, Thelma Schoonmaker. Oscar or no Oscar, Raging Bull has often been cited as the best American film of the 1980s. These scripts are in their original standard screenplay format as typed by the writer or the studio--none of the scripts that we offer is ever incorrectly formatted on the page. Signatures are preprints taken from our inventory of original signatures. All scripts are industry standard and preprinted on 8.5x11" paper, 3-hole punch, and bound by three brass brads. All scripts offered are of various drafts (from early to later shooting drafts-please check the draft information above). Scripts vary from slightly different-to-major differences from the final movie. These changes are normal and certain movies may have dozens of different drafts and several writers. Also, some scripts may be slightly light in type or have darker inserted pages (produced from color shooting pages). It is not unusual to have some missing pages from the older scripts. We are careful to note the draft, writer differences from the final credited movie, missing pages, and original typed quality. We do not list any scene, name, or character changes, or any editing differences of the script vs. the final movie. We offer 100% money back guarantee. If you are thinking of leaving negative feedback, just email us before with your problem and we will refund 100% of your money back...without question!! We Prefer PayPal. Money orders and checks are accepted as well. We will email you within 24 hours of auction end with payment details, if you have not received our email in this time please contact us. Payments must be made in full within 5 days of auction end. $ 7.50 within the United States via U.S Priority Mail (3-4 days) $15.00 for International via Global Priority Mail (7-10 days) We ship worldwide. Items are shipped within 24 hours of receiving payment. All items are shipped very well to prevent any bending or damage. All items are sealed in a plastic shipping cover to keep dry. Great for a gift or a collection!! Place a Bid!