Whose boxing autobiography was the basis for the 1980 film "Raging Bull"?

Jake LaMotta is a former middleweight boxing champion whose life and career is the subject of the Academy Award winning film Raging Bull.

Boxer Jake LaMotta was born in 1921 in New York City. A fearsome brawler, the "Bronx Bull" as he was called became the world middleweight champion in 1949.

He had several memorable bouts with fellow champion Sugar Ray Robinson before retiring in 1954. His 1970 autobiography was adapted into Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 1980 biopic Raging Bull, which starred Robert De Niro as the pugilist.

Today, LaMotta is planning to make a film titled The Bronx Bull with veteran actor William Forsythe as LaMotta.

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billyboy915

Poor research and vetting on this question. LaMotta is planning nothing today, since he died in 2017 and William Forsythe will be 64 on June 7, 2019 and would be too old to play LaMotta. You let us down again, E11-Hitman.

Jacqueline Tattam

‘Today, LaMotta is planning to make a film titled The Bronx Bull with veteran actor William Forsythe as LaMotta.’. Huh? LaMotta died in 2017.

Chrissy Krainock Luders

De Niro gained 45-50 lbs to play the part.

hector tubens

Liked the movie. DeNiro won the Academy Award for his portrayal of LaMotta.

Marilyn Bolton

I think they were talking about 1980?

jaijam

John W Shreve, he added the weight to show the older LaMotta who was quite obese.

Annie

Bad guess🙀

John W Shreve

Chrissy Krainock Luders, Are you sure? Is Di Nero that tiny? The least a light-heavyweight can weigh is 168 pounds, so if he added 45, he would have started at 123 pounds.