On this day in movie history - Raging Bull (1980 movie & book):

Raging Bull

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin,

based on the book Raging Bull: My Story by Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1980.
Main theme music: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett, James V. Christy, Bernie Allen, Floyd Anderson, Gene LeBell, Harold Valan, Victor Magnotta, Johnny Barnes, John Thomas, Kenny Davis, Paul Carmello, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Bobby Rings, Kevin Mahon, Marty Denkin, Shay Duffin, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Dick Whittington, Jack Lotz, Kevin Breslin, Louis Raftis, Frank Shain, Coley Wallace, Fritzie Higgins, George Latka, Fred Dennis, Robert B. Loring, Johnny Turner, Vern De Paul, Chuck Hassett, Ken Richards, Peter Fain, Billy Varga, Harvey Parry, Ted Husing, Michael Badalucco, Thomas Beansy Lobasso, Paul Forrest, Peter Petrella, Sal Serafino Tomassetti, Geraldine Smith, Mardik Martin, Maryjane Lauria, Linda Artuso, Peter Savage, Daniel P. Conte, Joe Malanga, Sabine Turco Jr., Steve Orlando, Silvio García Jr., John Arceri, Joseph A. Morale, James Dimodica, Robert Uricola, Andrea Orlando, Allan Malamud, D.J. Blair, Laura James, Richard McMurray, Mary Albee, Lisa Katz, Candy Moore, Richard A. Berk, Theodore Saunders, Noah Young, Nick Trisko, Lou Tiano, Bob Evan Collins, Wally K. Berns, Allen Joseph, Bob Aaron, Glenn Leigh Marshall, Martin Scorsese, Joseph Bergmann, Scott Crawford, Dennis Crosswhite, Robert Dahdah, Bruno DiGiorgi, Marty Farrell, Bobby Giordano, R. Michael Givens, Charles Guardino, Bob Harks, Chuck Hicks, Michael Charles Hill, Leonard B. John, Walt La Rue, Angelo Lamonea, David LeBell, Tony Lip, Bill Mazer, Thomas Murphy, Dennis O'Neill, Gil Perkins, Gene Poe, Jerry Schram, Glenn Stanton, John Turturro, McKenzie Westmore, Jimmy Williams.

Recommended reading:

Raging Bull: My Story

By Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter.

Introduction by Nick Tosches.

Filmed as Raging Bull (1980), directed by Martin Scorsese.

First published 1970.

Published by Da Capo Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0306808080

ISBN-13: 978-0306808081

Description:

Meet Jake LaMotta: thief, rapist, killer. Raised in the Bronx slums, he fought on the streets, got sent to reform school, and served time in prison. Trusting no one, slugging everyone, he beat his wife, his best friends, even the mobsters who kept the title just out of reach. But the same forces that made him a criminal – fear, rage, jealousy, self-hate, guilt – combined with his drive and intelligence to make him a winner in the ring. At age twenty-seven, after eight years of fighting, he became Middleweight Champion of the World, a hero to thousands. Then, at the peak of success, he fell apart and began a swift, harrowing descent into nightmare. Raging Bull, the Bronx Bull's brutally candid memoir, tells it all – fights, jails, sex, money – surpassing, in hard-hitting prose, even the movie that immortalized it.

On this day in movie history - Fat City (1972):

Fat City

directed by John Huston,

written by Leonard Gardner,

based on the novel by Leonard Gardner,

was released in the United States on July 26, 1972.
Music by Kenneth Hall.

Cast:

Stacy Keach, Jeff Bridges, Susan Tyrrell, Candy Clark, Nicholas Colasanto, Art Aragon, Curtis Cokes, Sixto Rodriguez, Billy Walker, Wayne Mahan, Ruben Navarro, Álvaro López, Carl D. Parker, Bill Riddle, Al Silvani.