Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to playMartin Scorsese&39;s acclaimed biopic of Jake La Motta the boxing world champion who rose rapidly to fame but swiftly fell from grace On the road to success La Motta (Robert De Niro) marries the beautiful young Vickie (Cathy Moriarty) but the pressures of success soon make him paranoid and he ends up alienating both his wife and his brother Joey (Joe Pesci) Shot entirely in black and white the film features brutal fight scenes and sees an Oscar-winning performance by De Niro who famously tailored his physical appearance to suit the role putting on 50 pounds to portray the portly middle-aged La Motta Actors Robert De Niro Cathy Moriarty Joe Pesci Frank Vincent Nicholas ColasantoDirectors Martin ScorseseWriters Jake LaMotta Joseph Carter Mardik Martin Paul Schrader Peter SavageProducers Hal W Polaire Irwin WinklerLanguage EnglishSubtitles English Spanish German French Italian Portuguese Swedish Danish Dutch FinnishNumber of discs 1