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-6 It It 4 4 4 4 -4 41 4 6 6 '7-'7 4'71 it it '10 to 0 01980 FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM 9D 4-Jmai-At FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 19 1980 we are off evence 1 'cl' 7- It se '-1-4 14 i 't 1 3 4 I ''v S2 nd 4 A 4 7 i it 41111111 1: i 2 5f rs 3 0 A i It silk 11 i 7 r'' qt: 1 1) I 1 41 Critics Elston Brooks and Per- 'P ti i 11 t4 44 Iir A 1:1 :4 61 :4 ry Stewart rate the attractions i is -d 4 4 r4s3 41 ik they have reviewed -0 Excellent e' i A i' 4 A 111' A Good I rY' A' 4 4 N4 4 Fair '--4 rt- it f- --i sir ri Forget it! 4 A 4 4 4' 1 I- For the kids P--7 -1- 0 Ill :4) 1 i dor 1 1 i 4Actit P' ::1 '4 17 4 1: ''i MOVIES 4 I t- ''''1 4 k- 4 44'1 i''' i ks14 'L 4 1 A-1 lI 't' 's 1 irii ir l'- 'c I 1' 1 i Critics Elston Brooks and Perry Stewart rate the attractions they have reviewed Excellent Good Fair Forget it! For the kids 60 MOVIES SUNSET 3608 Cooper Arlington Country CUSCO with live music weekends by Texas Gold Coed Sunday UMW WHISPERS 0-Fite Airport Marina penthouse Dress code No cover WOODCOCK 5912 Boca Raton No covet THE WOODWORKS 1612 Park Place Rock disco with occasional country end Fifties music No cLr 7-- tif 471 i 4 1 SAVVY'S SITS Lancaster Live rock music featuring Savvy SOUTHERN COMFORT Jackstoro Highway and Farm Road 1686 Live country and rock music featuring the Sound Express through Dec 31 Steak menu Weekend cover SUNDANCER Convention Center Hotel 600 Com minx Live music featuring the TOMMY Latham Show No cover TACK ROOM 3900 Hwy 177 Live music featuring Adam Holtz through Jan 31 No cover TOOTSIE'S 2636 White Settlement Live rock music and rhythm I blues Sandwich menu with after-hours food service Cover TROPICS LOUNGE 708 Sylvania Live country music featuring Lone Star George Fridays through Sundays No cover TWO MINNIES Ramada inn-Central Featuring Jon Reagan and the NOw Dimentions Limited food service with full menu in 1873 Room No cover TIBURON 13 Copeland Rd at Turnpike Disco with live music Full menu No cover UNICORN 9504 Highway 80 Live music Beer wine and setups Food service No cover buffet charge VIP's 3237 White Settlement Road Live music featuring Owls Freeman Lunch and dinner menu No cover WATERWORKS Hilton Inn Live music featuring the Bill Swift Trio Food service in adjoining Greenery Restaurant No cover WHEEL IN Jacksboro Hwy between Azle SOringtown Live country music featuring Harold Rogers and the Texas Tornados Setups served Open Saturdays only Cover THE WESTERN SALOON 3311 Lancaster Live country music featuring the Texas Sundowners Friday and Saturday Beer and setups Weekend cover WHITE ELEPHANT SALOON 106 Exchange Live country music featuring George Norris through Saturday Weekend cover THE WOODWORKS 1612 Park Place Live country music featuring Diamond Dan No cover ZERO'S NEW WAVE LOUNGE 2637 Lancaster Live rock music Cover "NINE TO FIVE" Fonda confronts Coleman Fondaplaysagainst type chumsnearletter-perfect By PERRY STEWART StarTelegram Amusements Writer NINE TO FIVE: Starring Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton Direeted by Colin Higgins Playing at the Wedgwood UA Cinema 6 and Forum 6 Running minutes Rating: PG (occasional profanity) Dolly Parton may or may not appreciate the comparison but the premise of this secretarial saga reminds me at times of Mr Walker Its AU Over a country song Billie Jo Spears recorded several years ago And it may remind some office workers of nettlesome as pects of their own jobs While it makes some sharp state ments about sexism in the office and job discrimination Nine to Five is more concerned with fun than with pamphleteering Its farcical script wears a little thin at times but director Colin Higgins scrambles adroitly The result isn't Noel Coward but it's fun Jane Fonda demonstrating that she is a fine actress by playing a demure character joins the work force after her divorce and discovers few rewards in the secretarial pool of a huge corpo ration Her supervisor (Lily Tomlin) has been passed over many times so that less qualified males can be promoted And another chum (Miss Parton) is subjected to daily wrestling matches in her capacity as the boss' personal secretary The girls get drunk together one evening and fantasize about what they would like to do to the boss played with a fine corporate flair by Dabney Coleman The three fantasy sequences are like something out of an old '50s comedy and the gambit works perfectly There follows some silliness with a dead body and an attempt to settle Coleman's hash It's all over and the clever epilogues flash on the- screen before you have time to ponder the inanity of it all Miss Fonda acquits herself as well in an essentially supportive role as she does in a Mute Or a Coming Home and Miss Parton makes a commendable acting debut The Tomlin character is the prime protagonist and her performance is top drawer Sterling Hayden has a nice bit late in the film and Elizabeth Wilson is on target as Coleman's of ficious assistant Stewart country and western snows at a com Fridays and at 630 A and am Saturdays Reservations: 401-3505 DALLAS COUNTRY DINNER PLAYHOUSE 11829 Abrams Road Wail Until Dark Broadway thriller starring Robert Fuller Through Jok It Reservations: 1-21231-9457 DALLAS REPERTORY THEATER Northpark Center Patience Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta Wednesdays-Sundays through Dec 21 Reservation DALLAS 'THEATER CENTER 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd A Christmas Caret ibrough Doc 22 1214-52678857 GRANNY'S DINNER PLAYHOUSE 7 12205 Colt Road You Cant Take It With You Sroadvray osmedvL starring Dick Witson Through Dec 31 Reservations: 214239-0153 NEW ARTS THEATER 2829W Northwest Highway Dusa Fish Stag A VI a British drama by Pam Gems Tuesdays through Sundays through Jan 17 Reservations: 1-214-3505979 THEATER 2800 Routh A Woman ot No imoortance Oscar Wilde's drawing room comedy Tuesdays through Sundays through Dec 20 CRANBURY CRANBURY OPERA HOUSE The Best Little Outhouse in Texas original melodrama starring Jerry Abbott Saturday at 8 gMReservations: Metro 572-0881 STEPHENVILLE STEPHENVILLE COUNTRY OPRY Loop 377 Stephenville Glenn Worrell and the Texas Country Clingers Plus guest performers Saturdays at 730 pm Reservations: 1-965-4575 NIGHTLIFE FORT WORTH ANNIE Airport Freeway and Beach Street Featuring Annie Go lightly Closed Sunday No ANTHONY'S 8104 Highway 80 Featuring Gary Carpenter Weekend cover ATTIC LOUNGE 6651 Camp Bow ie Live country -music featuring Dana Green- No COWT: BLOSSOM'S 5201 Camp BowieLive music featuring Jimmy Johnson FridaY MIIIap Bowfin Saturday Food service no cover CARTER COUNTRY Beach Street and Turnpike Featuring Sammy Vaughn and the Cowtown Strings Weekend cover DADDIO'S III 4th Featuring Here and Now wIM Nick Kithas Deli Menu Closed Sunday Cover EMBERS LOUNGE 4700 Lancaster Live country music featuring Southbound through Dec 31 Sandwich menu late food service No cover FILTHY McNASTY'S 114 Exchange Live coontry-rock music featuring Dean Charles Weekend cover THE FLAME Highway 183 at South Pipeline Road Live country music featuring Doc Holliday Steak menu No cover FOUR WINDS Lancaster Restaurant and lounge featuring Paul Paul Closed Sunday No cover FRANKLIN'S Hurst Blvd Live country music featuring Charlie Shelton and the Real Country Band Steak and sancNdich menu No cover GALLAGH RI 769 Airport Fwy Hurst Live music Steak menu No cover GALAXY RoOeway Inn 1111 Lancaster Live music featuring David Day No cover GOLD NUGGET 72602 DiViSIC41 Arlington Live country-rock music featuring Michael Martin and Deadeye Cover GUYS AND DOLLS BALLROOM 5100 Frwy Live dance music Wednesday and Friday featuring the Gary Lee Orchestra Friday Beer setups Cover Dress code HOP 2905 Berry Live rock country music featuring Bill Ham and Kid Gloves Friday and Saturday Rene Hicks Sunday Soaghettl pizza and fried dishes Weekend cover HUNTER'S 3633 Lancaster Disco with live country music featuring the Western Express Sandwich menu No cover I GOTCHA 6399 Camp Bowie Live rock musk with adjoining country 'Musk disco and straight disco rooms 111's PLACE 3400 Berrie Anderson Road Live Kansas City Jazz featuring Mary Ray and Drenda Barnett with lazz trio Closed Sunday no Cover KNIGHT SPOT Green Oaks inn Live music featuring the Sound Experience through Dec 20 Full LEON'S GOLDEN SPUR AveLive country music Cover LITTLE RASCALS 3311 Lancaster Live country musk featuring the TCB Band No cover LONE STAR CHILI PARLOR 113 Exch- ange Ave Live country music featuring Kim O'Connor Chill sandwich menu No cover I LONGBRANCH 107 NW 25th Live country music featuring Wade Dawson Mickey Jolly Friday Saturday Weekend cover LONGHORN LOUNGE 4614 Benbrook Hwy Live musk featuring Tom Marie No cover LONDON LOU'S 6773 Camp Bowie Live music featuring London Lou and the New Addition Weekend cover NASKVILLE 1912 Hemphill Live new wave music Cover NEW WEST 3105 Winthrop at Camp BOW Live country musk featuring Tommy Alisup and the New West Ramblers Cover NORM'S MAGNOLIA LOUNGE 1514 Magnolia Live country music Beer wine setups No cover PEPPERS University and West Nth Uve laze Hamburger chill menu No cover PICK IN PARLOUR 103 Exchange Live country and bluegrass music Beer and setups POOP DECK 2570 Seminary Dr Live music featuring Barry Phillips through Jan 31 QUARTARO'S 553 Summit Live Plano bar musk 'featuring Dorothy Hanson with Don Wolf during cocktail hour Food service in adloining restaurant No cover 7 RED APPLE Roderray inn Arlington Live music featuring Sonny and the New Delegation through Dec 27 Food service in edloining restaurant Cover RIVER CLUB South Freeway at Everman Road Live country music Sunday lam sessions Weekend cover RUSTY SPUR Hwy 199 Live country music featuring Charlie's Bunch through Dec 31 No cover SARDINES 3410 Camp Bowie Live lam featuring tw Al Malacara combo Italian menu No Met MUSEUMS' FORT WORTH AMON CARTER MUSEUM-3501 Camp Bowie Blvd Permanent collection Museum hours 10 am-5 pm TuesdaySaturday 1 Dm530 pm Sunday Free FORT WORTH ART Montgomery AycockHoisteSinger installation works through Jan 5 Focus: Claudia De Monte exhibition of Claudia dolls Saturday through Feb I Open 10 am-9 pm Tuesday 10 am5 pm Wednesday-Saturday I om5 in Sunday Admission free FORT WORTH MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND HISTORY-1501 Montimmery Hopi kachinas carved by Emil Dooley CalaildtaTS and participatory exhibi tion including computer terrni-nals that talk sing arid speak Spanish Displays include geology history and medicine Admission ree Noble Planetarium shows Tr Star of Christmas II am and 230 and 330 cim -Saturdays 1)0 and 3:30 pm Sundays through Jan Texas Sky Saturdays at I com Adults 1175 children under to 75 cents children under 4 not admitted to planetarium Laser Magic shown ridays and Saturdays at 730 Pm 9 Pm 10:30 Pm and midnight and Sundays at 7:30 pm and 9 Dm Admission Si Museum open 9 am-5 pm Monday-Saturday 2 pm5 pm Sunday KIMBELL ART Rogers Road West The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from Me People's Republic of China through Feb 18 Selections from permanent collection including Cezanrie El Greco Rembrandt Rubens Gainsborough Monet Picasso plus pre-Columbian Oriental African and other works on view in north gallery Special public hours during bronze show ndon5 rn Tuesday Wednesday and Friday noon7 pm Thursday 10 am-7 pm Saturday and 1 Pm -7 pm Sunday Free tickets to bronze show available at museum or in writing from PO Box 9460 THISTLE HILL-1509 Pennsylvania Turn-of-the-century cattle baron mansion open for tours 10 am-3 15 pm weekdays and I430 Dm Sundays WESTERN COMPANY MUSEUM-6100 Western Place II-30 at Guilford) Permanent displays inctude geology and history of petroleum industry Open a am-5 Monday through Friday Free DALLAS DALLAS MUSEUM OF FINE Park Shakespeare the Globe and the World including rare books manuscripts sculpture costumes and other through Jan Recent acquisition Erpderk Oturch's The Icebergs on permanent display with accompanying exhibition of related drawings Open 10 am-5 1)m Tuesday-Saturday 1 Pm-5 pm Sunday Free DALLAS MUSEUM OF HEALTH AND SCIENCE--- Fair Park Oreamstage: An Experimental portrait of the Sieeping Brain with live sleeper Saturday through Feb I MUSQUM hours 9 ant-5 pm Monday-Saturday I pm-S pm Sunday DALLAS MUSEUM OF NATURAL Park Photomicrographs of designs found in rocks through Jan II Open 9 am- 5 pm Monday-Saturday noon-S pm Sunday Admission free HALL OF Park Dallas Historical Society exhibits: Puppets: Art and Entertainment 240 puppets OucKset performances on the hour 10 am-3 PM daily through Jan 7 $IO Horse S10 SIddie permanent exhibit Dallas Rediscovered slide show on early Dallas growth Permanent show 9 aM-5 pm Monday-Saturday 1 pm-S Om Sunday Free GRAND PRAIRIE FIRE MUSEUM OF TEXAS-702 Satar Parkway Grand Prairie Open 10 am-6 pm daily Dispiays ot antique fire equipment and memorabilia AdmissionS250 adults 1 children S150 senior citizens and military SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL WAX Grand Prairie Wax figures and antique gun collection Hours 10 am-5 pm MondayFriday 10 am-6 Pm Saturday and Sunday Ticket office closes one hour before Closing time Admission $375 for adults S225 for children 414 'children 3 and under free CRESSON PATE MUSEUM OF classic and soecialinterest cars airolanes: antique raiXar minesweeoer boat space and other exhibits US 377 between Fort Worth and Cresson Open 9 am-5 pm daily except Mondays Admission tree STURDY'S PRAIRIE BOX HOUSE and primitives at Texas historical landmark open I 0m5 pm Wednesday-Sunday Admission $150 trr adults 75 cents for Children CLEBURNE LAYLAND MUSEUM-20I Caddo Historical and Indian collections Open 9 am-noon and 1 Dm-5 Dm weekdays and 9 am-I pm Saturdays (1) 645-2457 DANCE FORT WORTH FORT WORTH Tarrant County Convention Center Theater 730 nit Dec 19 and 70 2:30 Urn Dec 70 and 71 Tickets $650-14 from Fort Worth 'Ballet box office 731-0070 COMING DALLAS DALLAS Music Hall Park Dec 26-31 matinee and evening nerformances Tickets $4-11 from ballet box 1925 Elm Ticketron outlets In Dillard's and SangerHarris and Preston Ticket Agenor (214) 744-4430 Motion Picture Asseiciatiois Ratings audiences of ail ages Guidance Some material may not be suitable tot pre teens 4141- Restricted Under If not admitted uni Its accompanied by parent or guardian (X)-- NO one under admitted 1 ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN Clint Eastwood and that orangutan again back for sequel to Every Which Way But Loom At the Seminary South idornar West and Richland PLazo Cinemas and the Forum 6 PO (lanuage) rooks: THE AR ISTOCATS eturn Ingagernent Of the DisneY all-cartoon feature about the feline world At the Western Hills and UA Cinema 6 Brooks: I Stewart: 10 A CHANGE OP SEASONS Shirley MacLaine as a co4lega professor's wife who begins an affair with a Younger man when She learns of her husbands involvement with a young girl Co-stars Anthony Hopkins and Bo Derek At the 7th Street and the UA Hulan 6 THE ELEPHANT MAN John Hurt as a hopelessly deformed man and Anthony Hopkins as the brilliant surgeon attempting to help him At the Seminary South Cinema PG (dramatic intensity) BBrooks: Stewart: FLASH GORDON And still another comic strip hero comes to the screen Sans Jones stars in the adventures on the planet Mongo At the Belaire Western Hills and Cinema a-Arlington PG (mild oretanitv) Stewart Barker: Ys TH FORMULA Brands and George Scott In a drama of a world-wide race for the secret of synthetic fuel At the UA Nukes 6 INSIDE MOVES John Savage as one of several crippled men who develop close bonds In an Oakland Calif bar At the (JA Hulen 6 THE JAZZ SINGER Nell Diamond stars in the remake (and uodato) of the movies first "talkie" Costars Lucie Amax end Laurence Olivier At the Ridulea and Forum 6 PG KING OF HEARTS Return engagement of the Alan Bates comedy about a World War I soldier who hooks uo with the Inmates of an insane asylum At to Heights PG UAW modify) Strwart: THE MIRROR CR ACK0 The latest Agatha Christie mystery with an all-star cast that includes Elizabeth Taylor Rock Hudson Kim Novak and Tony Curtis At the Wedgwood Rictsimar West Cinema UA Cinema 6 and Cinema Arlington PG NINE TO FIVE Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton as secretaries In revolt At the Wedgwood UA Cinema 6 and Forum 6 PG (laweelea) Stewart: Now Its Pcoeye going to the screen rc'im the comic paws Robin Williams In the title role with Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyi At the Western Hills UA fluter 6 UA Cinema 6 and Cinema Arlington PG (mild mild lamina in one brief scene) Brooks: Stewart PRIVATE BENJAMIN Gold Hawn stars in a corned about a woman private In the Army At the Ridgmar WesICInema (sexual situations towage) Brocks: Stewart: RAGING BULL Robert DeNiro In a lour de force performance as boxer LaMotia At the UA Hulen 6 and the Six Flags Cinema (language and violence) Brooks: Stewart SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES Nell Simons newest comedy starring Goldie Hawn Chastand CharlesGrodln At the Opera House and Six Flags Cinemas PG STIR CRAZY Wilder and Richard Pryor behind bars In a comedy about two men framed for a bank robbery At the SerninarY South Ricsonar West and Six Flags Cinemas and the UA Cinema 6R Brooks: Stewart: THEATERS FORT WORTH ACTORS THEATER 3431 Seventke Christmas Carol stage adaptation of the celebrated Chartes Dickens story Fridays Saturdays and Sundays at 830 0M through Dec21 Reservations: 3327566 Stewart: CASA MANAMA PLAYHOUSE Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer children's Christmas play Fridays atr Pm Saturdays at 2 pm through Dec 20 Resertratkins: 332-6221 I DANCIGER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Cranbury Road Me Curious Savapixornedv by Patridt Saturdays and Sundays at 8:15 pm through Dec 21 Reservatkns: 292-3111 KELL STREET DINNER THEATER 7 Westclitt Canter The Best Christmas Papeant Ever Friday at 8: IS Pm Dinner service at 610 Dm Reservations 926-5355 Will DISY the Scott Theater at 815 pm Saturday eir'id 2:15 0m Sunday Resumes Its run at 7 Weskit Center Monday and Tuesday nightL STAGE WEST 600 HOUltOn Street Mall Spoon River Anthology Thursday through Saturday nights at 8:30 PM through Jan 3 Olivier WA et 7 Pm Reserve Pons: 9214620 Brooks: tAllCITIES GRAPEVINE OPRY 302 PAaln Gteoev Im Famiiy Portrayal of 'Raging Bull' by adroit De Niro rings true DALLAS THE HOT KLUB 4350 Maple Live New Wave and rock music Cover LONGHORN BALLROOM Corinth and incktstrial Live country music featuring Dewey Groom the Texas Longhorns PLAYBOY OF 6116 North Central Expressway Live floor shows Cover and yearly membership fee TEXAS TEA HOUSE 3402 Kings Rd Live country music featuring Billy Joe Howard and Gangbuster UNION STATION 400 Houston St Live music Cover VENETIAN ROOM Fairmont Hotel Live floor shows featuring Warren Covington and the Pled Pipers through Dec 27 Full menu cover WINDOWS Plaza of the Americas Hotel 650 Pearl Blvd Live floor shows featuring Good and Plenty YORICK'S Park Lane Central Expressway Live floor shows and dance music Full menu Cover IMMINIIMI111 MUSIC ROCK POP FORT WORTH JOHNNIE HIGH'S COUNTRY MUSIC Sholl Tabuchi and Ernest Tubb at Will Rogers Auditorium Saturday night DALLAS the More Monday night COMING TEDDY Reunion Dec 28 WILLIE Reunion Dec 30 ZZ Reunion Dec 31 ERNEST the Lcoghorn Ballroorn Dec31 EC) SPE the Dallas Convention Center Jan 9 KENNY Gallagher at the Tarrant County Convention Center arena Jan 10 glEAP Reunion Jan 22 JOHNNY McFarlin Jan 30 (8 pm) Jan 31 17 and 10:30) and Feb 1 (7:30) MANHATTAN McFarlin Feb I LAWRENCE Reunion Feb 28 CLASSICAL ARLINGTON ARLINGTON CIVIC Mo Of Christmas" Michael Remo conducting First Presbyterian Church 1200 Collins 8 gm Friday and Saturday Free DALLAS DALLAS Messiah Christian Tierneyer conducting Music Hail Fair Park 8:15 pm Friday and Saturday Tkkets S6-13 from Joske's or Ticketron outtets in Dillard's and Sanger-Harris 1210 692-0203 Dallas Symphony Ps in A Christmas Space Ocirssey guest conductor John Covell) Reunion Arena 8 Pm Sunday Tickets SO-IS from above locations DISCOS ANDY CAPP'S-711 Barden at 7th Street No cover BURGUNDY TREE University Full menu in adloining restaurant No cover DAILY DOUBLE 1724 University No cover DIAMOND JIM'S 7500 Hwy 00 West Country disco with live music featuring the Judy Johnny Band Sunday through Tuesday Weekend cover ENERGY SOURCE Boat Club Road No cover 1 MONOPOLY 6719 Como Rowle No cover NORM ALDEN'S COWTOWN COUNTRY 1812 Forest Park Blvd Country disco and old-stvie swing music Hamburger menu No cover REUBEN'S 4413 Southwest Loop 820 at Hulen Disco with steak and seaftiod menu In adloining restaurant No cover UBE N'S-COCO'S 2)00 Collins Arlington Disco with steak and seafood menu No cover THE RITZ 3001 University Cover SHIP'S WHEEL 6306 Meadowbrosk Drive SPEAKEASY 6399 Casio Bowie Country end rock music Drink minimum SPENCER'S PALACE 1536 University Country and western disco Cover 0 I ROBERT DE NIRO as Jake La Motta make their marks in Raging Bull Joe Pesci is terrific as Joey La Mona who manages his brother's career but cannot control his violent temper It is no small feat to hold one's own in scenes With De Niro but Pesci does that as he spits out a litany of Bronx-accented obscenities NEWCOMER CATHY Moriarty is effective in a much quieter way as the teen-age beauty La Motta marries when his boxing career is near its zenith Her underplaying provides an interesting contrast to the high-voltage rantings of De Niro and Pesci Scorsese goes for believability down the line in the secondary roles That is most evident in Nicholas Colosanto's low-key portrayal of the mobster who orchestrates La Motta's much-publicized dive Raging Bull is no Rocky and that is meant as a compliment The good guys if you can identify them do not win But they keep punching Stewart-A Igk i ''z' a 1 'lt r(i iemt' sti -4 4' 7 Vi 0 l'''-' 7 4 i i L1 i I-0' Af 1 e'S t's' 44 11 ''ix' i 64 itacgliAmommilits'4444tollis "rt Ws WI 'ft I' Wik drt By PERRY STEWART Star-Telegram Amusements Writer RAGING BULL: Starring Robert De Niro Directed by Martin Scorsese Playing at the UA len 6 and Six Flags Cinema Running time: 119 minutes Rating: (extreme profanity and ring violence) The paunchy man on the screen looks every inch the middle-age ex-pugilist Only the voice reminds you long seconds into the scene that the man is Robert De Niro There is an element common to all great performances It is utter audience immersion In the character We forget about the actor the star It comes as no surprise that De Niro pulls this off in his portrayal of boxer Jake La Mott The amazing thing is that he does it instantly De Niro does in fact deliver two performances in the film He is the angry lean La Motta punching his way out of the Bronx and into the world middleweight title And he is the overweight slightly mellowed ex-champ trying to earn a living as a humorous after-dinner speaker and nightclub comic For the latter scenes De Niro put on more than 50 pounds FILMING APPROPRIATELY in black and white director Martin Scorsese reminds you once again as in Mean Streets and Taxi Driver that he and De Niro make special magic together on the screen Raging Bull rep-reset movie craftsmanship at its finest And it depicts the violence of boiing with a graphic intensity which at times is difficult to watch Based On La Motta's own story of his career Raging Bull paints an unabashedly harsh portrait of him Tortured by imagined infidelities of his young wife he winds up accusing (and savagely beating) his own brother The film deals more with that smoldering rage than with La Motta's actual career although there is ample footage in the ring and it is superbly filmed A couple of unknown performers in I 6 le: nd en )h Ile' an Dr: on he ise at NO he 1 41.