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* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/PaulSchrader is not as happy with this film as he is with ''Film/TaxiDriver'' and ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' (among his collaborations with Creator/MartinScorsese). He personally feels that the film's attempt to put on a RedemptionQuest at the end was unconvincing and it gave [=LaMotta=] too much credit as a boxer and sportsman, taking a lot of great talent and hard work to make someone more famous than he merits.
* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/MartinScorsese was struggling with a cocaine addiction at the time and planning on retiring as a director. Creator/RobertDeNiro specifically brought the project to Scorcese in hopes that its themes of self-destruction would help Scorcese overcome his problems.
* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/MartinScorsese was struggling with a cocaine addiction at the time and planning on retiring as a director. Creator/RobertDeNiro specifically brought the project to Scorcese in hopes that its themes of self-destruction would help Scorcese overcome his problems.
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* CareerResurrection: Creator/MartinScorsese was amidst a CreatorBreakdown (see below) following the tepid response to ''Film/NewYorkNewYork'' in 1977. After almost dying of an overdose, he was persuaded by Creator/RobertDeNiro to direct this film as a favor for both of them. Convinced that he might not work in Hollywood again in light of his problems, Scorsese poured all of his energy into filming this project. Instead, its critical acclaim, plus eventual recognition as one of the best films of TheEighties and in Scorsese's oeuvre, helped revive his career and his personal well-being.
* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/PaulSchraderis not isn't as happy creatively satisfied with this film as he is with ''Film/TaxiDriver'' and ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' (among his collaborations with Creator/MartinScorsese). He personally feels that the film's attempt to put on a RedemptionQuest at the end was unconvincing and it gave [=LaMotta=] too much credit as a boxer and sportsman, taking a lot of great talent and hard work to make someone more famous than he merits.
* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/MartinScorsese was struggling with a cocaine addiction at the time andplanning was intending on retiring as a director. Creator/RobertDeNiro specifically brought the project to Scorcese Scorsese in hopes that its themes of self-destruction would help Scorcese him overcome his problems.
* CreatorBacklash: Screenwriter Creator/PaulSchrader
* CreatorBreakdown: Creator/MartinScorsese was struggling with a cocaine addiction at the time and
