On this day in movie history - The Alto Knights (2025)

The Alto Knights

directed by Barry Levinson

written by Nicholas Pileggi

released in France on March 19, 2025.

Music by David Fleming.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Debra Messing, Kathrine Narducci, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Rispoli, Robert Uricola, Frank Piccirillo, Matt Servitto, Louis Mustillo, Anthony J. Gallo, James Ciccone, Joe Bacino, Luke Stanton Eddy, Antonio Cipriano, Brian Scolaro, Wallace Langham, Ed Amatrudo, Mike Seely, Amadeo Fusca, Bob Glouberman, Kimeron Collins, Peyton Stockdale, John Dinello, Jocelyn Sluka, Bryant Carroll, Todd Covert, Robert Arce, Brian Spangler, Alex Safi, Christine McBurney, Rich Williams, Ashton Wolf, Sydney Miles, Josh Innerst, Mark Axelowitz, Glenn Cunningham, James P. Harkins, Abi Van Andel, Zach Meiser, Jeffrey Grover, Louie Lawless, Andy Knode, Mark Tierno, Wynn Reichert, J. Barrett Cooper, Liam Cronin, Robert DiDonato, Wilson Conkwright, Michael Patrick Trimm, Jeremy Dubin, Michael Adler, Itala Sona Ennor, Jean Zarzour, Tino Roncone, Nick Ferraro, Mike Dennis, Belmont Cameli, Carrie Lazar, Frank Cervone, David Vegh, Robert Louis Boden, Ed Formica, Seth Adair, Jerome Agean, Mark Angel, Sam Armentrout, Apollo Bacala, Bill Bower, Katie Brinthaupt, Vincent P. Catalano, Steven Terry Walker, Gary Chinn, William Cross, Melissa McDermott Currin, Max Daniels, Michael T. Davis, Richard Doone, Annie Elliott, Seve Esposito, Noah Bain Garret, Robert Gerding, Sammy Geroulis, Ron Gorley, Tony Scott Griffith, Dennis Craig Hensley, Taylor Knight, Bret Aaron Knower, Karen Koester, Bobby Leigh, Jean Claude Leuyer, Emma Magnus, Jennie Malone, Kalub James Mills, Joseph Moreland, Nabeel Mulla, Curtis Murphy, Roger Petan, David C. Phillippi, Dakota Phillips, David Pittinger, Derek Polen, Jerry Pope, Charlie Powers, Jarrod Robbins, Shantel Routt, Jen Ryan, Melissa Schory, Brian D. Schroeder, Kevin W. Shiveley, Greg Siewny, D.J. Stroud, Carly Tamborski, Damian Tanenbaum, Richie Verito, Todd Wallrauch.

On this day in movie history - The King of Comedy (1983)

The King of Comedy

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul D. Zimmerman,

was released in the United States on February 18, 1983.

Music by Robbie Robertson.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard, Diahnne Abbott, Shelley Hack, Margo Winkler, Kim Chan, Frederick De Cordova, Edgar Scherick, Ed Herlihy, Tony Randall, Victor Borge, Joyce Brothers, Catherine Scorsese, Cathy Scorsese, Martin Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Kosmo Vinyl, Ellen Foley, Don Letts, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.

On this day in movie history - Taxi Driver (1976)

Taxi Driver

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1976.

Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Steven Prince, Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Diahnne Abbott.

On this day in movie history - Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Silver Linings Playbook

written and directed by David O. Russell,

was released in the United States on December 25, 2012.

Based on the novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick.

Music by Danny Elfman.

Cast:

Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Julia Stiles, Paul Herman, Dash Mihok, Matthew Russell, Cheryl Williams, Patrick McDade, Brea Bee, Mary Regency Boies, Phillip Chorba, Anthony Lawton, Patsy Meck, Maureen Torsney-Weir, Jeff Reim, Fritz Blanchette, Rick Foster, Bonnie Aarons, Ted Barba, Elias Birnbaum, Matthew Michels, Pete Postiglione, Dicky Eklund Jr., Sanjay Shende, Mihir Pathak, Ibrahim Syed, Madhu Narula, Samantha Gelnaw, Tiffany E. Green, Tal Livshitz, Vlada Semenova, Zhan Paulovich, Lana Rossi, Richard Adams, Todd Anthony, Erica Lynne Arden, Robert Bizik, Joe Cappelletti, Louis Centanni, David Collihan, Jessica Czop, Alan Davis, Tom Delconte, Luisa Diaz, Christian Dorsey, Chris Dyer, Debra Efre, Cindy Engle, Mark Falvo, Liam Ferguson, Mark Finney, Erin Frederick, Jade Froeder, Anthony J Giampetro, Vaughn Goland, Shawn Gonzalez, Matt von Siegel, Thomas Walton, Jamell Washington, Volieda Webb, Jen Weissenberg, Brian Anthony Wilson, Mike Wilson, Lindsey Zajac.

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

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

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.