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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Country
USA
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Year
1980
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Genres
Biopic Sport
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“Raging Bull is the most painful and heart-rending portrait of jealousy in the cinema – an Othello for our times. Boxing is the arena, not the subject.”
Roger Ebert, The Great Movies, 2002
Scorsese’s biographical portrait of the 1940s boxing champion Jake La Motta is a study of seething male aggression to rank alongside his 1976 film Taxi Driver. Adapted from La Motta’s memoirs by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin, the film opens in the early 1960s with an overweight La Motta practising his post-boxing cabaret routine. Through flashbacks we witness the dramas of his time in the ring, his abusive marriages, and his turbulent relationship with his brother and manager Joey (Joe Pesci).
The sequences between the ropes are extraordinarily immediate, with Michael Chapman’s mobile black and white cinematography closely attending every blow, and Thelma Schoonmaker’s editing brutally precise and dynamic. Robert De Niro famously gained weight to play the out of shape La Motta of later years.
Boxing drama Body and Soul (1947) and Stanley Kubrick’s early documentary Day of the Fight (1951) are among the films that influenced Raging Bull.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Jake La Motta
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Joey La Motta
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Vickie La Motta
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Salvy
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comedian
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Tommy Como
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Guido
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Mario
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Irma
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Lenore
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Eddie Eagan
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Patsy
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himself
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Jimmy Reeves
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Sugar Ray Robinson
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Billy Fox
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Tony Janiro
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Marcel Cerdan
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Laurent Dauthuille
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Toppy
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Charlie, man with Como
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Emma, Miss 48's
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Dr Pinto
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ring announcer
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himself, referee
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fighting soldier
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trainer
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referee
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ring announcer
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himself, ring announcer
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referee
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referee
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ring announcer
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ring announcer
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referee
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heckler
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himself, ring announcer
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Joe Louis
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Woman with Vickie
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referee
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cornerman 1
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cornerman 2
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radio announcer
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ring announcer
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Vern, Dauthuille's trainer
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referee
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reporter at phonebooth
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Dauthuille cornerman
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ring announcer
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referee
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himself, TV Announcer
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soda fountain clerk
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Beansy
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monsignor
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Johnny
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Webster Hall bouncer
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Copa waiter
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Janet
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girl 1
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girl 2
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Jackie Curtie
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Detroit Promoter
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bodyguard
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bouncer at Copa
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bouncer at Copa
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bouncer at Copa
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maître d'
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man at table 1
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man at table 2
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man outside cab
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woman in cab
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reporter at Jake's house
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state attorney Bronson
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Mrs Bronson
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J.R.
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underage ID girl
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woman with ID girl
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Linda
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musician 1
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musician 2
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musician 3
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bartender Carlo
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Ricky
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arresting deputy 1
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arresting deputy 2
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jeweller
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prison guard 1
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prison guard 2
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Barbizon stagehand
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[reporter]
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[sparring partner]
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[Janiro fight cornerman]
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[Janiro fight cornerman]
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[Fox fight cornerman 1]
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[Audie Murphy]
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[Dauthuille fight cornerman 1]
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[Dauthuille fight cornerman 2]
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[J.R.'s friend]
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[New Yorker 1]
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[New Yorker 2]
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[New Yorker 3]
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[New Yorker 4]
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[man at table]
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[photographer with cigar and flashbulb]
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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DGA Trainee
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Assistant Director (3rd)
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Script Supervisor
Subject:
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[Subject of Film]
Production:
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©
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Presents
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Producer
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Producer
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Produced in Association with
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Associate Producer
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Production Manager
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Production Office Co-ordinator
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Production Office Co-ordinator
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Production Office Co-ordinator
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Production Accountant
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Production Accountant
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Location Manager
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Location Manager
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Assistant to Producers
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Assistant to Producers
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Assistant to Associate Producer
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Assistant to Associate Producer
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Assistant to Mr Scorsese
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Assistant to Mr Scorsese
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Assistant to Mr De Niro
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Assistant to Mr De Niro
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
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Production Assistant
Casting:
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Casting
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Casting (Assistant)
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Bits and Extras in NY
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Extras Casting in Hollywood
Writing:
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Screenplay
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Screenplay
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Based on the book by
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Based on the book by
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Based on the book by
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Excerpts from 'On the Waterfront' by
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
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Camera Operator
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Assistant Cameraman (1st)
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Assistant Cameraman (1st)
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Assistant Cameraman (2nd)
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Assistant Cameraman (2nd)
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Gaffer
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Gaffer
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[Gaffer] Best Boy
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[Gaffer] Best Boy
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Key Grip
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Key Grip
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[Grip] Best Boy
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[Grip] Best Boy
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Dolly Grip
Stills:
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Still Photographer
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Still Photographer
Special Effects:
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Special Effects
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Special Effects
Editing:
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Editor
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Associate Editor
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Associate Editor
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Associate Editor
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Associate Editor
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Associate Editor
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1st Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
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Assistant Editor
Design:
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Production Designer (New York)
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Visual Consultant (Los Angeles)
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Art Director (Los Angeles)
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Art Director (Los Angeles)
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Art Director (New York)
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Set Decorator
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Set Decorator
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Set Dresser
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Scenic Artist
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Property Master
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Property Master
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Property Master (Assistant)
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Property Master (Assistant)
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Construction Foreman
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Chief Carpenter
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Construction Grip (Chief)
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Construction Grip
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Costume Designer
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Costumer
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Costumer
Make-up:
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Make-up Artist
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Make-up Artist
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Make-up Created by
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Hairstylist
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Hairstylist
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Hairstylist
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Hairstylist
Titles:
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Title Design by
Film processing:
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Opticals
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Opticals
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Opticals
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Black and White Timing
Music:
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Music Editor
Sound:
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Sound Mixer
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Sound Mixer
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Recordist
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Recordist
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Boom Operator
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Boom Operator
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Cableman
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Cableman
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Re-recording Engineer
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Re-recording Engineer
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Re-recording Engineer
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Negative Cutter
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Sound Effects Supervising Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor (Assistant)
Stunts:
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Stunt Co-ordinator
Consultant:
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Technical Adviser (Boxing)
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Technical Adviser
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Special Assistance
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Special Assistance
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Consultant
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Research
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Craft Service
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First Aid
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Transportation Captain
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Transportation Captain
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Transportation Captain
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Catering
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Remembering
Publicity:
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Publicity
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