Why Did Jake LaMotta Get a Movie, But Not Robinson

HBO did an excellent documentary on him that was probably better than any biopic that could be made.

Ving Rhames starred in Phantom Punch and it was a joke. in the story, the mafia demands Liston's manager to make Sonny take a dive against patterson. The manager never tells Sonny, and Sonny goes out and beats Patterson. Liston's manager decides to bet on liston with the money the mob paid him, so the mob doesn't kill him when Liston doesn't take a dive. Later on, Liston has an affair with his manager's girlfriend, and to get revenge, the manager rapes her and then tells doesn't tell Liston that the Mob wants him to take dives. Liston doesn't take a dives, so he is killed by the Mob. Wow, no kidding eh? I want Spielberg to do a Liston movie.

Didn't Robinson already get a movie? Usher played him Shows your knowledge of the sport, and not only was that srl he played it was Durans movie smh

The film was a drama. It wasn't about who the best boxer was or even necessarily about the sport itself. That was just a backdrop to the life of the man they made the film about.

You know who else needs their own movie? Sonny Liston. Great story, no need to edit jack shít. Ving Rhames starred in Phantom Punch and it was a joke. in the story, the mafia demands Liston's manager to make Sonny take a dive against patterson. The manager never tells Sonny, and Sonny goes out and beats Patterson. Liston's manager decides to bet on liston with the money the mob paid him, so the mob doesn't kill him when Liston doesn't take a dive. Later on, Liston has an affair with his manager's girlfriend, and to get revenge, the manager rapes her and then tells doesn't tell Liston that the Mob wants him to take dives. Liston doesn't take a dives, so he is killed by the Mob.

De Niro had wanted to make Raging Bull for years after reading the book but Scorsese didn't care to. Scorsese was depressed about abusing drugs and De Niro eventually convinced him to do it. Scorsese wasn't planning on making movies after that. The movie version of LaMotta was a saint compared to how he really was. Read the book Raging Bull.

Raging Bull wasn't a flattering movie about LaMotta. It's was about what an obsessive, insecure person he was. The better question could be why did Mickey Ward get a movie made about him and not other more famous, more compelling boxers?

Give it more time. Robinson will get his movie and some actor who can't box and doesn't look anything like Robinson will play the part of Robinson.

Cause they racist yo

Because he's a ducker / runner People want to see movies about exciting fighters

Gotta make a story interesting Winning all the time isn't interesting

He probably will but you need a director or writers who are interested enough in his back story. Vinny Paz got a movie Bleed For This, which wasnt that bad. but the black boxer that deserves his own movie the most is JACK JOHNSON. if there was one made before, it was low budget and a piece of ****. needs the big hollywood treatment with a great director. Dude was Muhammad Ali on steroids with pissing off white America. And what better climate than right now to rile up whites again. I mean damn, you have black men PEACEFULLY taking a damn knee and white people got triggered. Jack Johnson would make an amazing film if the right people got behind it. This guy was the Money May persona during a time that could have gotten him killed. Unforgivable Blackness was a good documentary on it, but it does need a big time movie to do it right.

Because Hollywood loves putting out movies about white brawlers who sucked. Rocky, Raging Bull, The Fighter, Cinderella Man, Bleed For This, ect. Great films but there is ton of MUCH more talented black and Latin boxers with even more compelling stories the studios could've invested in. At least Duran finally got a biopic, which sadly I heard wasn't very good. Ali was decent.

He probably will but you need a director or writers who are interested enough in his back story. Vinny Paz got a movie Bleed For This, which wasnt that bad. but the black boxer that deserves his own movie the most is JACK JOHNSON. if there was one made before, it was low budget and a piece of ****. needs the big hollywood treatment with a great director. Dude was Muhammad Ali on steroids with pissing off white America. And what better climate than right now to rile up whites again. I mean damn, you have black men PEACEFULLY taking a damn knee and white people got triggered.

cuz he beat his wife, probably discouraged movie producers

If you're last name isn't Ali or Tyson, you're not getting a movie as a black boxer. How many movies have white boxers had? LaMotta, Marciano, Mickey Ward, James Braddock, and even a fictional white boxer Billy Hope. If you're not a black boxer who's shrouded in controversy and negativity then you're not getting a biopic. Jamie Foxx is going to be Tyson in what sounds like the next big boxing movie, which last I heard would be directed by Martin Scorcese.

Love Raging Bull, but SRR needs a movie....agree/disagree? Because Hollywoodis made up of test audiencing fùcking morons. Same reason why Mickey Ward got a movie. Ward was a BUM. Rocky (Wepner) was a BUM. Stallone stole that story and didn't even want to pay Wepner who was struggling badly. Sorry Chuck, love stealing your story to save my acting career and make a billion dollar franchise, but no --- no money for you. Thats why. Hollywood is a snake pit. Boxing movies are either Tyson or Ali. Robinson needs a movie and his life is way more interesting than LaMotta's was. Jake raped a woman and molested a 14 year-old for crying out loud. Movie worthy! You know who else needs their own movie? Sonny Liston. Great story, no need to edit jack shít.

hollywood is run by jews that hate black men. there is your answer

Scorcesse is a racist cvnt too. Every black person in his movies is either killed or dumb. Look at how SRR looks in Raging Bull....he looks like a skinny Ethiopian with gaunt facial features, when he was actually a handsome guy I don't think he was a racist as much as he didn't really do stories that involved black characters. Remember that his main actor during his 70/80's/90's films was Robert De Niro only dates or marries African American women. I'd much rather Scorsese stayed away from telling African American stories in the same way Spielberg should have too rather then take to rewrite history in The Colour Purple and Amistad and pretend it wasn't the Jews who were the main people behind the African Slave Trade.

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