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26 Apr, 2013

The Big Wedding

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DeNiro plays Don in this comedy directed by Justin Zackham. Don and Ellie, long divorced, have three children, one of whom was adopted from Colombia. After he is engaged, he informs Don and Ellie that his birth mother doesn’t know and wouldn’t approve of their divorce. They agree to pretend to still be married to appease her when she comes for the wedding. Co-starring Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams.

I thought it was interesting. I liked the character. I liked Justin, the director. And they were getting certain people. Diane Keaton, I was hearing that she was going to be in it, and I thought that would be great.

The Big Wedding Official Trailer [HD]: Robert DeNiro, Diane Keaton & Katherine Heigl

19 Dec, 1980

Raging Bull

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DeNiro plays Jake La Motta, a middleweight boxer and portrays his violent journey through life.  This biopic is directed by Martin Scorsese and co-stars Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty.

It was sent to me by Pete Savage who was very helpful in getting the whole thing started and very helpful in getting me trained with Jake and Jake was one of the associate producers and something about the story interested me.