AMC Hollywood Icon: Robert De Niro

Raging Bull (1980)
So the shirt stayed off, but the guns became gloves, and the crazy went away.  Or did it?  Rocky he ain't.  This was the movie that started folks talking about De Niro's methods.  Did he really gain sixty pounds to play this role? Did he really study the dinner jackets the real Jake LaMotta wore?  Did he win the Oscar for this role?  Yes.  Did someone say dinner jackets?

Photo: Raging Bull, Robert DeNiro, 1980. (c)United Artists/Courtesy: Everett Collection.