written with friend  Peter Savage (qv), omitted mention of his brother, as did  Mardik Martin (qv)s original screenplay. Unhappy with the result,  the producers hired Paul Schrader (I) (qv) to restructure it, and  in the course of doing research on La Motta, the writer came across  an article on the relationship between Jake and his brother Joey  LaMotta. Schrader incorporated the relationship into the revised  screenplay, co