[quote]The most significant change would be the entire scene when Jake fixes his television and then accuses his wife of having an affair. Other changes included the removal of Jake and Joey’s father; the reduction of the organized mob and a major re-write of Jake’s fight with Tony Janiro. They were even responsible for the end sequence where Jake is all alone in his dressing room quoting the I shouda been a contender scene from On the Waterfront to blame his brother and also himself. An extract of Richard III had been pondered but Michael Powell thought it would be a bad decision within the context of a film that was American. According to Steven Bach, only the first two screenwriters (Mardick Martin and Paul Schrader) would receive credit but since there was no payment to the writer’s guild on the script, De Niro and Scorsese’s work would remain uncredited.[/quote]
