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Million Dollar Baby (2004) -- A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
F.X. Toole (stories)
Paul Haggis (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 January 2005 (USA) more
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Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love.
Plot:
A hardened trainer/manager works with a determined woman in her attempt to establish herself as a boxer. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 4 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 29 nominations more
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(281 articles)
Freeman Honoured At Bono's Film Festival
 (From WENN. 11 November 2009, 8:11 AM, PST)

Hilary Swank on Bravo's Inside the Actors Studio tonight, Nov. 9
 (From Monsters and Critics. 9 November 2009, 7:00 AM, PST)

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Sure to be a contender for the Academy's Best Picture of the Year more (1024 total)

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Also Known As:
Rope Burns (USA) (working title)
Golpes del destino (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Million Dollar Baby (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Малышка на миллион (Russia) [ru]
La fille à un million de dollars (Canada: French title) [fr]
Menina de Ouro (Brazil) [pt]
Miljoni dollari tüdruk (Estonia) [et]
Million Dollar Baby (Greece) [el]
Million Dollar Baby (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Million Dollar Baby (Slovakia) [sk]
Million Dollar Baby (Germany) [de]
Million Dollar Baby (Czech Republic) [cs]
Million Dollar Baby (Denmark) [da]
Million Dollar Baby - Sonhos Vencidos (Portugal) (original subtitled version) [pt]
Milyonluk bebek (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Momiche za milioni (Bulgaria: Bulgarian title) [bg]
Una muchacha de coraje (Spain) (informal title) [es]
Za wszelka cene (Poland) [pl]
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Rated PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material and language.
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132 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Anjelica Huston originally brought the book "Rope Burns" to producer Albert S. Ruddy's attention, hoping that he would ask her to direct the film. (She guaranteed that he would cry after reading the "Million Dollar Baby" story, and he admits that he did.) However, by the time Ruddy acquired the rights, Huston was busy on another project. more
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Continuity: Whilst Maggie is being ventilated her right eye is swollen up really bad, the next clip her right eye is fine and her left eye seems to be bloated instead. more
Quotes:
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Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris: [Narrating] Only ever met one man I wouldn't wanna fight. When I met him he was already the best cut man in the business. Started training and managing in the sixties, but never lost his gift.
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285 out of 428 people found the following comment useful.
Sure to be a contender for the Academy's Best Picture of the Year, 16 December 2004
Author: don-355 from Kearny, NJ

Saw "Million Dollar Baby" in Manhattan last night. Clint Eastwood, one of the all-time most famous actors -- and directors -- has more than enough money where he could choose to pull the strings on block-buster, mindless action pictures, ala Jerry Bruckheimer, or comic books. Or, hell, in his twilight years he could just lay back and enjoy his millions. But no. He has chosen instead to make quieter, lower-budget, heart-felt, character driven films like "The Unforgiven" "True Crime" "Mystic River" and now Million Dollar Baby. And the world is a better place for it. Eastwood uses his multiple talents to make films that have something valuable to say. In the emotionally powerful, Million Dollar Baby, he tells an allegorical tale of boxing to subtly express themes of hope, redemption, sacrifice, persistence, and belief in one's self. The movie emphasizes that failure is a more honorable and personally fulfilling trait than never having tried, while also frowning upon laziness and leeching off others. But see the movie and judge for yourself. I personally consider great films as the ones where I leave the theater with a better understanding of human nature, or a desire to improve the world by even a little bit. Eastwood's latest more than succeeds on those counts.

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