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Million Dollar Baby (2004)

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User Rating: 8.2/10 (88,632 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Clint Eastwood
Writers (WGA):
F.X. Toole (stories)
Paul Haggis (screenplay)
Release Date:
28 January 2005 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
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 (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 29 nominations more
User Comments:
Loved The Ride more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rope Burns (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material and language.
Runtime:
132 min
Country:
USA
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
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Trivia:
The movie was filmed in 37 days, but originally scheduled filming for 39 days. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Maggy Fitzgerald is shown talking, while she is being ventilated via a tracheostomy tube in her throat. Although people can talk using "fenestrated" tracheostomy tubes, they can't be ventilated at the same time. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Haggis (2006) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Blue Diner more

FAQ

How does it end?
What does Mo Chúisle mean?
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342 out of 474 people found the following comment useful:-
Loved The Ride, 20 December 2004
Author: delcash006 from New York City

Million Dollar Baby is a movie about boxing like Braveheart is a movie about men in kilts riding horses. What it is is a movie to experience if you find yourself ever entertaining thoughts about loyalty, determination, talent, no talent, age, youth, courage, fear, fate, and the pain and joy of both living and dying.

I read reviews of Million Dollar Baby and expected to like it. Roger Ebert can be soft on movies because he is plainly a big fan, but even he does not lightly toss around the M-word, masterpiece. Yet he drops it on MDB, and justly so. The story is simple and searing. A gal (Hilary Swank) with much heart and no experience aspires to be the champion of the world. She is Rocky in a sports bra. A grizzled fight trainer-manager/gym owner (Clint Eastwood) reluctantly takes her on. His best pal and wise-man assistant (Morgan Freemna) stands alongside them, as the plot unwinds steadily, seamlessly, picking up speed, scene by scene, act after act. Eastwood and Freeman are artists at the top of their profession and they, along with the brilliant Swank, present you the very worthy lives of three people you will care about and remember. The arena is boxing, but it might as well have been boating or baking. It is a story about values and truths that far exceed sports and movies. I walked into the Lowes Lincoln Square theater last night knowing Million Dollar Baby was taking me on a ride and willing to hop aboard. What a beautiful, memorable ride it was.

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