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 Million Dollar Baby (DVD)
Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2005 / Director: Clint Eastwood / Actors: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood ... / DVD ... more  Million Dollar Baby (DVD) ... released 27 June, 2005 at Entertainment in Video / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL / Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking, as deeply felt in its heart-wrenching emotions as it is streamlined in its character-driven storytelling. In the course of developing powerful bonds between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her grizzled, reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and Frankie's best friend and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), 74-year-old Eastwood mines gold from each and every character, resulting in stellar work from his well-chosen cast. Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff ShannonNewest Review: ... genre, was thin on the ground when it came to the plot, but it stands out from other boxing films (and films in general) with ... more ... a marvellously well-constructed tale.
It does still deliver the blood and guts that you expect from a boxing film, but it has so much more depth than you would imagine. The premise of the film revolves around the characters of Eastwood, who plays an underappreciated trainer, who reluctantly takes on Hilary Swank's character, an underdog amateur female boxer, and tries to make her the best out there.
However, beyond that it has so much more dealing with issues that resonate across the world. I won't go into detail a...more |
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Million Dollar Baby (DVD): A Three Million Dollar Performance. (359 words)
by mkkreuk - written on 06.04.08 (Very useful, 4 readings)
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"Wow". That was exactly what came out of my mouth after watching this surprisingly brilliant, movie. I had expected to watch a nice quirky film with my favourite actor (Morgan Freeman), with a nice bit of action thrown in, but Clint Eastwood (who starred in and directs this movie) delivers a thrilling film. THE STORYLINE. When I rented this film, I expected a kick-ass boxing move, that like most of the rest in the genre, was thin on the ground when it came to the plot, but it stands out from other boxing films (and films in general) with a marvellously well-constructed tale. It does still deliver the blood and guts that you expect from a ...
One In A Million (767 words)
by owensmum - written on 23.02.08 (Very useful, 66 readings)
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I don't usually like watching films with Clint Eastwood. I don't know what it is about him but I've never enjoyed watching him. Until now the only exception to this was a film called 'A Perfect World' which also starred Kevin Costner. I had heard good things about this film and so despite having Eastwood in a starring role I wanted to see it. In Million Dollar Baby, Eastwood plays Frankie Dunn, an ex boxer who is now a trainer looking for a boxer to win him a title. He owns a gym which he runs with the help of Morgan Freeman who plays Eddie Dupris. Eddie lost an eye in a boxing match for a title and Frankie holds himself reponsible for this. Hilary ...
Million Dollar Baby (DVD): Superb drama set in the boxing arena (435 words)
by johns-log - written on 24.02.08 (Useful, 67 readings)
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Introduction ______________ Million Dollar Baby won 4 Oscars in 2004 1. Best Picture 2. Best Director 3. Best Actress (Hilary Swank) 4. Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman) A moving picture with a twist at the end. Main theme of this film is one man's attempt to put things right and an underrated female boxers attempt to become a professional boxer to make million bucks. Plot ___ Clint Eastwood is Frankie Dunn, a talented boxing trainer. Somehow life hasn't treated him kindly. One and only daughter is estranged and the dream of training a champion boxing died a ...
Million Dollar Baby (DVD) : Eastwood's Knock Out Blowfrom Andy.mack
21.05.2006
Million Dollar Baby (DVD) : A champion that stings like a bee.from Ailran
07.09.2005
