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January 28, 2005
January 28, 2005
Warner Home Video
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Jay Baruchel, Marcus Chait, Mike Colter, Joe D'Angerio, Morgan Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Erica Grant, Riki Lindhome, Bruce MacVittie, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Benito Martinez, Tom McCleister, Naveen, Brian F. O'Byrne, Michael Pena, David Powledge, Lucia Rijker, Hilary Swank
"This is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. I was extremely skeptical at first when a friend recommended it, as it was about boxing, but I was very pleasantly surprised. A rare find."
- AvidReader, gave it a 5/5
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 Shannon - Amazon.com
"I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.
DVD Features:
Documentaries:Born to Fight
Featurette:Behind the scenes: Producers Round 15
Interviews:Roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman hosted by James Lipton ("Inside the Actor's Studio")
