Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Coming Out at 15 December 2004 in theaters.

Drama, Sport

Million Dollar Baby is sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on short stories by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and cutman Jerry Boyd. It stars Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. The film follows Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald (Swank), an underdog amateur boxer who is helped by an underappreciated boxing trainer (Eastwood) to achieve her dream of becoming a professional.

Million Dollar Baby was theatrically released on December 15, 2004 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received critical acclaim and grossed $216.8 million. The film garnered seven nominations at the 77th Academy Awards and won four; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (for Swank), and Best Supporting Actor (for Freeman).

Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), a waitress from a Missouri town in the Ozarks, shows up in the Hit Pit, a run-down Los Angeles gym owned and operated by Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood), an old, cantankerous boxing trainer. Maggie asks Frankie to train her, but he initially refuses. Maggie works out tirelessly each day in his gym, even after Frankie tells her she’s “too old” to begin a boxing career at her age. Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris (Morgan Freeman), Frankie’s friend and employee—and the film’s narrator—encourages and helps her.

Director: Clint Eastwood

Writers: Paul Haggis, F.X. Toole

Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O’Byrne

Cast:

Clint Eastwood	…	Frankie Dunn
Hilary Swank	…	Maggie Fitzgerald
Morgan Freeman	…	Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Jay Baruchel	…	Danger Barch
Mike Colter	…	Big Willie Little
Lucia Rijker	…	Billie ‘The Blue Bear’
Brían F. O’Byrne	…	Father Horvak
Anthony Mackie	…	Shawrelle Berry
Margo Martindale	…	Earline Fitzgerald
Riki Lindhome	…	Mardell Fitzgerald
Michael Peña	…	Omar
Benito Martinez	…	Billie’s Manager
Bruce MacVittie	…	Mickey Mack
David Powledge	…	Counterman at Diner
Joe D’Angerio	…	Cut Man
Marcus Chait	…	J.D. Fitzgerald
Tom McCleister	…	Lawyer
Erica Grant	…	Nurse
Naveen	…	Pakistani
Morgan Eastwood	…	Little Girl in Truck
Jamison Yang	…	Paramedic
Dean Familton	…	Ref #1
Louis Moret	…	Ref #2
V.J. Foster	…	Ref #3
Jon D. Schorle II	…	Ref #4
Marty Sammon	…	Ref #5
Steven M. Porter	…	Ref #6
Ray Corona	…	Ref #7
Ming Lo	…	Rehab Doctor
Miguel Pérez	…	Restaurant Owner
Jim Cantafio	…	Ring Doctor #1
Ted Grossman	…	Ring Doctor #2
Ned Eisenberg	…	Sally Mendoza
Marco Rodríguez	…	Second at Vegas Fight
Roy Nugent	…	Fan in Vegas
Don Familton	…	Ring Announcer
Mark Thomason	…	Radio Commentator
Brian T. Finney	…	Irish Fan #1
Spice Williams-Crosby	…	Irish Fan #2
Kim Strauss	…	Irish Fan #3
Rob Maron	…	Irish Fan #4
Kirsten Berman	…	Irish Fan #5
Susan Krebs	…	Rehab Nurse
Sunshine Chantal Parkman	…	Rehab Nurse #2
Kim Dannenberg	…	Rehab Nurse #3
Eddie Bates	…	Rehab Resident
Jimmy Alioto	…	Las Vegas Fight Fan
Nina Avetisova	…	VIP Girl
Michael Bentt	…	Boxer
Bruce Gerard Brown Jr.	…	Boxer
John Eric Brown	…	Boxing fan
Jude Ciccolella	…	Hogan
Marc De’Antone	…	Fight Manager #2
Kimberly Estrada	…	Perez
Christopher Gilbertson	…	Additional Voices (voice)
Adolfo Jimenez	…	Irish cheerer
Guillermo Jorge	…	Cutman
Michael Keyes	…	Observer
Sean LoGrasso	…	Fight Fan
Paul McMichael	…	Fight Fan
Robert McMurrer	…	Boxing Fan
Arnold Montey	…	Observer
Sean O’Kane	…	Additional Voices (voice)
Ricky Pak	…	Las Vegas Bout Timekeeper
Mar Party	…	Irish Fan
Vladimir Rajcic	…	Yugoslavian Judge
Ernie Rivera	…	Fight Fan
Grant Roberts	…	Cornerman
Michael Saglimbeni	…	Fan
Bobby Silva	…	Boxer
Rick Solis	…	Fight Fan
McKay Stewart	…	Sparring Boxer
Jaerin Washington	…	Jamaican Boxer Cornerman
Jason Williams	…	Las Vegas Fight Fan