The Fighter (2010)
Coming Out at 15 December 2010 in theaters.
Biography, Drama, Sport
Dicky Ecklund (Bale) is a former boxing legend that squandered his talents and threw away his shot at greatness. Micky Ward (Wahlberg), his half brother, is the struggling journeyman boxer who spent his life living in his big brother’s shadow.
The Fighter is the inspirational, true story of these two brothers who, against all the odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that will unite their fractured family, redeem their pasts and, at last, give their hard-luck town what it’s been waiting for: pride. The story unfolds on the gritty, blue-collar streets of Lowell, Mass, where Dicky was once known as “The Pride of Lowell” having gone the distance with the world champion Sugar Ray Leonard.
However, after losing that fight, like the town of Lowell, Dicky’s fallen on hard times. His boxing days are behind him and his life has become shattered by drug abuse. Younger brother Micky, meanwhile, has become the family’s fighter and fading hope for a champion. But despite all of his work, Micky’s career is failing and he loses fight after punishing fight. Dicky and Micky’s tougher-than-nails mother, Alice (Leo), manages his career and Dicky serves as his highly unreliable trainer. When Micky’s latest fight nearly kills him, it looks like it could all be over — until his iron-willed new girlfriend, Charlene (Adams), convinces him to do the unthinkable: split with his family, pursue his own interests and train without his increasingly volatile and criminal brother.
Director: David O. Russell
Writers: Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Micky Ward, Dicky Eklund, Sugar Ray Leonard
►Cast:
| Mark Wahlberg | ► | Micky Ward |
| Christian Bale | ► | Dicky Eklund |
| Amy Adams | ► | Charlene Fleming |
| Melissa Leo | ► | Alice Ward |
| Mickey O’Keefe | ► | Mickey O’Keefe |
| Jack McGee | ► | George Ward |
| Melissa McMeekin | ► | ‘Little Alice’ Eklund |
| Bianca Hunter | ► | Cathy ‘Pork’ Eklund |
| Erica McDermott | ► | Cindy ‘Tar’ Eklund |
| Jill Quigg | ► | Donna Eklund Jaynes |
| Dendrie Taylor | ► | Gail ‘Red Dog’ Eklund |
| Kate B. O’Brien | ► | Phyllis ‘Beaver’ Eklund |
| Jenna Lamia | ► | Sherri Ward |
| Frank Renzulli | ► | Sal Lanano |
| Paul Campbell | ► | Gary ‘Boo Boo’ Giuffrida |
| Caitlin Dwyer | ► | Kasie Ward |
| Chanty Sok | ► | Karen |
| Ted Arcidi | ► | Lou Gold |
| Ross Bickell | ► | Mike Toma |
| Sean Malone | ► | Wolfie |
| José Antonio Rivera | ► | Gilberto Brown aka Jose |
| Richard Farrell | ► | HBO Cameraman #1 |
| Matthew Muzio | ► | HBO Cameraman #2 |
| Steven Barkhimer | ► | HBO Producer |
| Art Ramalho | ► | Art Ramalho |
| Sugar Ray Leonard | ► | Sugar Ray Leonard |
| Jackson Nicoll | ► | Little Dicky |
| Alison Folland | ► | Laurie Carroll |
| Sean Patrick Doherty | ► | Jimmy (Laurie’s Husband) |
| Sue Costello | ► | Becky |
| Thomas Benton | ► | Businessman |
| Ray Greenhalge | ► | Ray Ramalho |
| Tino Kimly | ► | Pran |
| Epifanio Melendez | ► | Carlos Garcia |
| Jeremiah Kissel | ► | Bald Businessman |
| Sean Eklund | ► | Man in Diner |
| Roeun Chea | ► | Chan |
| Brian Nguyen | ► | Brian |
| Rikki Kleiman | ► | Court Clerk |
| Michael Dell’Orto | ► | WBU Commissioner |
| Paul Locke | ► | Reporter #1 |
| Kim Carrell | ► | Reporter #2 |
| Colin Hamell | ► | John Hyland |
| Dale Place | ► | Referee Micky Vann |
| Eddie Lee Anderson | ► | Referee Joe Cortez |
| Joe Lupino | ► | Referee Mitch Halpern |
| Bonnie Aarons | ► | Crackhead Bonnie |
| Walter Driscoll | ► | Court Officer |
| Matt Russell | ► | Photo Guy On Street |
| A. Joseph Denucci | ► | Man on Street #1 |
| Dicky Eklund | ► | Man on Street #2 |
| George Michael Ward | ► | Man on Street #3 |
| Dicky Eklund Jr. | ► | Man on Street #4 |
| Jack Greenhalge | ► | Man on Street #5 |
| Kevin Paige | ► | Man on Street #6 |
| David A. Ramalho Sr. | ► | Trainer |
| Ziad Akl | ► | Inmate |
| Simon Hamlin | ► | Movie Patron |
| Gerald Greenhalge | ► | Uncle Jerry |
| Matthew Russell | ► | Running Kid #1 |
| Tommy Eklund | ► | Running Kid #2 |
| Rita Mercier | ► | Woman on Street #1 |
| Deborah Bolanger | ► | Woman on Street #2 |
| Kerry Moore | ► | Woman on Street #3 |
| Philip Dorn Hebert | ► | Micky’s Cutman |
| Raul Vera | ► | Sanchez Trainer |
| Jack Lally | ► | Neary Trainer |
| Carlos L. Smith | ► | Sugar Ray Leonard Bodyguard |
| Lee Wesley | ► | Fight Spectator #1 |
| Hugh Long | ► | Fight Spectator #2 |
| Catherine Lynn Stone | ► | Fan |
| Eric Weinstein | ► | Micky’s Friend |
| Bo Cleary | ► | Cop |
| Anthony Molinari | ► | Neary |
| Peter Cunningham | ► | Mike ‘Machine Gun’ Mungin |
| Miguel Espino | ► | Alfonso Sanchez |
| Anthony ‘Ace’ Thomas | ► | Castillo |
| Brian Christensen | ► | Drunk Guy |
| Jen Weissenberg | ► | Drunk Girl |
| Michael Buffer | ► | Fight Announcer |
| Larry Merchant | ► | Fight Announcer |
| Jim Lampley | ► | Fight Announcer |
| Emanuel Steward | ► | Fight Announcer |
| Roy Jones Jr. | ► | Fight Announcer |
| George Foreman | ► | Fight Announcer |
| Don Dunphy | ► | Fight Announcer |
| Barry Ace | ► | Fight Spectator |
| Diana Afonso | ► | Ringside Extra |
| Charlie Alejandro | ► | Movie Patron |
| Mel Alejandro | ► | Visitor at House of Corrections |
| Cindi Alex | ► | Cocktail Waitress |
| Christian Alvarado | ► | Puerto Rican Gang Member |
| Clyde Anthony | ► | Collins |
| Kt Baldassaro | ► | Mother with Children |
| Joseph Basile | ► | Inmate Prisoner |
| Irene Doukas Behrman | ► | Fight Spectator |
| Joseph Bianchi-Coppola | ► | Reporter |
| Brina | ► | Ringside Fan |
| Jodie Brunelle | ► | VIP Spectator |
| Tommy Burke | ► | Extra |