"Million Dollar Baby" (2004)
"Million Dollar Baby" (2004)
Production Companies: Lakeshore Entertainment, Malpaso Productions
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. 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.
Release dates: December 15, 2004
Genre': Drama, Sport
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by: Paul Haggis
Music by: Clint Eastwood
Cinematography: Tom Stern
Edited by: Joel Cox
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
Awards
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Best Director - Motion Picture
* © 2004 Warner Brothers Productions