‘Million Dollar Baby’ is an American sports-drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood. This 2004 film tells the story of Margaret Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) a down and out waitress, striving for a better life.
She shows keen interest in learning boxing. The first portion of the movie deals with Margaret training herself at the Hit Pit, trying to get Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) to train her into becoming a credible boxer. She eventually succeeds, and is able to get Frankie and another trainer, and former boxer Eddie Dupris (Morgan Freeman) to warm up to her. After a good deal of training, she enters into the world of professional women’s boxing and becomes a remarkable fighter. Eventually, the movie takes a turn for the worse.
The movie received the award for Best Picture at the 77th Academy Awards. Clint Eastwood was awarded his second Best Director Oscar for the film. Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman received Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscars, respectively.
Joel Cox, Eastwood’s editor for many years, was nominated for Best Film Editing, and Paul Haggis was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay award.
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