| Million Dollar Baby | |
|---|---|
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| 7 Nominations / 4 Wins | |
| Year | 2004 |
| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer | Paul Haggis |
| Starring | Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman |
| 77th Academy Awards | |
Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. The screenplay was written by Paul Haggis, based on short stories by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and "cutman" Jerry Boyd. Originally published under the title Rope Burns, the stories have since been republished under the film's title.
Wins
- Best Actress — Hilary Swank
- Best Director — Clint Eastwood
- Best Picture — Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
- Best Supporting Actor — Morgan Freeman
Nominations
- Best Actor — Clint Eastwood
- Best Actress — Hilary Swank
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Paul Haggis
- Best Director — Clint Eastwood
- Best Film Editing — Joel Cox
- Best Picture — Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
- Best Supporting Actor — Morgan Freeman
Plot[]
Maggie Fitzgerald, a poor thirty-one year old waitress from the very lower classes and with a dysfunctional family, decides to make a difference through boxing. She convinces the experienced hardened boxing trainer Frankie Dunn to coach her and be her manager, with the support of his old partner Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris, who sees her potential as a boxer. Frankie has a problematical relationship with his daughter, and practically adopts Maggie along her career.
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