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Million Dollar Baby (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Million Dollar Baby (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.78:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Includes CD, Featurette, Documentary, English, French, Spanish Subtitled, 3 Discs
"I Don''t Train Girls" trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something''s different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn''s gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn''s crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging. Includes two DVD discs and one soundtrack CD.
"The best movie released by a major Hollywood studio this year. A work of utter mastery." A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Clint Eastwood is doing the best, most assured work of his career." David Ansen, Newsweek
Editor's Note
Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature MYSTIC RIVER, Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for MILLION DOLLAR BABY. Eastwood also stars, in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his life running a small, dilapidated gym in downtown Los Angeles. Frankie's previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters, Scrap (Morgan Freeman), who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now wiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie's gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the prestigious young talent that passes before him, Frankie lets a succession of great boxers slip through his fingers. But when the brash, confident young boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) strides into the gym, Frankie's life is irretrievably altered. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age, Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity, spirit, and burning ambition. The combination of Maggie's talent and Frankie's tutelage paves the way for the adroit fighter to rise steadily through the ranks of women's boxing, with the unlikely coupling forming a genuinely touching bond in the process.Clint Eastwood has crafted a boxing film fit to stand alongside classics such as RAGING BULL and ROCKY with MILLION DOLLAR BABY. The scenes between Eastwood and Freeman are a delight to watch, with the two old hands pulling off masterfully understated performances as a couple of men teetering on the brink of failure. Likewise, Swank puts in a powerful turn as Maggie, further emphasizing her penchant for unusual roles, and perhaps even bettering her incredible, Oscar-winning showing as Teena Brandon in BOYS DON'T CRY.
| Features | 2-DVD Set | | Audio: English & French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Bonus CD Soundtrack | | Documentaries: Born to Fight | | Featurette: Behind The Scenes: Producers Round 1 | | Interactive Menus | | Interviews: Roundtable With Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank And Morgan Freeman Hosted By James Lipton ("Inside The Actor's Studio") | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Producer's Round 1 Featurette | | Includes CD soundtrack | | Interviews: Roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank and Moderator James Lipton | | Born to Fight Documentary | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Widescreen Presentation |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 5/2/2006 |
| Running Time: 132 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 70998 | | UPC: 00012569709980 | | Number of Discs: 3 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Clint Eastwood | | Hilary Swank | | Jay Baruchel | | Morgan Freeman | | Clint Eastwood - Director | | Clint Eastwood - Original Music By | | Clint Eastwood, et. al. - Producer | | F.X. Toole - Writer | | Henry Bumstead - Production Designer | | Joel Cox - Editor | | Paul Haggis - Screenplay | | Tom Stern - Cinematographer |
| Awards |
Oscar (2005) | | Clint Eastwood, Winner, Best Director | | Hilary Swank, Winner, Best Actress | | Morgan Freeman, Winner, Best Supporting Actor | | | Clint Eastwood, Nominee, Best Actor | |
Golden Globe (2005) | | Clint Eastwood, Winner, Best Director | | Hilary Swank, Winner, Best Actress |
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