Million Dollar Baby (2004)
| Title | Million Dollar Baby |
| Year | 2004 |
| Country | USA |
| Genre | Sport (Movies) |
| Collection | Martial Arts |
| Run Time | 2h 12 min |
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Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald, a waitress from the Ozarks, shows up at the Hit Pit, a rundown Los Angeles gym owned and operated by Frankie Dunn. Dunn is a cantankerous Irish-American trainer, revealed to be estranged by his own daughter. Maggie asks Frankie to train her, but he refuses as he does not train women and she is too old to begin a boxing career. Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris, Frankie’s friend and employee — the film’s narrator — encourages and helps Maggie. Frankie’s prize prospect, “Big Willie” Little, signs with successful manager Mickey Mack after becoming impatient with Frankie rejecting offers for a championship bout. Frankie then reluctantly agrees to train Maggie.
Maggie fights her way up in the women’s amateur boxing division with Frankie’s coaching. Since she has earned a reputation for quick KOs, Frankie must resort to bribery to get other managers to put their trainee fighters up against her. Scrap, concerned when Frankie rejects several offers for big fights, arranges a meeting for Maggie with Mickey Mack but, out of loyalty to Frankie, she declines. Frankie bestows Maggie a Gaelic nickname, embroidered on her boxing robe, Mo Chuisle (misspelled in the film as “mo cuishle”), but does not tell her its meaning. The two travel to Europe as she continues to win; Maggie eventually saves up enough of her winnings to buy her mother a house, but her mother berates Maggie for endangering her government aid, claiming that everyone back home is laughing at her.
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Cast:  Hilary SwankMaggie Fitzgerald  Clint EastwoodFrankie Dunn  Morgan FreemanEddie Scrap-Iron Dupris  Jay BaruchelDanger Barch  Mike ColterBig Willie Little  Lucia RijkerBillie 'The Blue Bear'  Brian F. O'ByrneFather Horvak  Anthony MackieShawrelle Berry  Margo MartindaleEarline Fitzgerald  Riki LindhomeMardell Fitzgerald |
Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald, a waitress from the Ozarks, shows up at the Hit Pit, a rundown Los Angeles gym owned and operated by Frankie Dunn. Dunn is a cantankerous Irish-American trainer, revealed to be estranged by his own daughter. Maggie asks Frankie to train her, but he refuses as he does not train women and she is too old to begin a boxing career. Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris, Frankie’s friend and employee — the film’s narrator — encourages and helps Maggie. Frankie’s prize prospect, “Big Willie” Little, signs with successful manager Mickey Mack after becoming impatient with Frankie rejecting offers for a championship bout. Frankie then reluctantly agrees to train Maggie.
Maggie fights her way up in the women’s amateur boxing division with Frankie’s coaching. Since she has earned a reputation for quick KOs, Frankie must resort to bribery to get other managers to put their trainee fighters up against her. Scrap, concerned when Frankie rejects several offers for big fights, arranges a meeting for Maggie with Mickey Mack but, out of loyalty to Frankie, she declines. Frankie bestows Maggie a Gaelic nickname, embroidered on her boxing robe, Mo Chuisle (misspelled in the film as “mo cuishle”), but does not tell her its meaning. The two travel to Europe as she continues to win; Maggie eventually saves up enough of her winnings to buy her mother a house, but her mother berates Maggie for endangering her government aid, claiming that everyone back home is laughing at her.
