Million Dollar Baby (2004)


Morgan Freeman          Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Jay Baruchel            Danger Barch
Mike Colter             Big Willie Little
Benito Martinez         Billie s Manager
Clint Eastwood          Frankie Dunn
Hilary Swank            Maggie Fitzgerald
Lucia Rijker 	
Brian O'Byrne           Father Horvak
Anthony Mackie          Shawrelle Berry
Margo Martindale        Earline Fitzgerald
Riki Lindhome           Mardell Fitzgerald
Michael Pena            Omar
Bruce MacVittie         Mickey Mack

Directed by:            Clint Eastwood
Produced by:            Paul Haggis, Gary Lucchesi, Robert Lorenz


Frankie Dunn has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The 
most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules life: above all, always protect yourself. 
In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get 
close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend, Scrap, an ex-boxer who looks after Frankie's gym, 
knows that beneath his gruff exterior is a man who has been seeking, for the past 25 years, the forgiveness 
that somehow continues to elude him. Then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym.

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Maggie Fitzgerald, a poor thirty-one year old waitress from the very lower classes and with a dysfunctional 
loser 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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In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn has been unwilling to 
let himself get close to anyone for a very long time--then Maggie Fitzgerald walks into his gym. In a life of 
constant struggle, Maggie's gotten herself this far on raw talent, unshakable focus and a tremendous force of 
will. But more than anything, she wants someone to believe in her. The last thing Frankie needs is that kind of 
responsibility-- let alone that kind of risk--but won over by Maggie's sheer determination, he begrudgingly 
agrees to take her on. In turns exasperating and inspiring each other, the two come to discover that they share 
a common spirit that transcends the pain and loss of their pasts, and they find in each other a sense of family 
they lost long ago. Yet, they both face a battle that will demand more heart and courage than any they've ever 
known.