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Synopsis
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.
Million Dollar Baby Review
Clint Eastwood's latest project, which he both directs and stars in, packs a mean and lasting punch. In ''Million Dollar Baby'' Eastwood employs the "Rocky" underdog formula to air his favourite themes (regret, mortality, deliverance, forgiveness) and dishes up a hard-hitting timeless piece that has Oscar-nominations splashed all over it.
As tough as Eastwood's Frankie Dunn is, he is no straightforward trainer. As well as tackling boxing bad boys he finds time to grapple with God, attempts to re-unite with his estranged daughter, read Yeats and teach himself Gaelic. All while on the look out for the perfect lemon meringue pie. Step into the boxing ring Hilary Swank. Her trailer-trash Maggie Fitzgerald is an unlikely contender; the wrong sex and the wrong age, she initially fails to endear herself to the world weary Dunn. Adamant that 'tough ain't enough, girlie' it takes one ballsy broad to prove him wrong.
A muscular Swank delivers a performance of Herculean proportions, while also revealing a softer side in the poignant relationships she forges with Dunn and his only friend Scrap (Morgan Freeman) - an ex-fighter now serving as the gym's caretaker. Freeman ties the piece together with his graveled-voiced narration, and the deft verbal sparring between him and Eastwood is unsurpassable.
This gritty, grey, brilliantly scripted drama is surprisingly funny in parts, but not for the squeamish - the authenticity of the action scenes will even have grown men reeling. Although it drags slightly and is overly sentimental in parts, ''Million Dollar Baby'' is nonetheless a cinematic gem.
Special Features
- 'Born To Fight': an in-depth look at women in the ring
- 'Producer's Round 15': producers Al Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg and Paul Haggis tell the story of how the book by F.X. Toole "Rope Burns" made it to the screen
- 'James Lipton Takes On Three': in-depth interviews with director Clint Eastwood and stars Morgan Freeman & Hilary Swank the day after the Oscars
Technical Information
Region 2
Year 2004
Screen Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic
Languages English - Dolby Digital (5.1)
Additional Languages Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo: English
Subtitles English
Duration 2 hours and 11 minutes (approx)
Classification: Drama
Certificate: 12 Suitable for Persons Aged 12 or Over
Director Name: Clint Eastwood
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Release Date: 27-06-2005
