MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)

Directed by : CLINT EASTWOOD
Cinematography by: TOM STERN
2004 ACADEMY AWARDS
Won - Best Motion Picture of the Year — Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg
Won - Academy Award for Best Director — Clint Eastwood
Won - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role — Hilary Swank
Won - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role — Morgan Freeman
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actor — Clint Eastwood
Nominated - Best Achievement in Editing — Joel Cox
Nominated - Best Adapted Screenplay — Paul Haggis

Million Dollar Baby is the story of an under-appreciated boxing trainer, his elusive past, and his quest for atonement by helping an underdog amateur female boxer (the film's title character) achieve her dream of becoming a professional
Million Dollar Baby is a masterpiece, pure and simple.
A movie is not good or bad because of its content, but because of how it handles its content. Million Dollar Baby is classical in the clean, clear, strong lines of its story and characters, and had an enormous emotional impact".
Eastwood shot the film in 37 days with less than US$30 million budget, and the film's total worldwide box office gross is around US$220 million.
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