Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by	Paul Haggis
Based on	Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner; by F.X. Toole
Produced by	Clint Eastwood; Albert S. Ruddy; Tom Rosenberg; Paul Haggis;
Starring	Clint Eastwood; Hilary Swank; Morgan Freeman;
Narrated by	Morgan Freeman
Cinematography	Tom Stern
Edited by	Joel Cox
Music by	Clint Eastwood
Production; companies	Lakeshore Entertainment; Epsilon Motion Pictures; Malpaso Productions; Ruddy Morgan Organization;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (North America); Lakeshore International (international)
Release dates	December 5, 2004 (New York); December 15, 2004 (United States);
Running time	132 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$216.8 million

Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and cutman Jerry Boyd. It also stars Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman. The film follows Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald (Swank), an underdog amateur boxer who is helped by an underappreciated boxing trainer (Eastwood) to achieve her dream of becoming a professional.

Million Dollar Baby was theatrically released on December 15, 2004, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received critical acclaim and grossed $216.8 million worldwide. The film garnered seven nominations at the 77th Academy Awards and won four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (for Swank), and Best Supporting Actor (for Freeman). It has since been cited as one of the best films of the 2000s, the 21st century and of all-time.^[4]^[5]

^ Eliot 2009, p. 309.
^ Hughes 2009, p. 156.
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^ Dargis, Manohla; Scott, A.O. (June 9, 2017). "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century...So Far". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
^ "We Ranked the 100 Best Movies of All Time!". Parade. October 6, 2023.

[FOOTNOTEEliot2009309-1] Eliot 2009, p. 309.

[FOOTNOTEHughes2009156-2] Hughes 2009, p. 156.

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[nytimes.com-4] Dargis, Manohla; Scott, A.O. (June 9, 2017). "The 25 Best Films of the 21st Century...So Far". The New York Times. Retrieved July 8, 2017.

[parade.com-5] "We Ranked the 100 Best Movies of All Time!". Parade. October 6, 2023.

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