Million Dollar Baby (Widescreen Edition)

Million Dollar Baby (Widescreen Edition)


Starring:Jay Baruchel, Marcus Chait, Mike Colter, Joe D'Angerio, Morgan Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Erica Grant, Riki Lindhome, Bruce MacVittie, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Benito Martinez, Tom McCleister, Naveen, Brian F. O'Byrne, Michael Pena, David Powledge, Lucia Rijker, Hilary Swank
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking, as deeply felt in its heart-wrenching emotions as it is streamlined in its character-driven storytelling. In the course of developing powerful bonds between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her grizzled, reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and Frankie's best friend and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), 74-year-old Eastwood mines gold from each and every character, resulting in stellar work from his well-chosen cast. Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff Shannon
Description
"I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.

DVD Features:
Documentaries:Born to Fight
Featurette:Behind the scenes: Producers Round 15
Interviews:Roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman hosted by James Lipton ("Inside the Actor's Studio")

Million Dollar Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • HOW DID IT WIN
  • "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance."
  • a good one
  • An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!
  • Full circle!!!
 Million Dollar Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Starring: Jay Baruchel , Marcus Chait , Mike Colter , Joe D'Angerio , and Morgan Eastwood
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B00005JNP1
Release Date: 2005-07-12

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Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking, as deeply felt in its heart-wrenching emotions as it is streamlined in its character-driven storytelling. In the course of developing powerful bonds between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her grizzled, reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and Frankie's best friend and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), 74-year-old Eastwood mines gold from each and every character, resulting in stellar work from his well-chosen cast. Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff Shannon

Description

"I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.

DVD Features:
Documentaries:Born to Fight
Featurette:Behind the scenes: Producers Round 15
Interviews:Roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman hosted by James Lipton ("Inside the Actor's Studio")

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars HOW DID IT WIN.......2007-07-01

One of the things I will never understand is how this film won Best Picture and Best Actress. I love Clint and Hilary, but this film was boring and nothing special. It wasn't aweful, but in reality it shouldn't have even been nominated. It was, once again, dark and I fell asleep twice. Hilary Swank won the Oscar, once again stealing it from Annete Benning who deserved it. Swank just put on a bad accent and it was not a great performance. The Aviator sshould have won ultimately but it didn't. I was dissapointed

3 out of 5 stars "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance." .......2007-07-01

Abandon any notions that Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" is another routine underdog-rises-to-the-top boxing tale. This is a film more concerned with examining the hard choices that life sometimes asks us to make.

Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) asks Frankie Dunn (Eastwood) to train her as a boxer. Frankie refuses because he says she is too old and a girl. Yet, the defiant Maggie continues to insist and, with the support of Eddie Dupris (Morgan Freeman), gets Frankie to change his mind. Soon she is on the fast track to success but a terrifying accident abruptly changes her life and forces Frankie to make a difficult decision.

Eastwood never resorts to melodrama or cheap manipulative tricks in "Million Dollar Baby" to examine the value of one's personal dignity. He instead uses his veteran directing talents to weave together a heartbreaking story that refuses to supply any easy answers. Maggie's quick professional ascension may stretch credibility a bit but this is a minor quibble. Anchored by strong performances throughout, especially that of Swank's, "Million Dollar Baby" is a compelling piece of filmmaking that will undoubtedly linger in your mind for quite some time.

4 out of 5 stars a good one.......2007-06-27

A good movie, but a sad one. Hillary Swank is the best, and so is Clint Eastwood.

5 out of 5 stars An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!.......2007-06-27

From the haunting music accompanying the movie, the fascinating and intriguing characters and finally to the bitter, heart-wrenching ending, this is a movie that encapsulates great movie making, with a heart.

The film starts by showing Eastwood's character trying to "protect" his prized boxer from fighting for the Title. Gradually, we learn that he is not protecting those people around him, but only himself. Over time, his initial dislike for Fitzgerald turned into a fatherly love. In the finale, although much criticism was placed on the film's ending, i honestly believe that he did what he did out of sheer fatherly love for Fitzgerald, and that Fitzgerald herself would've warranted the act.

Sure, a lot of films made has heart in it. Take for example, the insecurity and jealousy of Jake La Motta in Martin Scorcese's Raging Bull (great performance by Robert De Niro!) and also Braddock's ferocious love for his family in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man. But rarely do we see a film which brings us to understand Eastwood's character - his frailty, his unrequited love for his daughter, and his passion for boxing.

Without this great ensemble of a cast - Clint Eastwood, Hillary Swank and Morgan Freeman, and of Eastwood's superb directing and composing, the movie would've suffered from the style-over-substance syndrome, which this movie is definitely and utterly not.

5 out of 5 stars Full circle!!!.......2007-05-17

Clint Eastwood has done some beautiful cinematic work in his lifetime, but this one takes the cake. There's something magical about Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood together on screen (again). I don't know what it is, but it works. And Hillary Swank is magnificent! This movie takes you on an emotional ride of realism that comes full circle by movies end. This movie is great!
Million Dollar Baby (Full Screen Edition)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • HOW DID IT WIN
  • "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance."
  • a good one
  • An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!
  • Full circle!!!
 Million Dollar Baby (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Jay Baruchel , Marcus Chait , Mike Colter , Joe D'Angerio , and Morgan Eastwood
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B0009JVUHY
Release Date: 2005-07-12

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Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking, as deeply felt in its heart-wrenching emotions as it is streamlined in its character-driven storytelling. In the course of developing powerful bonds between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her grizzled, reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and Frankie's best friend and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), 74-year-old Eastwood mines gold from each and every character, resulting in stellar work from his well-chosen cast. Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff Shannon

Description

"I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.

DVD Features:
Documentaries:Born to Fight
Featurette:Behind the scenes: Producers Round 15
Interviews:Roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman hosted by James Lipton ("Inside the Actor's Studio")

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars HOW DID IT WIN.......2007-07-01

One of the things I will never understand is how this film won Best Picture and Best Actress. I love Clint and Hilary, but this film was boring and nothing special. It wasn't aweful, but in reality it shouldn't have even been nominated. It was, once again, dark and I fell asleep twice. Hilary Swank won the Oscar, once again stealing it from Annete Benning who deserved it. Swank just put on a bad accent and it was not a great performance. The Aviator sshould have won ultimately but it didn't. I was dissapointed

3 out of 5 stars "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance." .......2007-07-01

Abandon any notions that Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" is another routine underdog-rises-to-the-top boxing tale. This is a film more concerned with examining the hard choices that life sometimes asks us to make.

Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) asks Frankie Dunn (Eastwood) to train her as a boxer. Frankie refuses because he says she is too old and a girl. Yet, the defiant Maggie continues to insist and, with the support of Eddie Dupris (Morgan Freeman), gets Frankie to change his mind. Soon she is on the fast track to success but a terrifying accident abruptly changes her life and forces Frankie to make a difficult decision.

Eastwood never resorts to melodrama or cheap manipulative tricks in "Million Dollar Baby" to examine the value of one's personal dignity. He instead uses his veteran directing talents to weave together a heartbreaking story that refuses to supply any easy answers. Maggie's quick professional ascension may stretch credibility a bit but this is a minor quibble. Anchored by strong performances throughout, especially that of Swank's, "Million Dollar Baby" is a compelling piece of filmmaking that will undoubtedly linger in your mind for quite some time.

4 out of 5 stars a good one.......2007-06-27

A good movie, but a sad one. Hillary Swank is the best, and so is Clint Eastwood.

5 out of 5 stars An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!.......2007-06-27

From the haunting music accompanying the movie, the fascinating and intriguing characters and finally to the bitter, heart-wrenching ending, this is a movie that encapsulates great movie making, with a heart.

The film starts by showing Eastwood's character trying to "protect" his prized boxer from fighting for the Title. Gradually, we learn that he is not protecting those people around him, but only himself. Over time, his initial dislike for Fitzgerald turned into a fatherly love. In the finale, although much criticism was placed on the film's ending, i honestly believe that he did what he did out of sheer fatherly love for Fitzgerald, and that Fitzgerald herself would've warranted the act.

Sure, a lot of films made has heart in it. Take for example, the insecurity and jealousy of Jake La Motta in Martin Scorcese's Raging Bull (great performance by Robert De Niro!) and also Braddock's ferocious love for his family in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man. But rarely do we see a film which brings us to understand Eastwood's character - his frailty, his unrequited love for his daughter, and his passion for boxing.

Without this great ensemble of a cast - Clint Eastwood, Hillary Swank and Morgan Freeman, and of Eastwood's superb directing and composing, the movie would've suffered from the style-over-substance syndrome, which this movie is definitely and utterly not.

5 out of 5 stars Full circle!!!.......2007-05-17

Clint Eastwood has done some beautiful cinematic work in his lifetime, but this one takes the cake. There's something magical about Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood together on screen (again). I don't know what it is, but it works. And Hillary Swank is magnificent! This movie takes you on an emotional ride of realism that comes full circle by movies end. This movie is great!
Million Dollar Baby [Blu-ray]
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Good
  • Great film and a very good transfer
 Million Dollar Baby [Blu-ray]
Starring: Ned Eisenberg , Brian Finney , Ted Grossman , Bruce MacVittie , and Margo Martindale
Director: Clint Eastwood
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000JUB7LM
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Description

"I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good.......2007-02-28

I liked this movie - it was captivating and the story really kept my interest. I am not a boxing fan so I was concerned with whether I could be in to this movie or not. The movie had boxing in it, but that was not the real storyline. I would watch this one again and thought it is good enough to pay regular price. I have watched it more than once already and the only reason for the minus 1 star is that repeat watches have some areas where I got a little bored - not significant, but a little.

5 out of 5 stars Great film and a very good transfer.......2007-02-26

Million Dollar Baby deserved all the acclaim it received in 2004 together with the four Oscars - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor. I will not go into any depth about the film but do wish to describe the blu-ray transfer. Warner did a wonderful job with this one. With all the shadows and dark scenes in the film, it could easily have had little improvement by going to HD. But it did! The detail in the shadows stands out, the fight scenes are the best on HD to date and HD brings the action even more to life. This is an excellent disk to add to your collection.
Million Dollar Baby [HD DVD]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • HOW DID IT WIN
  • "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance."
  • a good one
  • An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!
  • Full circle!!!
 Million Dollar Baby [HD DVD]
Starring: Eastwood , Swank , and Freeman
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000E5KJCU
Release Date: 2006-04-18

Product Description

HD DVD - Million Dollar BabyTechnical Specs: HD-DVD Single-Disc SetVideo Resolution: 1080p HD 480i SD (Supplements only)Aspect Ratio(s): 2.40:1Audio Formats: English 5.1 TrueHD Dolby Digital-Plus English 5.1 Dolby French-Quebec 5.1 Dolby English 2.0 Dolby Stereo (Supplements only)Subtitles/Captions: English SDH Captions English Subtitles French Subtitles Latin Spanish SubtitlesSupplements: 3 Featurettes Theatrical TrailerHD Bonus Content: None

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Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking, as deeply felt in its heart-wrenching emotions as it is streamlined in its character-driven storytelling. In the course of developing powerful bonds between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her grizzled, reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and Frankie's best friend and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), 74-year-old Eastwood mines gold from each and every character, resulting in stellar work from his well-chosen cast. Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars HOW DID IT WIN.......2007-07-01

One of the things I will never understand is how this film won Best Picture and Best Actress. I love Clint and Hilary, but this film was boring and nothing special. It wasn't aweful, but in reality it shouldn't have even been nominated. It was, once again, dark and I fell asleep twice. Hilary Swank won the Oscar, once again stealing it from Annete Benning who deserved it. Swank just put on a bad accent and it was not a great performance. The Aviator sshould have won ultimately but it didn't. I was dissapointed

3 out of 5 stars "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance." .......2007-07-01

Abandon any notions that Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" is another routine underdog-rises-to-the-top boxing tale. This is a film more concerned with examining the hard choices that life sometimes asks us to make.

Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) asks Frankie Dunn (Eastwood) to train her as a boxer. Frankie refuses because he says she is too old and a girl. Yet, the defiant Maggie continues to insist and, with the support of Eddie Dupris (Morgan Freeman), gets Frankie to change his mind. Soon she is on the fast track to success but a terrifying accident abruptly changes her life and forces Frankie to make a difficult decision.

Eastwood never resorts to melodrama or cheap manipulative tricks in "Million Dollar Baby" to examine the value of one's personal dignity. He instead uses his veteran directing talents to weave together a heartbreaking story that refuses to supply any easy answers. Maggie's quick professional ascension may stretch credibility a bit but this is a minor quibble. Anchored by strong performances throughout, especially that of Swank's, "Million Dollar Baby" is a compelling piece of filmmaking that will undoubtedly linger in your mind for quite some time.

4 out of 5 stars a good one.......2007-06-27

A good movie, but a sad one. Hillary Swank is the best, and so is Clint Eastwood.

5 out of 5 stars An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!.......2007-06-27

From the haunting music accompanying the movie, the fascinating and intriguing characters and finally to the bitter, heart-wrenching ending, this is a movie that encapsulates great movie making, with a heart.

The film starts by showing Eastwood's character trying to "protect" his prized boxer from fighting for the Title. Gradually, we learn that he is not protecting those people around him, but only himself. Over time, his initial dislike for Fitzgerald turned into a fatherly love. In the finale, although much criticism was placed on the film's ending, i honestly believe that he did what he did out of sheer fatherly love for Fitzgerald, and that Fitzgerald herself would've warranted the act.

Sure, a lot of films made has heart in it. Take for example, the insecurity and jealousy of Jake La Motta in Martin Scorcese's Raging Bull (great performance by Robert De Niro!) and also Braddock's ferocious love for his family in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man. But rarely do we see a film which brings us to understand Eastwood's character - his frailty, his unrequited love for his daughter, and his passion for boxing.

Without this great ensemble of a cast - Clint Eastwood, Hillary Swank and Morgan Freeman, and of Eastwood's superb directing and composing, the movie would've suffered from the style-over-substance syndrome, which this movie is definitely and utterly not.

5 out of 5 stars Full circle!!!.......2007-05-17

Clint Eastwood has done some beautiful cinematic work in his lifetime, but this one takes the cake. There's something magical about Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood together on screen (again). I don't know what it is, but it works. And Hillary Swank is magnificent! This movie takes you on an emotional ride of realism that comes full circle by movies end. This movie is great!
Million Dollar Baby (Three-Disc Collector's Edition)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • HOW DID IT WIN
  • "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance."
  • a good one
  • An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!
  • Full circle!!!
 Million Dollar Baby (Three-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Ned Eisenberg , Brian Finney , Ted Grossman , Bruce MacVittie , and Margo Martindale
Director: Clint Eastwood
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0009JZV60
Release Date: 2005-07-12

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Clint Eastwood's 25th film as a director, Million Dollar Baby stands proudly with Unforgiven and Mystic River as the masterwork of a great American filmmaker. In an age of bloated spectacle and computer-generated effects extravaganzas, Eastwood turns an elegant screenplay by Paul Haggis (adapted from the book Rope Burns: Stories From the Corner by F.X. Toole, a pseudonym for veteran boxing manager Jerry Boyd) into a simple, humanitarian example of classical filmmaking, as deeply felt in its heart-wrenching emotions as it is streamlined in its character-driven storytelling. In the course of developing powerful bonds between "white-trash" Missouri waitress and aspiring boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), her grizzled, reluctant trainer Frankie Dunn (Eastwood), and Frankie's best friend and training-gym partner Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman), 74-year-old Eastwood mines gold from each and every character, resulting in stellar work from his well-chosen cast. Containing deep reserves of love, loss, and the universal desire for something better in hard-scrabble lives, Million Dollar Baby emerged, quietly and gracefully, as one of the most acclaimed films of 2004, released just in time to earn an abundance of year-end accolades, all of them well-deserved. --Jeff Shannon

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"I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging.

DVD Features:
Documentary:Born to Fight
Featurette:Producer's Round 1
Interviews:Roundtable with Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank and Moderator James Lipton.
Other:CD SOUNDTRACK

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars HOW DID IT WIN.......2007-07-01

One of the things I will never understand is how this film won Best Picture and Best Actress. I love Clint and Hilary, but this film was boring and nothing special. It wasn't aweful, but in reality it shouldn't have even been nominated. It was, once again, dark and I fell asleep twice. Hilary Swank won the Oscar, once again stealing it from Annete Benning who deserved it. Swank just put on a bad accent and it was not a great performance. The Aviator sshould have won ultimately but it didn't. I was dissapointed

3 out of 5 stars "There is magic in fighting battles beyond endurance." .......2007-07-01

Abandon any notions that Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" is another routine underdog-rises-to-the-top boxing tale. This is a film more concerned with examining the hard choices that life sometimes asks us to make.

Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) asks Frankie Dunn (Eastwood) to train her as a boxer. Frankie refuses because he says she is too old and a girl. Yet, the defiant Maggie continues to insist and, with the support of Eddie Dupris (Morgan Freeman), gets Frankie to change his mind. Soon she is on the fast track to success but a terrifying accident abruptly changes her life and forces Frankie to make a difficult decision.

Eastwood never resorts to melodrama or cheap manipulative tricks in "Million Dollar Baby" to examine the value of one's personal dignity. He instead uses his veteran directing talents to weave together a heartbreaking story that refuses to supply any easy answers. Maggie's quick professional ascension may stretch credibility a bit but this is a minor quibble. Anchored by strong performances throughout, especially that of Swank's, "Million Dollar Baby" is a compelling piece of filmmaking that will undoubtedly linger in your mind for quite some time.

4 out of 5 stars a good one.......2007-06-27

A good movie, but a sad one. Hillary Swank is the best, and so is Clint Eastwood.

5 out of 5 stars An encapsulation and celebration of great movie making!.......2007-06-27

From the haunting music accompanying the movie, the fascinating and intriguing characters and finally to the bitter, heart-wrenching ending, this is a movie that encapsulates great movie making, with a heart.

The film starts by showing Eastwood's character trying to "protect" his prized boxer from fighting for the Title. Gradually, we learn that he is not protecting those people around him, but only himself. Over time, his initial dislike for Fitzgerald turned into a fatherly love. In the finale, although much criticism was placed on the film's ending, i honestly believe that he did what he did out of sheer fatherly love for Fitzgerald, and that Fitzgerald herself would've warranted the act.

Sure, a lot of films made has heart in it. Take for example, the insecurity and jealousy of Jake La Motta in Martin Scorcese's Raging Bull (great performance by Robert De Niro!) and also Braddock's ferocious love for his family in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man. But rarely do we see a film which brings us to understand Eastwood's character - his frailty, his unrequited love for his daughter, and his passion for boxing.

Without this great ensemble of a cast - Clint Eastwood, Hillary Swank and Morgan Freeman, and of Eastwood's superb directing and composing, the movie would've suffered from the style-over-substance syndrome, which this movie is definitely and utterly not.

5 out of 5 stars Full circle!!!.......2007-05-17

Clint Eastwood has done some beautiful cinematic work in his lifetime, but this one takes the cake. There's something magical about Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood together on screen (again). I don't know what it is, but it works. And Hillary Swank is magnificent! This movie takes you on an emotional ride of realism that comes full circle by movies end. This movie is great!
Million Dollar Baby (3 Disc Deluxe Edition)
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    		Million Dollar Baby (3 Disc Deluxe Edition)

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    ASIN: B000J42MS0

    Product Description

    "I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS", trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance. Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multi-award-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging. Million Dollar Baby is an absolute knockout.
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      Release Date: 2005-07-12
      Charlie Rose with Clint Eastwood (January 14, 2005)
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        		Charlie Rose with Clint Eastwood (January 14, 2005)

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        Filmmaker Clint Eastwood sits down with Charlie to talk about his life, his career, and his new film Million Dollar Baby, which is receiving much critical praise.
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          ASIN: B000GAKUD6
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          Morgan Freeman joins Charlie for a discussion of his new film Million Dollar Baby for which he was nominated for best-supporting actor. They discuss Freeman's role in the film, his life and career as well as love of flying, which he developed late in life.
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