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Million Dollar Baby

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Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, who also composed its score, following an underdog boxer, Maggie Fitzgerald, played by Hilary Swank, who trains under Eastwood's cynical coach and suffers a catastrophic spinal injury after a championship bout. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 77th ceremony, with Eastwood winning Best Director, Swank winning Best Actress and Morgan Freeman winning Best Supporting Actor.

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English 1
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Academy Award for Best Picture 1
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César Award for Best Foreign Film 1
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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film 1
Release Year
2004 2
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  • Million Dollar Baby, lead paragraph (Wikipedia), original language
    Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Paul Haggis.
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    Category:National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film winners
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  • Wikipedia category (academy-award-for-best-picture), checked 2026-09-27
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Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Paul Haggis.
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