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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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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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.
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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Joel Cox, Eastwood's editor for many years, was nominated for Best Film Editing, and Paul Haggis was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay award.
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Weekly Top 10 (listed alphabetically) - David Sterritt, Christian Science Monitor Top 10 (listed alphabetically)- Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian Top 10 (listed alphabetically) - Carrie Rickey and Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer == Accolades == Million Dollar Baby received the award for Best Picture of 2004 at the 77th Academy Awards.
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