Nominated producer(s): Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg (winner)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale
Studio: Warner Bros.
Other Oscar noms/wins:
director (winner), best actor (Clint Eastwood), best actress (Hilary Swank, winner), supporting actor (Morgan Freeman, winner), adapted screenplay (Paul Haggis), film editing (Joel Cox)
Released in December, Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood’s boxing drama dropped in at the last second of its awards season.
And then, it turned the narrative around from what many assumed was going to be the long-awaited winning year for Scorsese glitzy biopic, The Aviator to a second triumphant win for Eastwood, as well as Hilary Swank as Best Actress.
In Eastwood’s signature style, the movie about an energetic female boxer who captures the heart of her hardened trainer is his most emotional movie ever.
The movie also claims Eastwood’s most nuanced acting, and introduces the talents of the then new Black actor Anthony Mackie.
Oscar: Sports Movies–Clint Eastwood’s Oscar Winning “Million Dollar Baby” (2004)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Nominated producer(s): Clint Eastwood, Albert S. Ruddy, Tom Rosenberg (winner)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale
Studio: Warner Bros.
Other Oscar noms/wins:
director (winner), best actor (Clint Eastwood), best actress (Hilary Swank, winner), supporting actor (Morgan Freeman, winner), adapted screenplay (Paul Haggis), film editing (Joel Cox)
Released in December, Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood’s boxing drama dropped in at the last second of its awards season.
And then, it turned the narrative around from what many assumed was going to be the long-awaited winning year for Scorsese glitzy biopic, The Aviator to a second triumphant win for Eastwood, as well as Hilary Swank as Best Actress.
In Eastwood’s signature style, the movie about an energetic female boxer who captures the heart of her hardened trainer is his most emotional movie ever.
The movie also claims Eastwood’s most nuanced acting, and introduces the talents of the then new Black actor Anthony Mackie.