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    of female boxing, Million Dollar Baby is a stand out film release in the year 2004 (Metacritic). The raw editing and emotions portrayed throughout the film work together to create a riveting story as viewers dive through different emotions alongside the characters. Through the use of precise lighting and camera angles, director Clint Eastwood and cinematographer Tom Stern reach beyond standard film techniques and bring the cinematography to life. Million Dollar Baby, directed by Clint Eastwood

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    Million Dollar Baby Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood’s latest movie as a director has been getting more and more positive reviews recently and it is even better than Mystic River. At first glance, the film looks like another boxing-movie cliché. However, Eastwood has succeeded in creating a compelling and moving story about the intricate world of human relationships, the price of success and the realization of dreams. The movie explores many different subject matters. Million Dollar Baby is about

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    Director Clint Eastwood’s powerful film, “Million Dollar Baby” is deep, emotional, and powerful film about a southern girl who believes she can be a boxer, an old, rough edged boxing trainer, and the boxing trainer’s longtime friend. Clint Eastwood character is the aging trainer Frankie, who own a boxing gym in Los Angeles and has been training boxers all of his adult life. Hilary Swank character is Maggie, a women from Mississippi, who has been serving tables since she was a teenager to get by and

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    In the film by Clint Eastwood called “Million Dollar Baby,” begins with a veteran boxing trainer named Frankie Dunn who has devoted his life to the boxing ring but he is neglected by his daughter that never answers his letters and a boxer, that he has trained into contender status, has paid him back by signing with another manager, leaving Frankie in a helpless situation. His best friend and faithful employee, Eddie Dupris, is a former fighter who Frankie trained. When Dupris used to be in his prime

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    Million Dollar Baby The plot of Million Dollar Baby might look like just another boxing movie, but I believe there is more to the film than just simply placing it into a sports genre. Most of the scenes from Million Dollar Baby revolve around a boxing ring, but once viewers start to see past the ring they will start to understand what the real plot of the movie is focused on. After watching the movie I did not think the director Clint Eastwood was trying to recreate a female version of Rocky, I

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    including best picture. Million Dollar Baby is about a woman who must overcome many obstacles to achieve her goals, despite when everyone is telling her that she can’t. Million Dollar Baby tells the inspirational story of Maggie Fitzgerald, a hard working, dedicated, and inspired rookie boxer who will do whatever it takes to be the best. Maggie wants to be a boxer even though she is in her 30’s, which is an unusual age for beginner boxers. The theme is of Million Dollar Baby is that life is unfair but

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    In the film 'Million Dollar Baby',directed by Clint Eastwood is mainly based around the theme of how the important characters as vehicles to convey the theme familial love and support. This is shown when the theme is set up through Maggie and Frankie having broken relationship with their families, but it was resolved when they came together. Having familial love and support is important to an individual’s wellbeing. Without love, humans become isolated and unsatisfied. Therefore, by coming together

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    Million Dollar Baby, released in 20014, is a film directed by Clint Eastwood. He also stars as one of the main characters by the name of Frankie Dunn. The film also stars Hillary Swank as Maggie and Morgan Freeman as Eddie Dupris. This film is categorized as a sports drama and explores a variety of issues. However, one of the moral dilemmas that come up strongly in this film is euthanasia. Although it comes up towards the end of the film, it has a huge impact on how one perceives the whole film.

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    Movie Analysis: Million Dollar Baby Million Dollar Baby is a movie produced by Clint Eastwood and stars Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman in lead roles. In this movie we see, Maggie Fitzgerald portrayed by Hilary Swank is a boxer in the lightweight category who breaks her neck during an unfair fight. She ends up being in the hospital with a severed spinal cord leading to quadriplegic state and kept alive on mechanical ventilation. Her coach Frankie, played by Clint Eastwood goes through

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    Million Dollar Baby Throughout this course we have discussed about making good and bad decisions in life. In grade 12 curriculum we have watched a movie called A Million Dollar baby cast by Clint Eastwood as an Frankie Dunn (coach), Hilary Swank as an Maggie Fitzgerald (female boxer) and Morgan Freeman Eddie "Scrap Iron"(gym keeper). In this movie Eastwood has shown in his movie a story about a struggling life of boxers and coach. In this movie an actor and director is playing a role

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