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Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film starring Hilary Swank.It is directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis, based on stories from the 2000 collection Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and cutman Jerry Boyd.
After some pleading from Belle, Chuck relents and allows her in the ring, where she knocks out a boy in a match. Carmen is furious when Belle comes home with a black eye, and demands that Chuck stop teaching Belle to box. While upset, Carmen grows lightheaded and nearly faints, which Chuck recognizes as one of her increasingly frequent headaches.
A man poses as a boxer to impress a barmaid and is forced to fight the champion. The Champion: 1915 Short, comedy Charlie Chaplin puts a "good luck" horseshoe into his boxing glove and wins. The White Hope: 1915 Drama An Earl's sister returns to a boxer in time to help him win. Twenty-One: 1918 Comedy
The young Black female boxer faces the bias that closes the doors to endorsement deals and wider fame. Although she deserves both, Shields knows she won't get them unless she fights against the ...
Girlfight is a 2000 American sports drama film written and directed by Karyn Kusama in her feature directorial debut, and stars Michelle Rodriguez in her first film role. The film follows Diana Guzman, a troubled Brooklyn high school student who decides to channel her aggression by training to become a boxer, despite the disapproval of both her father and her prospective trainers, as well as ...
The untitled Christy Martin film is an upcoming American biographical sports drama film about the former professional boxer Christy Martin, who will be played by Sydney Sweeney. The film, directed by David Michôd and written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes , chronicles the boxing star's rise to becoming America's most well known female boxer in ...
Cheryl Marie Wheeler-Dixon (August 18, 1960 – February 12, 2020) was an American stunt woman, stunt double, and stunt driver in the US movie industry.She was credited as Cheryl Wheeler-Duncan, Cheryl Wheeler, Cheryl M. Wheeler, and Sheryl Wheeler.
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