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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
| Screenplay by | Paul Haggis |
| Based on | Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole |
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| Narrated by | Morgan Freeman |
| Cinematography | Tom Stern |
| Edited by | Joel Cox |
| Music by | Clint Eastwood |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (North America) Lakeshore International (international) |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[1][2] |
| Box office | $216.8 million[3] |
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. It also stars Morgan Freeman. The film follows Margaret "Maggie" Fitzgerald (Swank), an underdog amateur boxer who is helped by an underappreciated boxing trainer (Eastwood) to achieve her dream of becoming a professional.
Million Dollar Baby was theatrically released on December 15, 2004, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received critical acclaim and grossed $216.8 million worldwide. The film garnered seven nominations at the 77th Academy Awards and won four: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (for Swank), and Best Supporting Actor (for Freeman). It has since been cited as one of the best films of the 2000s, the 21st century and of all-time.[4][5]
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