JJ: Million Dollar Question
What would you risk for one shot at greatness? Should you play it safe or put it all on the line for the chance to battle for the championship? Clint Eastwood asks us to contemplate that choice in the powerful Million Dollar Baby.
"Winners do things that losers simply won't" reads a sign hanging outside the boxing ring in the broken-down L.A. gym—the Hit Pit—run by Frankie Dunn (Eastwood).
Says narrator Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris (Morgan Freeman): "If there's magic in boxing it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys, and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you."
Is pursuing that dream enough? - John
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This article describes how Hilary Swank trained to gain 20 pounds of lean, hard muscle to play the role of boxer Maggie Fitzgerald.
"Winners do things that losers simply won't" reads a sign hanging outside the boxing ring in the broken-down L.A. gym—the Hit Pit—run by Frankie Dunn (Eastwood).
Says narrator Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris (Morgan Freeman): "If there's magic in boxing it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys, and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you."
Is pursuing that dream enough? - John
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This article describes how Hilary Swank trained to gain 20 pounds of lean, hard muscle to play the role of boxer Maggie Fitzgerald.
posted by JPD at Saturday, February 26, 2005
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