"list of the National Board of Review. Eastwood also earned a Golden Globe nomination for directing. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards — for Best Sound (John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin) and Sound Editing. Film critic Richard Roeper said, ""Clint Eastwood's ""Flags of Our Fathers"" stands with the Oscar-winning ""Unforgiven"" and ""Million Dollar Baby"" as an American masterpiece. It is a searing and powerful work from a 76-year-old artist who remains at the top of his game... [and] ""Flags of Our Fathers"" is a patriotic film in that it honors those who"
"November 12, 2014, he was bestowed the honor of Freedom of the City by the City of London. In August 2017, he was named the 54th recipient of the SAG Life Achievement award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in ""Street Smart"" (1987), ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (1989), ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994), and ""Invictus"" (2009). He has also won a Golden"
"Million Dollar Baby (1941 film) Million Dollar Baby is a 1941 romantic comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Released by Warner Bros., the film stars Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ronald Reagan, with May Robson and Lee Patrick. When wealthy American expatriate Cornelia Wheelwright (Robson) is informed by her longtime lawyers that her late father swindled his partner, Fortune McCallister, out of $700,000, she acts decisively. First, because James Amory is the only lawyer in the firm to be outraged by the injustice, she hires him and fires the rest of the firm. His first task is to locate all"
"Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in ""Street Smart"" (1987), ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (1989), ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994), and ""Invictus"" (2009). He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including ""Glory"" (1989), """" (1991), ""Seven"" (1995), ""Deep Impact"" (1998), ""The Sum of All Fears"" (2002), ""Bruce Almighty"" (2003), ""The Dark Knight"
"them into the screenplay for ""Million Dollar Baby"". Clint Eastwood portrayed the lead character in the film. Eastwood also directed the film, and used the screenplay written by Haggis. ""Million Dollar Baby"" received four Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture. After ""Million Dollar Baby"", Haggis worked on the 2004 film ""Crash"". Haggis came up with the story for the film on his own, and then wrote and directed the film, which allowed him greater control over his work. ""Crash"" was his first experience as director of a major feature film. Highly positive upon release, critical reception of"
"the two co-head its sister online film distribution company ClickStar. Freeman also hosts the channel ""Our Space"" on ClickStar, with specially crafted film clips in which he shares his love for the sciences, especially space exploration and aeronautics. After three previous nominations - a Best Supporting Actor nomination for ""Street Smart"", and Best Actor nominations for ""Driving Miss Daisy"" and ""The Shawshank Redemption""—he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ""Million Dollar Baby"" at the 77th Academy Awards. Freeman is recognized for his distinctive voice, making him a frequent choice for narration. In 2005 alone,"
"interviewed as part of a group of ex-Scientologists for the 2015 movie """". Haggis has been nominated for dozens of awards. Paul Haggis Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners: ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004) and ""Crash"" (2005), the latter of which he also directed. Haggis also co-wrote the war film ""Flags of Our Fathers"" (2006) and the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"" (2006) and ""Quantum of Solace"" (2008). He is the creator of the"
"""The New York Times"" wrote that the film was too similar to many other Eastwood films, although he said, ""there is something comforting in seeing this old warhorse trot gamely out of the gate for yet another run on familiar turf."" Despite the lackluster performance at the box office and mixed reception, Eastwood won the Future Film Festival Digital Award at the Venice Film Festival. Eastwood directed the crime drama ""Mystic River"" about murder, vigilantism, and sexual abuse. In 2005, Eastwood won critical and commercial success with ""Million Dollar Baby"" which screened from late January to early June 2005. The"
"The Million Dollar Hotel The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 American drama film based on a concept story by Bono and Nicholas Klein, directed by Wim Wenders, and starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, and Mel Gibson. The film features music by U2 and various artists and was released on the soundtrack, """". A group of very different people live in a hotel in Los Angeles, California including the romantically involved Tom Tom (Davies) and Eloise (Milla Jovovich). The events that unfold are the result of the death of an important resident; the son (Tim Roth) of a billionaire media"
"Million Dollar Babies Million Dollar Babies is a 1994 television film based on the fact based novel ""Time of Their Lives—The Dionne Tragedy"" by John Nihmey and Stuart Foxman. It was an American/Canadian co-production by CBS, Cinar (Now Cookie Jar Entertainment), and The CBC. The poor Dionne family lives in rural Ontario, Canada. The mother, Elzire, collapses and goes into what everyone thinks is premature labor. Even though they have no money her husband, Oliva, races to get a doctor. Early on the morning of May 28, 1934 she gives birth to five daughters, the famous Dionne Quintuplets. The story"
"10th Critics' Choice Awards The 10th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2005, honoring the finest achievements of 2004 filmmaking. ""' Jamie Foxx – ""Ray"" ""' Hilary Swank – ""Million Dollar Baby"" ""' ""The Incredibles"" ""' ""Sideways"" ""' Howard Shore – ""The Aviator"" ""' Martin Scorsese – ""The Aviator"" ""' ""Fahrenheit 9/11"" ""' ""Finding Neverland"" ""' ""The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)"" • Spain ""' ""Sideways"" ""' ""The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"" ""' ""Spider-Man 2"" ""' ""Old Habits Die Hard"" – ""Alfie"" ""Ray"" ""' Thomas Haden Church – ""Sideways"" ""' Virginia Madsen – ""Sideways"" ""' Alexander Payne"
"Charlize Theron. Robert Wise, Elia Kazan, Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Stone, Roland Joffe, Carlos Saura, Ismail Merchant, Moustapha Akkad, and Michelangelo Antonioni. The CIFF 2004 Best Arab Film Award was given to an Egyptian film, Inas El-Degheidy's 'Searching for Freedom.' In 2005 the CIFF honored its two star guests, American actor Morgan Freeman and French actress Leslie Caron. There was a screening of American actor and director Clint Eastwood's 'Million Dollar Baby' starring Freeman, Eastwood and Hilary Swank; and American director Vincent Minnelli's classic musical 'An American in Paris' (1951), starring Caron and Gene Kelly. CIFF's other 2005 honorees included Mohamed"
"as overjoyed at her good fortune as she imagines they would be, and rather resent her. As the last straw, her boyfriend tells her she's an Elsie Dinsmore and breaks it off with her. Pam finally decides on a course of action that makes her happy, as well as those around her. Million Dollar Baby (1941 film) Million Dollar Baby is a 1941 romantic comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Released by Warner Bros., the film stars Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ronald Reagan, with May Robson and Lee Patrick. When wealthy American expatriate Cornelia Wheelwright (Robson) is informed by"
"and Jim Taylor – ""Sideways"" ""' Freddie Highmore – ""Finding Neverland"" ""' Emmy Rossum – ""The Phantom of the Opera"" 10th Critics' Choice Awards The 10th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2005, honoring the finest achievements of 2004 filmmaking. ""' Jamie Foxx – ""Ray"" ""' Hilary Swank – ""Million Dollar Baby"" ""' ""The Incredibles"" ""' ""Sideways"" ""' Howard Shore – ""The Aviator"" ""' Martin Scorsese – ""The Aviator"" ""' ""Fahrenheit 9/11"" ""' ""Finding Neverland"" ""' ""The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)"" • Spain ""' ""Sideways"" ""' ""The Life and Death of Peter Sellers"" ""' ""Spider-Man 2"" ""' ""Old"
"has received Academy Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and People's Choice Awards, among others. Eastwood is one of only two people to have been twice nominated for Best Actor and Best Director for the same film (""Unforgiven"" and ""Million Dollar Baby"") the other being Warren Beatty (""Heaven Can Wait"" and ""Reds""). Along with Beatty, Robert Redford, Richard Attenborough, Kevin Costner, and Mel Gibson, he is one of the few directors best known as an actor to win an Academy Award for directing. On February 27, 2005, he became one of only three living directors (along with"
"Ruddy could shoot the approved script but still leave all her speeches on the cutting room floor. Rand asked for final editing approval, which neither Ruddy nor the director had the power to give her so she responded by withdrawing her support from the film and vowing to ensure that Ruddy was never involved in any adaptation of her novel. In the early 2000s, he helped create the successful series ""Walker, Texas Ranger"". In 2004, he produced ""Million Dollar Baby"", which earned him his second Oscar for Best Picture. He shared the award with Clint Eastwood, who had presented Ruddy"
"series """" (2018). Peña was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Nicolasa, a social worker, and Eleuterio Peña, a factory worker. Peña's parents were originally farmers, and emigrated from Mexico; his father was from Villa Purificación, Jalisco, and his mother was from Charcas, San Luis Potosí. He grew up in the North Lawndale area and attended Marist High School. Though Peña has been a regular in independent productions since 1994, his breakthrough performances came in two Best Picture Oscar-winning Paul Haggis-penned films, ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004) and ""Crash"" (2004). The former was helmed by Clint Eastwood, and the latter"
"Million Dollar Mermaid Million Dollar Mermaid (also known as The One Piece Bathing Suit in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and the choreography by Busby Berkeley. George Folsey received a 1953 Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, Color. The film stars Esther Williams, Victor Mature, and Walter Pidgeon, with David Brian and Donna Corcoran. In the late 19th"
"Swank garnered critical acclaim for her portrayal of Brandon Teena in the 1999 biographical film ""Boys Don't Cry"", which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She starred in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama film ""Million Dollar Baby"" as struggling-waitress-turned-boxer Maggie Fitzgerald, which won her a second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She has also starred in films such as ""The Gift"" (2000), ""Insomnia"" (2002), ""The Core"" (2003), ""Iron Jawed Angels"" (2004), ""Red Dust"" (2004), ""The Reaping"" (2007), ""P.S. I Love"
"Baby"" always centered on its misleading marketing, and effort by Warner Brothers to sell it as a movie about a female ""Rocky"", with barely a hint of the pitch-dark substance that led Andrew Sarris of the ""New York Observer"" ... to declare that 'no movie in my memory has depressed me more than ""Million Dollar Baby"".'"" In early 2005, the film sparked controversy when some disability rights activists protested the ending. Wesley J. Smith in ""The Weekly Standard"" also criticized the film for its ending and for missed opportunities; Smith said, ""The movie could have ended with Maggie triumphing once"
"Paul Haggis Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners: ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004) and ""Crash"" (2005), the latter of which he also directed. Haggis also co-wrote the war film ""Flags of Our Fathers"" (2006) and the James Bond films ""Casino Royale"" (2006) and ""Quantum of Solace"" (2008). He is the creator of the television series ""Due South"" (1994–1999) and co-creator of ""Walker, Texas Ranger"" (1993–2001), among others. Haggis is a two-time Academy Award winner,"
"Penn, Kevin Bacon and Tim Robbins. The film was praised by critics and won two Academy Awards – Best Actor for Penn and Best Supporting Actor for Robbins – with Eastwood garnering nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. The film grossed $90million domestically on a budget of $30million. In 2003 Eastwood was named Best Director of the Year by the National Society of Film Critics. The following year Eastwood found further critical acclaim with ""Million Dollar Baby"". The boxing drama won four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Hilary Swank) and Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman)."
"9th Golden Satellite Awards The 9th Golden Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2004, were presented by the International Press Academy on January 23, 2005. Mary Pickford Award – Susan Sarandon Nikola Tesla Award – Jerry Lewis Outstanding New Talent – Freddie Highmore ""' Don Cheadle – ""Hotel Rwanda"" ""' Jamie Foxx – ""Ray"" ""' Hilary Swank – ""Million Dollar Baby"" ""' Annette Bening – ""Being Julia"" ""' ""The Incredibles"" ""' ""De-Lovely"" ""' ""House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)"" ""' ""Vanity Fair"" ""' Mel Gibson – ""The Passion of the Christ"" ""' ""Super Size"
"list of participating cities continues to grow. Grant L. Roberts Grant Roberts is a former Mr. World Canada bodybuilding champion, and is a personal trainer, nutritionist, lifestyle coach, actor, author and philanthropist. Roberts was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is also a citizen of Ireland. He currently resides in Canada and the United States. Roberts career gained international recognition for his work in transforming the physique of actress Hilary Swank in the Clint Eastwood film ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004). Swank went on to win both the Golden Globe and Actress Academy award for Best Actress and paid tribute to"
"that parodies ""The Kid Stays in the Picture"". Robert Evans Robert Evans (born June 29, 1930) is an American film producer and former studio executive, best known for his work on ""Rosemary's Baby"", ""Love Story"", ""The Godfather"" and ""Chinatown"". Evans began his career in a successful business venture with his brother, selling women's apparel. In 1956, while on a business trip, he was by chance spotted by actress Norma Shearer, who thought he would be right to play the role of her late husband Irving Thalberg (appropriately, another film mogul) in ""Man of a Thousand Faces"". Thus he began a"
"opened at #3 at the U.S. box office, making $6,220,935 USD in its opening weekend, behind ""The Legend of Zorro"" and ""Saw II"". Prime (film) Prime is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, and Bryan Greenberg. It was written and directed by Ben Younger. The film grossed $67,937,503 worldwide. Rafi is a recently divorced, 37-year-old career woman from Manhattan who becomes romantically involved with David, a talented 23-year-old painter from the Upper West Side. Rafi shares all her secrets with her therapist Lisa who, unbeknownst to Rafi, is David's mother. Lisa is supportive of Rafi's"
"the Dock, that targets the YouTube demographic. Lakeshore Entertainment Lakeshore Entertainment Group, LLC is an American independent film production, finance, and former international sales and distribution company founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg and Ted Tannebaum (1933–2002). Lakeshore Entertainment is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The company has produced over 60 films, including the Academy Award-winning ""Million Dollar Baby"". Sigurjón Sighvatsson was the company's first president and served from its founding until 1998. He was replaced by producer Gary Lucchesi. The company also has a record label division, Lakeshore Records. In 2013, the company launched a television division, and in"
"for Best Actress for playing a female boxer in Clint Eastwood's 2004 film ""Million Dollar Baby"", a role for which she underwent extensive training in the ring and weight room gaining 19 pounds of muscle, aided by professional trainer Grant L. Roberts. With her second Oscar, she had joined the ranks of Vivien Leigh, Sally Field and Luise Rainer as the only actresses to have been nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress twice and won both times. After winning her second Oscar, she said, ""I don't know what I did in this life to deserve this. I'm just a"
"Eastwood's ""Million Dollar Baby"". Her career spanned 24 years, eleven CSA nominations (including two wins), and two Emmy nominations. The final films she cast were Clint Eastwood's ""Flags of Our Fathers"" and ""Letters from Iwo Jima"", opening seven months and nine months, respectively, after her death on March 2, 2006, aged 61. She was married to actor David Huffman until his death in 1985. She is survived by her two sons. Phyllis Huffman Phyllis Huffman (June 23, 1944 – March 2, 2006) was a casting director for film and television. She received numerous award nominations from the Casting Society of"
"directed by ""Moulin Rouge!"" director Baz Luhrmann, to promote the fragrance during the holiday seasons of 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008. The three-minute commercial produced for ""Chanel No. 5"" made Kidman the record holder for the most money paid per minute to an actor after she reportedly earned US$12million for the three-minute advert. During this time, Kidman was also listed as the 45th Most Powerful Celebrity on the 2005 ""Forbes"" Celebrity 100 List. She made a reported US$14.5 million in 2004–2005. On ""People"" magazine's list of 2005's highest-paid actresses, Kidman was second behind Julia Roberts, with US$16–17 million per-film price"
"Grant L. Roberts Grant Roberts is a former Mr. World Canada bodybuilding champion, and is a personal trainer, nutritionist, lifestyle coach, actor, author and philanthropist. Roberts was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is also a citizen of Ireland. He currently resides in Canada and the United States. Roberts career gained international recognition for his work in transforming the physique of actress Hilary Swank in the Clint Eastwood film ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004). Swank went on to win both the Golden Globe and Actress Academy award for Best Actress and paid tribute to Roberts on both occasions, acknowledging his contribution."
"is by U2, and it's phenomenal. So I really regret saying that. I have written a lot of apology letters about it. The Million Dollar Hotel The Million Dollar Hotel is a 2000 American drama film based on a concept story by Bono and Nicholas Klein, directed by Wim Wenders, and starring Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich, and Mel Gibson. The film features music by U2 and various artists and was released on the soundtrack, """". A group of very different people live in a hotel in Los Angeles, California including the romantically involved Tom Tom (Davies) and Eloise (Milla Jovovich)."
"earthquake and opened in early 1999. During the filming of ""Blood Diamond"", DiCaprio worked with 24 orphaned children from the SOS Children's Village in Maputo, Mozambique, and was said to be extremely touched by his interactions with the children. In 2010, he donated $1 million to relief efforts in Haiti after the earthquake. In April 2013, DiCaprio donated $61,000 to GLAAD, an organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media. After Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Leonardo DiCaprio provided $1 million to the United Way Harvey Recovery Fund through his foundation. Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (; born"