"for at least 4 more years (in 1999), and Brenda died from a drug overdose before the film's release. Source A fictionalized version of the documentary is featured in the 2010 feature film ""The Fighter,"" which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. In the film, the documentary is titled ""Crack In America."" Eklund, portrayed by Christian Bale, is shown smoking crack and being high throughout, telling his family that the HBO camera crew are filming him making a boxing comeback. Bale won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Eklund. High on Crack Street: Lost"
"Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra in lead roles. A film with the same title and similar plot was made in 2015 in Russia. Warrior (2011 film) Warrior is a 2011 American sports drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by O'Connor, Cliff Dorfman, and Anthony Tambakis. It stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton as two estranged brothers whose entrance into a mixed martial arts tournament makes them come to terms with their lives and each other. Nick Nolte was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the father of the two brothers. Jennifer Morrison"
"and most recently ""The Fighter"" (2010), starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg. This movie brought back memories of his fight with Dicky Eklund. He also worked as an adviser in the 2011 robot boxing film ""Real Steel"". Leonard served as host and mentor to the aspiring fighters on ""The Contender"". Sylvester Stallone, who co-hosted during the first season, was one of the executive producers, along with Mark Burnett. When Leonard left the show, he was replaced as host by Tony Danza for the final season. In 2001, Leonard launched Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Inc., a boxing promotional company, and announced"
"former accountant at Deloitte Touche who helped uncover cheating in online poker by using statistical methods to analyze thousands of games. Shortly after he produced ""Out of the Furnace"" (2013), the film stars Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, and Sam Shepard. The film is about a Pennsylvania steel mill worker Russell Baze (Bale) and his Iraq War veteran brother Rodney (Affleck), who cannot adjust to civilian life. While Rodney makes some money doing bareknuckle fights for bar owner and small-time criminal John Petty (Dafoe), who runs illegal gambling operations, Rodney becomes so indebted"
"Warrior (2011 film) Warrior is a 2011 American sports drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by O'Connor, Cliff Dorfman, and Anthony Tambakis. It stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton as two estranged brothers whose entrance into a mixed martial arts tournament makes them come to terms with their lives and each other. Nick Nolte was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the father of the two brothers. Jennifer Morrison and Frank Grillo also star. U.S. Marine Tommy Riordan (Tom Hardy) visits his father, Paddy Conlon (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic who"
"with the 2009 film ""Love Ranch"" starring Academy Award winners Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci. The film was directed by Academy Award Winner Taylor Hackford. DiBella was also the associate producer on the film ""The Fighter"", which was released in 2010 and based on the life of former DBE fighter ""Irish"" Micky Ward, starring Mark Wahlberg as Ward and Christian Bale as his trainer and brother Dickie Ecklund. The film won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. DiBella then established the television and film production company, BK Blu. In its first year, the company premiered"
"4, 2011. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, winning the awards for Best Supporting Actor (Bale) and Best Supporting Actress (Leo). It was the first film to win both awards since ""Hannah and Her Sisters"" in 1986. Micky Ward is an American welterweight boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts. Managed by his mother, Alice Ward, and trained by his older half-brother, Dicky Eklund, Micky became a ""stepping stone"" for other boxers to defeat on their way up. Dicky, a former boxer whose peak of success was going the distance with Sugar Ray Leonard in 1978,"
"Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Gyllenhaal received further recognition for roles in ""Zodiac"" (2007), ""Brothers"" (2009), """" (2010), ""Love & Other Drugs"" (2010), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, ""Source Code"" (2011), ""End of Watch"" (2012), ""Prisoners"" and ""Enemy"" (both 2013), ""Nightcrawler"" (2014), ""Southpaw"" (2015), and ""Nocturnal Animals"" (2016), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For ""Nightcrawler"", his performance was widely acclaimed and received rave"
"""Batman"" film trilogy entitled ""The Dark Knight Rises"" as Wayne / Batman. As with its prequels, the film received positive acclaim from movie critics. ""The Dark Knight Rises"" has earned more than $1 billion worldwide thus becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2012. For his role as Michael Burry in the biographical dramedy ""The Big Short"", he was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. Christian Bale filmography British actor Christian Bale has starred in various movies. Bale's role of a young boy, interned in China by the Japanese, received praise from most film critics."
"the award at the 66th Golden Globe Awards ceremony telecast on NBC on 11 January 2009 with ""Dark Knight"" director Christopher Nolan accepting on his behalf. Film critics, co-stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Michael Caine and many of Ledger's colleagues in the film community joined Bale in calling for and predicting a nomination for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in recognition of Ledger's achievement in ""The Dark Knight."" Ledger's subsequent nomination was announced on 22 January 2009, the anniversary of his death. Ledger went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the second person"
"""The Fighter"" was released in a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack and standard DVD in the United States on March 15, 2011. ""The Fighter"" received largely positive reviews, with critics praising the performances of Wahlberg, Bale, Adams and Leo. Bale was seemingly praised more for his performance than his fellow costars, with comments about his weight, accent and mannerisms. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 90% based on reviews from 239 critics, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""Led by a trio of captivating performances from Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and"
"won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Wahlberg has been involved in developing a sequel, ""The Fighter 2"", which would focus on the legendary fight trilogy between Ward and Arturo Gatti. In 2013, Jerry Ferrara signed on to play Gatti. The Fighter The Fighter is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and starring Mark Wahlberg (who also co-produced), Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the lives of professional boxer Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale). Adams plays Micky's girlfriend Charlene Fleming and Leo portrays"
"Sacrifice (2011 film) Sacrifice is a 2011 American/Canadian action thriller film written and directed by Canadian film director Damian Lee, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Christian Slater. It was filmed in Ottawa, Ontario. The movie was produced by Zed Filmworks based in Ottawa, as well as Styx Productions. This film was released direct-to-video. A tough undercover cop named John (Cuba Gooding Jr.) inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when Mike (Devon Bostick), a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five-year-old sister, Angel (Arcadia Kendal) within his care. After Mike is killed, Angel is kidnapped and"
"multiple interviews that the most dedicated student he has ever trained is Downey. Oram also trained Christian Bale in preparation for the ""Batman Begins"" trilogy, for which ""The Dark Knight"" won the 15th Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture in 2008. The fight choreography for """" was different from how it was traditionally done for other movies, and was met with resistance from the production side of the film. The production team felt the fighting was too fast and direct, and they could not see what was being filmed. When the"
"Brawler (film) Brawler is a 2011 American action drama film written and directed by Chris Sivertson. It stars Marc Senter and Nathan Grubbs as the Fontaine Brothers. Senter and Grubbs also produced the film through their company GFY Films. The film had its world premiere at the 2011 Fantasia Film Festival. In New Orleans, the Fontaine family name echoes the streets within both the traditional boxing community and the illegal underground fight world. Charlie Fontaine's unflinching loyalty turns out to be both his greatest strength and his Achilles heel, while Bobby Fontaine's ambitions and shenanigans, driven by a dangerous amount"
"production. The film is the first film sequel that Adam Sandler has starred in. The movie also has a role played by WWE hall of famer Steve Austin. Stand-up comedian Chris Hardwick confirmed a cameo as an ice cream vendor via his Facebook page. Additionally, the film features a cameo appearance by sportscaster Michael Kay and includes Shaquille O'Neal as a cop. On July 10, 2012, it was announced Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, Patrick, would be appearing as one of the frat brothers. Oliver Cooper was offered a role as one of the fraternity brothers but had to back out due"
"Mars, a young American soldier recruited onto the Expendables team. Ortiz appeared in the sports drama film ""Southpaw"", co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, playing a young boxer named Ramone. Victor Ortiz Victor Ortiz (born January 31, 1987) is an American professional boxer and film actor. He held the WBC welterweight title in 2011, and was formerly rated as one of the top three welterweights in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including ""The Ring"" magazine, BoxRec, and ESPN. His crowd-pleasing and aggressive fighting style also made him the 2008 ESPN Prospect of the Year. Outside of boxing, Ortiz has"
"""a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts"". Christopher Plummer received numerous accolades, including the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance. The film is structured as a series of interconnected flashbacks. Following the death of his father Hal from cancer, Oliver reflects on their relationship during the five years since the death of Oliver's mother, Georgia. Shortly after her death, Hal came out to his son and began exploring life as an openly gay man. He becomes active in the gay community, finds love with a much younger man and becomes more honest with himself"
"visited survivors in an Aurora, Colorado hospital. The film garnered further critical praise and financial achievement, earning more than $1 billion worldwide. Currently, the film is the tenth highest-grossing film worldwide unadjusted for inflation and the third highest-grossing film released in 2012, as well as the most financially successful movie in which Bale has starred. After ""Batman Begins"", Bale returned to appearing in independent films. He was cast as one of the two lead roles in the South Central Los Angeles David Ayer-helmed crime drama ""Harsh Times"", co-starring Freddy Rodriguez and Eva Longoria. Bale played Jim Luther Davis, an aloof"
"the Raindance Film Festival. The Boxer (2012 film) The Boxer is a 2012 British drama short film directed by Henry Blake, written by Daniel Bailey, stars Paul Barber and Ashley Chin, and produced by Scruffbag Productions. The film is about the relationship between a young man and his grandfather. 20-year-old Michael Jacobs (Ashley Chin) is about to have his first professional boxing match against the reigning champion, and his 60-year-old grandfather, Joe Jacobs (Paul Barber), cannot be there with him in his corner because he is ill in hospital. Michael visits Joe in hospital hours before the biggest fight of"
"Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English-American actor. He is known for his intense method acting style, often transforming his body drastically for his roles. The recipient of many awards, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, he was featured in the Time 100 list of 2011. Born in Haverfordwest, Wales, to English parents, Bale had his first starring role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg's war film ""Empire of the Sun"" (1987). Following a decade of leading and supporting roles, including in ""Little Women"" (1994), he gained wider recognition for portraying the"
"nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Eric Oram Eric Oram is an American Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioner and fight choreographer who introduced a new way of filming fight scenes in the film """" in which the actors fought with real strikes and attacks, which were then featured in slow motion at 500 frames per second in the final movie. He has trained well known actors in Wing Chun such as Christian Bale for ""Batman Begins"", Jake Gyllenhaal, and in particular Robert Downey Jr. in ""Iron Man"" and"
"Song. On December 7, 2010, Stallone was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum, for paying tribute to boxers in writing and creating the underdog character of Rocky. On January 10, 2016, Stallone won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""Creed"". At the 88th Academy Awards, Stallone was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ""Creed"", the film's only nomination. In total, the ""Rocky"" series has received twelve Academy Awards nominations, winning three. Rocky (film series) Rocky is a series of American boxing sports-drama films."
"portrayal of Dicky Eklund in the David O. Russell-directed biographical film ""The Fighter"" (2010). This acclaim continued with his Oscar-nominated roles in Russell's black comedy ""American Hustle"" (2013) and in Adam McKay's financial satire ""The Big Short"" (2015). Bale's personal life and personality has been the subject of much public attention, despite his desire to keep a low profile. He is a supporter of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Greenpeace, and the World Wildlife Fund. Bale has been married to Sandra Blažić since 2000; they have two children. Bale was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, the son of Jenny (née James), a"
"Near the end of ""Tropic Thunder"", it is revealed that Maguire's character has been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for ""Satan's Alley"", which he loses to Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) for his role in ""Tropic Blunder"", presented by Kirk Lazarus. In 2009, he starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman in the Jim Sheridan-directed war drama ""Brothers"" as Sam Cahill, a prisoner of war who returns from Afghanistan and starts believing that his wife has become romantically involved with his brother. He received critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in the film. Of the nomination,"
"Haskell V. Anderson III Haskell Vaughn Anderson III is an American film, television and theater actor. He is most known for his prominent supporting role in the 1989 film ""Kickboxer"", which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme. Other Independent Film Star roles include the 1978 film ""Brotherhood of Death"", which was his first starring role on film and the 2007 Independent feature ""Boy and Dog"". His stage performances include ""Tracers"" in New York, Philadelphia, New England and Australia. In ""Lions"", a play by Vince Melocchi about the Detroit Lions, Haskell originated the role of Bisquit. Haskell is a recipient of the NAACP"
"The Boxer (2012 film) The Boxer is a 2012 British drama short film directed by Henry Blake, written by Daniel Bailey, stars Paul Barber and Ashley Chin, and produced by Scruffbag Productions. The film is about the relationship between a young man and his grandfather. 20-year-old Michael Jacobs (Ashley Chin) is about to have his first professional boxing match against the reigning champion, and his 60-year-old grandfather, Joe Jacobs (Paul Barber), cannot be there with him in his corner because he is ill in hospital. Michael visits Joe in hospital hours before the biggest fight of his life. Michael is"
"was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. On December 5, 2010, ""The Fight Before Christmas"", the eighth episode of ""The Simpsons"" 22nd season, featured an ""Inglourious Basterds"" sequence during a World War II flashback. When the Jewish, , American football player Gabe Carimi was drafted in the 2011 NFL Draft's first round by the Chicago Bears, he was nicknamed ""The Bear Jew"". Inglourious Basterds Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger, and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells the"
"Christian Bale. In recognition of his ""exceptional services to film and drama"" George was awarded an honorary degree from Queen's University Belfast on 1 July 2013. Terry George Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director. Much of his film work (e.g. ""The Boxer"", ""Some Mother's Son"", and ""In the Name of the Father"") involves ""The Troubles"" in Northern Ireland. He was nominated for two Oscars: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (1993; ""In the Name of the Father""), and Best Writing, Original Screenplay (2004; ""Hotel Rwanda""). On 26 February 2012, he received"
"top 10 best films of the year; such as V. A. Musetto of the ""New York Post"", who called it one of the best films of 2007. Following its cinematic release in 2007, ""Rescue Dawn"" was nominated for multiple awards, including a Golden Satellite Award and an Independent Spirit Award. Among other nominations, ""Rescue Dawn"" was considered for the Golden Satellite Awards in the categories of ""Best Supporting Male"", ""Best Supporting Actor"" and ""Best Actor in a Drama"". The film garnered a win for actor Christian Bale from the San Diego Film Critics Society in the category of ""Body of"
"Performance by an Ensemble in Quentin Tarantino's western film ""Django Unchained"". Goggins' role of Boyd Crowder in ""Justified"" received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2011, the TV Guide Award for Favorite Villain in 2013, the Online Film & Television Association's Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2014, and for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015."
"Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing. On February 27, 2011, Portman won for Best Actress. The film was awarded the PRISM Award from the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for its depiction of mental health issues. Aronofsky served as an executive producer on ""The Fighter"", which was also nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars and won two for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. Aronofsky was attached to ""The Wolverine,"" which was scheduled to begin production in March 2011, but he left the project due to scheduling"
"an opera all based on films by Bier were commissioned and performed in Musikhuset. Brothers (2009 film) Brothers is a 2009 American psychological drama war film and a remake of Susanne Bier's Danish film ""Brødre"" (2004), which takes place in Afghanistan and Denmark. The film stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman, and is directed by Jim Sheridan. Both films take inspiration from Homer's epic poem, the ""Odyssey"". The film received a mixed to positive response and grossed $43 million. Tobey Maguire received particular praise for his performance and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a"