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Russell Crowe Renée Zellweger Paul Giamatti Craig Bierko Paddy Considine Bruce McGill David Huband Connor Price Ariel Waller Patrick Louis Rosemarie DeWitt Linda Kash Nicholas Campbell Gene Pyrz Chuck Shamata |
Jim Braddock Mae Braddock Joe Gould Max Baer Mike Wilson Jimmy Johnston Ford Bond Jay Braddock Rosemarie Braddock Howard Braddock Sara Wilson Lucille Gould Sporty Lewis Jake Father Rorick |
| Directors: | Ron Howard | |
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Iceland:14 Netherlands:16 Switzerland:14 Hungary:14 Brazil:14
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| IMDB Rating: | 8.00 out of 10 (39030 votes) | |
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1: One man's extraordinary fight to save the family he loved. 2: When America was on its knees, he brought us to our feet. |
| Plot Summary | During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock—a.k.a. the Cinderella Man—was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him—his family—was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring. |
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