Where to watch Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Million Dollar Baby is available to stream in US on Paramount Plus, fuboTV and DirecTV On Demand. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
A troubled boxing trainer reluctantly takes on a determined young woman who dreams of becoming a professional fighter. As their partnership grows, the two find purpose, family-like support, and difficult challenges that test their strength and loyalty.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome, Michael Peña, Benito Martinez
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Trivia & production notes
- Paul Haggis wrote the script on spec after being fired from the television series Family Law, and it took four years to sell it.
- Even after Clint Eastwood signed on as actor and director, several studios rejected the project, and Warner Bros. would not agree to a $30 million budget.
- Lakeshore Entertainment's Tom Rosenberg put up half the budget for the film, with Warner Bros. contributing the rest.
- Eastwood completed filming in less than 40 days between June and July 2004.
- The phrase 'million dollar baby' originated as an insult used by Sonny Liston against Muhammad Ali during pre-fight publicity.
- Hilary Swank gained 19 pounds of muscle and trained nearly five hours every day for her role, enduring a potentially life-threatening staph infection from blisters on her foot that she kept hidden from Eastwood.
- Eastwood's daughter Morgan Colette appeared in a cameo waving to Swank's character at a gas station.
- Disability rights activists protested the film in multiple cities, including Chicago and Berkeley, with groups arguing it perpetuated the stereotype that life with disabilities is not worth living.
- The Gaelic nickname for Swank's character comes from the phrase a chuisle mo chroí, meaning 'O pulse of my heart,' and its use in the film sparked interest in the language.
- Eastwood won his second Best Director Oscar for the film at the 77th Academy Awards.
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