Where to watch Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Million Dollar Baby is available to stream in CA on Crave. It can also be rented or bought from Amazon and AppleTV.
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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