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Academy Award®-winning producer Brian Grazer, director Ron Howard
and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (all Oscar® winners for 2001's A
Beautiful Mind) are reunited with Oscar® winner Russell Crowe for
the Universal Pictures-Miramax Films-Imagine Entertainment
production, Cinderella Man. Starring opposite Crowe is two-time
Oscar® nominee Renée Zellweger.
Crowe stars in the story inspired by the life of legendary athlete
Jim Braddock, a once-promising light heavyweight boxer forced into
retirement after a string of losses in the ring. As the nation
enters the darkest years of the Great Depression, Braddock accepts
a string of dead-end jobs to support his wife, Mae (Renée
Zellweger), and their children, while never totally abandoning his
dream of boxing again.
Thanks to a last minute cancellation, Braddock finds himself back
in the ring against the second-ranked world contender--and to
everyone's amazement, Braddock wins in the third round. Despite
being pounds lighter than his opponents and repeated injuries to
his hands, Braddock continues to fight against challengers and win.
Carrying on his shoulders the hopes and dreams of the
disenfranchised masses, Braddock, dubbed the "Cinderella Man,"
faces his toughest challenger in Max Baer (Craig Bierko), the
heavyweight champion of the world, renowned for having killed two
men in the ring.
