Cinderella Man (2005)
2004 film by Ron Howard
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Boxing film
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Screenplay
- Akiva Goldsman
- Producer
- Brian Grazer, Penny Marshall
- Music
- Thomas Newman
- Cinematography
- Salvatore Totino
- Editing
- Daniel P. Hanley
- Starring
- Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, Connor Price, Ariel Waller
- Running time
- 144 minutes
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment, Penny Marshall, Touchstone Pictures
- Distributor
- Universal Pictures, Netflix, Disney+
- Set in
- New Jersey, New York City, Hudson County
Cinderella Man is a 2005 American biographical sports drama film directed by Ron Howard. The film stars Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, and Paul Giamatti. It dramatizes the true story of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock, who was dubbed "The Cinderella Man" by the journalist Damon Runyon. The film marked the second collaboration for Howard and Crowe, succeeding A Beautiful Mind (2001).
Universal Pictures and Miramax Films released Cinderella Man in the United States on June 3, 2005. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $108 million worldwide.
Cinderella Man received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actor for Giamatti. Crowe and Giamatti both received Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for their performances, and Giamatti won the latter alongside a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor. Retrospective critical reviews have named Cinderella Man as one of the greatest boxing films of all time.
Cast
- Russell Crowe
- Renée Zellweger
- Paul Giamatti
- Craig Bierko
- Paddy Considine
- Bruce McGill
- Connor Price
- Ariel Waller
- Rosemarie DeWitt
- Nicholas Campbell
- Ron Canada
- Matthew G. Taylor
- Fulvio Cecere
- Clint Howard
- Gavin Grazer
- Boyd Banks
- Daniel Kash
- Aaron Abrams
- Krysta Carter
- Rance Howard
- Sergio Di Zio
- Rick Cordeiro
- Philip Craig
- David Huband
- Linda Kash
- Gene Pyrz
- Chuck Shamata
- Troy Amos-Ross
- Mark Simmons
- Art Binkowski
- Robert Smith
- Angelo Dundee
More films directed by Ron Howard
- Far and Away 1992
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
External links
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