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DVD : Cinderella Man (Widescreen Edition) |
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List Price: $12.98Amazon.com's Price: $9.49 You Save: $3.49 (27%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: CROWE,RUSSELL
EAN: 0025192211928
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 06, 2005
Running Time: 144 minutes
Sales Rank: 2454
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: June 03, 2005
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger star in this triumphant, powerfully inspiring true story. In a time when America needed a champion, an unlikely hero would arise, proving how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. Suddenly thrust into the national spotlight, boxer Jim Braddock would defy the odds against him and stun the world with one of the greatest comebacks in history. Driven by love for his family, he willed an impossible dream to come true.
Amazon.com:
Cinderella Man is a wholesome slice of old-fashioned Americana, offering welcomed relief from the shallowness of many summer blockbusters. In dramatizing the legendary Depression-era comeback of impoverished boxer Jim Braddock, director Ron Howard benefits from another superb collaboration with his A Beautiful Mind star Russell Crowe, whose portrayal of Braddock is simultaneously warm, noble, and tenacious without resorting to even the slightest hint of sentimental melodrama. The desperate struggle of the Depression is more keenly felt here than it was in Seabiscuit, and Howard shows its economic impact in ways that strengthen the bonds between Braddock, his supportive wife (Renée Zellweger) and three young children, and his loyal manager (Paul Giamatti); all are forced to make sacrifices leading up to Braddock's title bout against heavyweight champion Max Baer (Craig Bierko) in one of greatest boxing matches in the history of the sport. Boasting the finest production design, cinematography and editing that Hollywood can offer, this is a feel-good film that never begs for your affection; it's just good, classical American filmmaking, brimming with qualities of decency and fortitude that have grown all too rare in the big-studio mainstream. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Good story-Great acting
I liked this film a lot and was prepared to give it five stars. Then, wondering why anyone would only give it one, I read those reviews. Apparently Ron Howard really murdered the character of Max Baer and for that I reluctantly have to subtract a star. I think he could have made just as good a film without demonizing Baer. Braddock's opponent was not really a person, but his own past, and the circumstances of the depression.
Well, I didn't know any of that when I saw the film so ... Read More
Rating: - The Cinderella Man
When I saw this movie, I knew my father was on the other side of the radio listening and being inspired. Russell Crow and Ron Howard caught more than the boxer, but the plight of the Great Depression and the need for hope and character. My dad was a teenager in New Jersey when this story was lived out. My Dad was an amatuer boxer who fought for the Golden Gloves. More was my dad and many like him were hard workers, people of character and who inspired character and hope as does this movie.
Rating:  - Cinderella Man
My DVD arrived in a timely manner in good condition. Thank you so much.
Rating: - Cinderella Man - a wonderful movie!
I have rented and borrowed this movie to watch many times since it came out on pay per view, and I love it... heartwarming, well-directed and well-acted.
Rating: - Wonderful human story
I hate boxing & almost didn't see this movie because of it, but I am so very glad I took the chance & watched it anyway. It turned out to be one of the best movies I have ever seen. Russell Crowe was at his best, but more than that was this very moving story set during the depression. It showed a man who loved his family & did whatever it took to take care of them - without whining or fanfare. It is a must see family movie - except for smaller children due to the intensity of the boxing ... Read More
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