Cinderella Man - Una ragione per lottare

Titolo originale: Cinderella Man
Regia: Ron Howard |
Anno: 2005
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Romance Dramma Storia
Tag: daughter | transporter | sports | world cup | irish-american | socially deprived family | boxer | family's daily life | affectation | netherlands | comeback | defeat | training | heavy weight | folk hero | biography | boxing |
Cast: Russell Crowe | Renée Zellweger | Paul Giamatti | Craig Bierko | Paddy Considine | Bruce McGill | David Huband | Connor Price | Ariel Waller | Patrick Louis | Rosemarie DeWitt | Linda Kash | Nicholas Campbell | Gene Pyrz | Chuck Shamata | Ron Canada | Alicia Johnston | Troy Amos-Ross | Mark Simmons | Art Binkowski | David Litzinger | Matthew G. Taylor | Rance Howard | James Ritz | Fulvio Cecere | Clint Howard | Gerry Ellison | Bill Mackie | Ray Marsh | Fernand Chretien | Dave Dunbar | Ken James | Rufus Crawford | Angelo Dundee | Lou Eisen | Wayne Gordon | Wayne Flemming | Nick Alachiotis | Christopher D. Amos | Nick Carusi | Keith Murphy | Everton McEwan | John Kalbhenn | David Georgieff | Wayne Bourque | Paul Ryan | Sean Gilroy | Michael McNamara | Billy Wine | Richard Bachynsky Hoover | Michael Chin | Stewart Lunn | Richard Lewis | Peter Wylie | Thomasz Kurzydlowski | Stuart Clark | Julian Lewis | Eric Fink | Sergio Di Zio | Gavin Grazer | Boyd Banks | Daniel Kash | Judah Katz | Angelo Tsarouchas | Rob Smith | Craig Warnock | Aaron Abrams | Duff MacDonald | Andrew Stelmack | Christopher Crumb | Gerry Quigley | Peter MacNeill | Darrin Brown | John Healy | Peter Didiano | James Kirchner | Michael Langlois | Magdalena Alexander | Nola Augustson | Gino Marrocco | Mark Taylor | Sharron Matthews | Alec Stockwell | Chick Roberts | Isabella Fink | Beau Starr | Philip Craig | Roman Podhora | R.D. Reid | Michael Dyson | Sam Malkin | Tony Munch | Conrad Bergschneider | Richard Binsley | Ramona Pringle | Katrina Matthews Swain | Cooper Bracken | Jacob Bracken | Alon Nashman | Dominic Cuzzocrea | Neil Foster | Brian Jagersky | Ray Kerr | Tim Eddis | Dave Arkell | Debra Sherman | Joanne Ritcey | Alex Cairns | George Duff |

Ispirato alla vera storia del pugile Jim Braddock che, nel periodo della Grande Depressione, per sfamare la famiglia tentò la fortuna con la boxe. Braddock passò velocemente dalla miseria alla gloria quando, nel 1935, riuscì a battere in un combattimento epico di 15 riprese il campione del mondo dei pesi massimi Max Baer.

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Russell Crowe suffered from several concussions and cracked teeth. D
Max Baer indeed didn't want to fight Jimmy Braddock, ("James J."). He later said in an interview, th [...] D
In the actual Max Baer vs. Jimmy Braddock, ("James J."), fight, Braddock was introduced second. The [...] D
Russell Crowe and Mark Simmons had over 300 choreographed punches to learn for the James J. Braddock [...] D
The filmmakers called the Corn Griffin (Art Binkowski) vs. James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe) bout sc [...] D
Rosemarie DeWitt (Sara Wilson) is the granddaughter of the real James J. Braddock. She is the daught [...] D
At one point, a cut during a continuous camera move was hidden by fading to black. Sir Alfred Hitchc [...] D
Sound designer Anthony J. Ciccolini III used watermelons, beef, and broken glass to create the punch [...] D
The Braddock-Baer fight scene is the first time in this movie Russell Crowe fought another actor ins [...] D
Russell Crowe dislocated his shoulder while training for the boxing sequences, which delayed filming [...] D
The filmmakers used warm colors and shades of gold to accentuate the Braddocks' wealth. D
In real life, after Max Baer knocked out Frankie Campbell in the ring, he stayed by Campbell's side [...] D
Producer and director Ron Howard and Russell Crowe started talking about this movie when they were m [...] D
Producer and director Ron Howard played old boxing footage in the production office around the clock [...] D
Professional boxers played James J. Braddock's opponents. They were told to land their blows as clos [...] D
Filming the boxing sequences was so brutal, Russell Crowe said that this movie was "four to five tim [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger; and one Oscar nomine [...] D
After defeating Max Baer for the heavyweight championship, Jimmy Braddock, ("James J."), fought only [...] D
Russell Crowe had approached Renée Zellweger to play the role of Mae back in 1998. He says that t [...] D
This movie, which cost $88 million to make, did less than expected, taking in $61 million at the U.S [...] D
Director of photography Salvatore Totino invented a "tire-cam", which is a camera cushioned inside a [...] D
Corn Griffin's technical knockout loss to Jimmy Braddock, ("James J."), ended Griffin's career as a [...] D
Russell Crowe and Craig Bierko weren't friendly on-set. Crowe even excluded Bierko from his 40th bir [...] D
Paul Giamatti would whistle around set. Russell Crowe insisted on finding a way to get it into the m [...] D
The filmmakers based the dock scenes on the Depression-era photographs of Lewis Hines. His photograp [...] D
All of the dialogue in the James J. Braddock vs. Max Baer fight scene was improvised. Ron Howard wan [...] D
One of the boxers in this movie was Frankie Campbell, whose real name was Frankie Camilli. His broth [...] D
This movie was shot in Toronto, Ontario instead of New York City; production designer Wynn Thomas sa [...] D
The filmmakers made sure the finances were accurate to the time. D
Art Binkowski didn't like being knocked down during the Corn Griffin vs. James J. Braddock fight sce [...] D
Russell Crowe threw his support behind an Oscar campaign for Paul Giamatti rather than himself. He d [...] D
Despite great reviews, this movie didn't earn much money. In the end, it made about $108 million at [...] D
Riley Raymer's debut. D
The portrayal of Max Baer in this movie is utterly false. Baer did only kill one person and it haunt [...] D
Russell Crowe is 6'0" and Craig Bierko is 6'2". In reality, both James J. Braddock and Max Baer were [...] D
This movie was originally intended to be directed by Lasse Hallström. D
Producer and director Ron Howard used the same "punch" joke in this movie and Parenti, amici e tanti [...] D
Jimmy Braddock's, ("James J."), real children were supportive of this movie as long as it portrayed [...] D
The streetcars used in this movie are owned by the Halton County Radial Railway Museum, which has a [...] D
In 1944, Joe Gould, then a Captain in the U.S. Army, was court-martialed on charges of conspiracy to [...] D
According to Steve Kroft, during an interview with Russell Crowe on 60 Minutes (1968), the role of J [...] D
Russell Crowe's actual daily training: running, swimming, boxing, weight lifting, more boxing, and y [...] D
Producer and director Ron Howard told Craig Bierko that Max Baer's right punch "looks like he's thro [...] D
Russell Crowe said that for a screen actor, being in a boxing movie is like being in Hamlet. D
At one time, producer Penny Marshall was intended to direct. D
Before Damon Runyon gave James J. Braddock his nickname, the term "Cinderella Man" was considered an [...] D
The Madison Square Garden Bowl was located at 48th Street and Northern Boulevard in Long Island City [...] D
To film the final fight, the seats were filled with 15,000 blow-up dummies with masks and hats. D
Max Baer, whose paternal grandfather was Jewish, boxed with a Star of David embroidered on his trunk [...] D
After this movie's release, Max Baer's son Max Baer, Jr. and many boxing analysts decried the portra [...] D
For Russell Crowe to more attune to the dialect voice and intonation of Jimmy Braddock, ("James J.") [...] D
Paul Giamatti was cast because the filmmakers loved his performance in American Splendor (2003). D
Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman said that one line that really represents James J. Braddock is "He had a [...] D
Russell Crowe and Bruce McGill previously appeared in Insider - Dietro la verità (1999). D
Jimmy Braddock's ("James J.") African-American corner man was Joe Jeanette, who owned the New Jersey [...] D
Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Clive Owen, Billy Bob Thornton, and Mark Wahlberg were considered for the l [...] D
Canadian boxer Wayne Gordon taught Russell Crowe how to box for this movie. Gordon donated a pair of [...] D
As of 2021, this movie features Paul Giamatti's only Oscar nominated performance. D
The story James J. Braddock tells of his kids confusing the word "title" with "turtle" is true. A re [...] D
The real James J. Braddock weighed 17 pounds at birth. He was one of five boys and two girls born to [...] D
On April 7, 2018, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) bought the leather jock strap, blue sati [...] D
Russell Crowe had a child, Charlie, just before this movie. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman believed tha [...] D
Russell Crowe spent almost a year training for the boxing sequences. He set up a ring and training f [...] D
Russell Crowe lost over 50 pounds for his role. D