The Fighter

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Amy Adams and director David O. Russell share the same birthday, 20th August.	D
Christian Bale reportedly lost weight to achieve the very thin frame of Dicky Eklund by eating very [...]	D
In the film, Christian Bale plays Dicky Eklund, who is seven years older than his half-brother Micky [...]	D
Both this film's helmer and its originally signed director, Darren Aronofsky, were nominated for Bes [...]	D
Dutch cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema's first American film.	D
Micky's nephew, Dicky Eklund Jr., later had a small role as Boston police officer in Mark Wahlberg's [...]	D
Shot in 33 days.	D
Mark Wahlberg waived his own salary, and took no upfront fee for this film. Christian Bale was paid [...]	D
Christian Bale and Amy Adams have both been in DC Comics. Bale played Bruce Wayne/Batman in The Dark [...]	D
Amy Adams was pregnant with her daughter during filming.	D
Cameras from 1990s-era HBO were used to film the boxing matches, and the documentary on Dicky Eklund [...]	D
Cinematographer Wally Pfister loved the script and wanted very much to direct it, even getting as fa [...]	D
Art Ramalho's gym is a real-life gym in the West End of Lowell, MA. Micky Ward trained there, and it [...]	D
Inspired by the HBO documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995).	D
This was something of a comeback project for David O. Russell. I Heart Huckabees - Le strane coincid [...]	D
During the 2011 Academy Awards awards campaign, Melissa Leo financed and took out her own "For Your [...]	D
Christian Bale spent hours with the real Dicky Eklund to learn how to emulate him properly. He had t [...]	D
Lindsay Hanzl's debut.	D
Lewis Colick did a rewrite of the original script by Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy. This in turn was [...]	D
David O. Russell was signed as director at Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale's suggestion. The former [...]	D
Richard Farrell, who plays one of the HBO cameramen in the film, is essentially playing himself. Far [...]	D
Christian Bale's Oscar win for this film makes him the first actor in 24 years to win for the same f [...]	D
Having David O. Russell direct the film was Christian Bale's suggestion. At first, Mark Wahlberg was [...]	D
Mark Wahlberg began training for the role in 2005. Throughout the various production delays, Wahlber [...]	D
Christian Bale got involved when Mark Wahlberg asked him to take part in the movie. Wahlberg and Bal [...]	D
Dicky Eklund did not like how his mother and sisters were portrayed in the film. He yelled at Christ [...]	D
During pre-production, the Ward brothers moved into Mark Wahlberg's home.	D
Michael Fassbender auditioned for a role.	D
Matt Damon and Brad Pitt were previously attached to play Dicky Eklund, but the role went to Christi [...]	D
The interviews in the beginning and the end were improvised by Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, whi [...]	D
Emily Blunt turned down a role.	D
Not mentioned in the movie is the fact Micky Ward had 2 world title fights before his successful Wor [...]	D
The big fight, filmed in Lowell at The Tsongas Arena, had over 200 dummies (props) in the audience t [...]	D
Amy Adams was really keen to take on the part of Charlene, as it flew in the face of the kind of cha [...]	D
Dicky Eklund's nickname was actually spelled "Dickie" in real life. Eklund requested for it to be sp [...]	D
According to Micky Ward, he and Dicky Eklund were to have sizable cameos in a scene together. But Ek [...]	D
In the Italian version of the movie, the voice of Christian Bale is dubbed by the actor Adriano Gian [...]	D
According to Amy Adams, the real Charlene did not like the low-cut tops and short shorts that Adams [...]	D
The song "Back in the Saddle" by Aerosmith begins during the Ward/Hernandez fight scene in Hampton B [...]	D
In the ending fight between Micky Ward and Shea Neary, announcer Jim Lampley says, "Ward nods as if [...]	D
The first film to win the two Supporting Acting Oscars since Woody Allen's Hannah e le sue sorelle ( [...]	D
Mark Wahlberg trained extensively for the part, even to the extent of having a gym, complete with a [...]	D
Darren Aronofsky was previously attached to direct, but left the production to work on Il cigno nero [...]	D
The police officer who jokingly arrests the real-life Dicky Eklund at the end of the movie, during t [...]	D
Christian Bale's Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar win is the middle of a three-year run where t [...]	D
Chanty Sok's debut.	D
Micky Ward's real-life trainer Mickey O'Keefe was asked to appear as himself in the film, but turned [...]	D
After Martin Scorsese turned down the directing job, Mark Wahlberg tried to interest Peter Berg in d [...]	D
Catherine Hardwicke and Lexi Alexander wanted to direct the movie, but were refused a meeting with t [...]	D
Mark Wahlberg refused a stunt double for the boxing scenes.	D
During filming in Lowell, local residents would often mistake Melissa Leo in costume for the real Al [...]	D
Mark Wahlberg sent the script to Martin Scorsese, hoping he would direct, but Scorsese turned it dow [...]	D
To master Micky Ward's mannerisms, Mark Wahlberg insisted that he be on set every day so that he cou [...]	D
According to Bianca Hunter, Melissa Leo and Christian Bale stayed in character on the set, even when [...]	D
Melissa Leo told David O. Russell that she was too young to play the mother of Christian Bale and Ma [...]	D
Although Micky Ward is an orthodox boxer, Mark Wahlberg, who is left-handed, portrays him as a south [...]	D
Major studios in Hollywood declined to finance this movie - because of Paramount's enthusiasm of the [...]	D
Both Amy Adams and Christian Bale would later reunite in American Hustle(2013) and Vice(2021).	D
During an interview with George Lopez, the real Micky Ward claimed Dickey Eklund particularly dislik [...]	D
The young man who rushes into the restaurant to warn the Eklund-Ward family that Dicky is being beat [...]	D
The black aviator sunglasses Christian Bale wears are his own, and are also used in The Dark Knight [...]	D

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