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members of his training team and a new manager, Sal Lanano, persuade Micky to return to boxing with the explicit understanding that his mother and brother will no longer be involved. They place Micky in minor fights to help him regain his confidence. He is then offered another major fight against an undefeated up-and-coming boxer. During a prison visit, Dicky advises Micky on how best to work his opponent, but Micky feels his brother is being selfish and trying to restart his own failed career. During the actual match, Micky is nearly overwhelmed, but then implements his brother's advice and triumphs; he earns the title shot for which his opponent was being groomed.
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factions of his family, Charlene and his trainer leave in disgust. Micky and Dicky spar until Micky knocks Dicky down. Dicky storms off, presumably to get high again, and Alice chides Micky, only to be sobered when he tells her that she has always favored Dicky. Dicky returns to his crack house, where he says goodbye to his friends and heads to Charlene's apartment. He tells her that Micky needs both of them and they need to work together. After bringing everyone back together, the group goes to
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Awards: Best Picture (Drama), Best Actor (Drama) for Wahlberg, Best Supporting Actress for Leo and Adams, Best Supporting Actor for Bale, and a nomination for Best Director for Russell. The film received three Chicago Film Critics award nominations: Best Supporting Actor for Bale, and Best Supporting
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magazine named Christian Bale's performance one of the Top 10 Movie Performances of 2010, saying "In a little festival of tart, savory performances, notably from Melissa Leo as the boys' mother and Amy Adams as Micky's girlfriend, Bale shines the brightest, because he knows that no character, however
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to steal the client's money. This is foiled by the actual police and Dicky is arrested after a chase and a fight with them. Micky tries to stop the police from beating his brother and a police officer brutally breaks his hand before arresting him. At their arraignment, Micky is released, but Dicky is
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s Kirk Honeycutt expressed, "The most luminous personality in the film belongs to Adams' Charlene. She too is a woman who takes charge but she does it through strength of character and love. Her bad-girl days are behind her so she understands a thing or two about comebacks: They only work if you see
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as Charlene Fleming, Ward's real-life girlfriend and wife: Russell said of the actress: "There are very few things that a director can have at his disposal better than an actress who's dying to break type and is extremely motivated to break type. Amy was extremely motivated to play a sexy bitch, and
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at the same time", the actor continued, "so I would leave three hours early for work and go to the gym and spend three hours there. I would bring the trainers with me on every movie that I did." His uncertainty over the film's development was overruled by his persistence to get the film made. "There
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Upon his release from prison, Dicky and his mother go to see Micky train. Assuming things are as they were, Dicky prepares to spar with his brother, but Micky informs him that he is no longer allowed per Micky's agreement with his current team. In the ensuing argument, in which Micky chastises both
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was talked to and considered for the role of Eklund, but he ultimately wasn't cast due to recording conflicts with his music. Wahlberg suggested Bale for the role after meeting the actor at a preschool their daughters both attended. Given Eklund's drug addiction, Bale had to lose weight, which he
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and depicts how crack addiction ruined Dicky's career and life. Dicky begins training and trying to get his life together in prison. Micky is lured back into boxing by his father, who believes Alice and his stepson Dicky are bad influences and did more damage to his career than good. The other
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as his boxing trainer, helping the actor model Ward's specific fighting style. The last two years of Wahlberg's training resulted in the construction of a "dream gym" in his house for daily use, with a personal boxing ring. He received additional boxing preparation from
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Mickey O'Keefe as himself, a Lowell, Massachusetts police sergeant who was Ward's real-life trainer. O'Keefe, who had never acted, was hesitant at first, but Wahlberg told him he could do it because as a police officer, he has to act and think fast on his
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wrote, "If 'The Fighter' feels like kind of a mess, lurching from one scene to the next as if the film itself has taken a few hits to the head, that's not entirely a bad thing. Since the story ends well before Micky's career-defining showdown with
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praised the performances of Wahlberg, Bale, Leo, and Adams, but concluded, "Because we aren't deeply invested in Micky, we don't care as much as we should, and the film ends on a note that should be triumph but feels more like simple conclusion."
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After several weeks, Alice arranges another fight for Micky, but Micky is concerned it will turn out the same. His mother and seven sisters blame Charlene for his lack of motivation. Micky mentions he received an offer to be paid to train in
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were certainly times where I would wake up at 4:30 in the morning, you know, my trainer would ring the bell, and, 'Oh God', I'm like, 'I better get this movie made'. You know, 'Kill somebody if I don't get this movie made.'" Wahlberg hired
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that's who the character of Charlene is. ... She said: 'As long as it happens between action and cut, I'll do anything." And I said: 'That's my kind of actress.' I loved that she had that attitude." Adams was nominated for the
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a rating of 91% based on reviews from 256 critics, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Led by a trio of captivating performances from Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams,
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The film has Ward on a losing streak coming into the 1988 Mike Mungin fight. In reality, Ward was 18–1 and on a four-fight winning streak when he fought Mungin. Ward's four-fight losing streak actually took place in
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had grossed $ 93.6 million in United States & Canada and in other territories it collected $ 35.5 million, for a worldwide total of $ 129.1 million; the film made a profit over its $ 25 million budget.
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to rewrite Collick's draft in February 2007 in an attempt to emphasize the themes of brotherhood and redemption. Hoping to start production in Massachusetts in June 2007, Wahlberg had
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The film depicts Ward taking a severe beating in the Mungin fight. In reality, the fight went the full ten rounds and Mungin won by very narrow decision: 96–93, 95–94, 95–94.
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joined the production in early 2005, with the intention of doing Ward's life story "justice. We don't want to do any over-the-top, unrealistic fight scenes."
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commented the film plays "as if Russell and screenwriters Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson couldn’t decide if they wanted to go the '
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read the screenplay, hoping he would direct. Scorsese turned down the offer, finding the Massachusetts-setting redundant after having finished
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camera that gave a very certain look, and we actually hired the director from HBO and his crew who had done those fights" to replicate them
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In the film, during Ward's fight with Alfonso Sanchez, which took place on April 4, 1997, Ward's entrance song is "The Warrior's Code" by
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The film has Ward's career record as 30–7, with 20 KOs, as he fights Neary. In reality, his record at that time was 34–9 with 25 KOs.
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Several critics commented that underdeveloped characters, particularly those of Micky and Alice, was the main weakness of the film.
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On the night of the HBO documentary's airing, Dicky's family, and Dicky himself in prison, are horrified to see that it is called
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expressed interest in directing, but was told by producers the film had to be directed by a man. Wahlberg and Bale chose
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Damon signed on to play Dick Eklund, but he later dropped out due to commitments to other projects and was replaced with
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In the film, Ward is knocked down in round six of the Neary fight. In reality, Ward was not knocked down in that fight.
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Now on The Fighter, Paramount was developing it and then pulled out. Relativity comes in and cuts the budget by half.
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earned Bale and Leo awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress at various ceremonies including the
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I saw 30 times – but the fighting just wasn't as realistic as what we hope to achieve and accomplish in this movie."
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gives the film an average score of 79 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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had been a longtime passion project for Wahlberg, who was a fan of Ward's since his youth growing up in Boston.
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as Alice Eklund-Ward, mother of both fighters and their seven siblings, all sisters. Leo won the
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stepped up to entirely finance the film, selling the international distribution rights to
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as himself, making a cameo appearance as a guest commentator at the Ward/Mungin match
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began principal photography on July 13, 2009, on an $ 11 million budget in a 33-day
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is a solidly entertaining, albeit predictable, entry in the boxing drama genre."
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dubbed the film the best sports film of the decade, and "one of the best since
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rewriting the script in September 2007. Attanasio was brought back in as a
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as Laurie Carroll, Micky's ex, with whom she shares a daughter Kasie.
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as Aronofsky's replacement. Wahlberg had also starred in Russell's
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Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson & Keith Dorrington
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replaced Brad Pitt. By then Aronofsky had dropped out to work on
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Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson & Keith Dorrington
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Fleming, Michael & Siegel, Tatiana (September 20, 2007).
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Fleming, Michael & McClintock, Pamela (March 26, 2007).
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for Leo, marking the first film to win both awards since
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as Cindy "Tar" Eklund, one of Mickey and Dickey's sisters
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came out with a statement the sequel is far from over.
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To promote the film, Wahlberg appeared on the cover of
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The real-life brothers banter as the end credits run.
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Fleming, Michael; Siegel, Tatiana (April 20, 2009).
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documentary he believes to be about his "comeback".
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(November 15, 2010). 2037:Nepales, Janet Susan (December 3, 2010). 1935: 1933: 1931: 1929: 1927: 606:Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 596:Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 564:dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, 2991: 2989: 2461:"Aronofsky in talks to direct 'Fighter'" 2431:"Stax" (pseudonym) (February 22, 2007). 2426: 2424: 2284: 2282: 2213:"Did You Spot Conan O'Brien's Sister in 1864: 1862: 1860: 1202: 1187:in 1986. 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Russell 4241:Films about dysfunctional families 3674:Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2996:Ebert, Roger (December 15, 2010). 2796:"'Fighter' more fiction than fact" 2769:Sackowitz, Karen (June 10, 2010). 2708:Finke, Nikki (February 13, 2011). 2682:"TWC steps in ring with 'Fighter'" 2554:Pedersen, Nicole (July 25, 2008). 2489:"Brad Pitt laces up for 'Fighter'" 2172:Savard, Rita (December 10, 2010). 25: 4221:American biographical drama films 4081:Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 3364:Kroll, Justin (October 3, 2013). 3082:Groen, Rick (December 17, 2010). 2710:"OSCAR MOGULS: Brad Grey Q&A" 2576:Taylor, Drew (December 2, 2010). 2517:"Damon And Wahlberg Are Fighters" 2077:"Letting His Role Do the Talking" 1940:Gorov, Lynda (December 5, 2010). 1869:Bishop, Greg (December 4, 2010). 1450:Directors Guild of America Awards 1119:. 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