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'Million Dollar Baby': A One-Two Punch To the Emotions
From:
The Washington Post
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January 7, 2005| Author:
Ann Hornaday
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It might only be a coincidence that the character played by Clint
Eastwood in "Million Dollar Baby" bears more than a passing
resemblance to Eastwood the director. Frankie Dunn, the irascible old
cuss who reluctantly takes on a young female boxer named Maggie
Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), is a man of few words, whose strictly-
business approach to training is to strip his fighters "down to the
bare wood." At the same time, Frankie has a flair for ballyhoo,
evidenced by the flashy silk robe he de...
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