Cinderella Man [Collector's Edition]

DVD/APPROX. 144 MINS./2005/US PG-13

Main feature:

Release Dec 6, 2005
Video Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Anamorphic - Enhanced for Widescreen TVs.
Audio English: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles
Studio Universal
Year 2005
Genre Biography, Drama, Sport

Special features:

  • Collectible book
  • DVD 1:
  • Feature Commentary with Director Ron Howard
  • Feature Commentary with Writer Akiva Goldsman
  • Feature Commentary with Writer Cliff Hollingsworth
  • Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Director Ron Howard
  • The Fight Card: Casting Cinderella Man
  • The Man, The Movie, The Legend: A Filmmaking Journey
  • For the Record: A History in Boxing
  • Ringside Seats
  • JIm Braddock: The Friends & Family Behind the Legend
  • Kodak Cinderella Man Gallery
  • DVD-ROM Features
  • DVD 2:
  • Additional Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Director Ron Howard
  • Russell Crowe's Personal Journey: Becoming Jim Braddock
  • Focus on Script
  • Creating the Reality
  • Russell's Transformation
  • Inflatable People
  • Lights, Camera, Action: The Fight from Every Angle
  • Braddock vs. Baer Fight Footage
  • Photo Montage
  • The Sound of the Bell
  • Cinderella Man Music Featurette
  • The Human Face of Depression

Synopsis:

During the Great Depression, a common-man hero, James J. Braddock--a.k.a. the Cinderella Man--was to become one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, the impoverished ex-prizefighter was seemingly as broken-down, beaten-up and out-of-luck as much of the rest of the American populace who had hit rock bottom. His career appeared to be finished, he was unable to pay the bills, the only thing that mattered to him--his family--was in danger, and he was even forced to go on Public Relief. But deep inside, Jim Braddock never relinquished his determination. Driven by love, honor and an incredible dose of grit, he willed an impossible dream to come true. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by something beyond mere competition, kept winning. Suddenly, the ordinary working man became the mythic athlete. Carrying the hopes and dreams of the disenfranchised on his shoulders, Braddock rocketed through the ranks, until this underdog chose to do the unthinkable: take on the heavyweight champ of the world, the unstoppable Max Baer, renowned for having killed two men in the ring.

Cast and Crew:

Universal presents
Russell CroweRenee ZellwegerPaul Giamatti"Cinderella Man"
directed byRon Howard
Production Year: 2005

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