Before he pulled off the same feat again in 2004 with "Million Dollar Baby," Clint Eastwood had already won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture over a decade earlier with his revisionist Western "Unforgiven." Eastwood also picked up nominations in those two categories for "Mystic River," only a year before "Million Dollar Baby." He had long since transitioned from the Dollars Trilogy and "Dirty Harry" film series into the Oscar royalty phase of his career. Much like Hilary Swank's underdog boxer, however, "Million Dollar Baby" was a film that took a lot of people by surprise, and not just because of the emotional wallop of its ending.
Despite his awards clout and his existing relationship with Warner Bros., which had distributed most of his films since "Unforgiven," Eastwood couldn't interest the studio in financing a boxing movie. It was only after he got another production and distribution company,...
Despite his awards clout and his existing relationship with Warner Bros., which had distributed most of his films since "Unforgiven," Eastwood couldn't interest the studio in financing a boxing movie. It was only after he got another production and distribution company,...
- 2/25/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
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