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Film Analysis Of Cinderella Man

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Cinderella Man was an incredibly magnificent and uplifting film that followed the life of the “Bulldog”, later entitled “Cinderella Man”, starring Russell Crowe as James J. Braddock, the American heavyweight boxer. Primarily, Cinderella Man embodies strength and willpower as once-undefeated heavyweight fighter, Braddock’s loses started to rapidly accumulate, so bad that he was released from his boxing contract and was merciless impeded from fighting. Correspondingly, deprived of work the bulldog began to undertake hard labor during the Great Depression to counterbalance myriad bills and overdue payments. Moreover, Braddock and his wife Mae together had three children to nourish. Correspondingly, years later, Joe Gould played by Paul Giamatti, was Braddock’s old boxing manager and contracted him one last concluding fight, which he won. Hence, the Bulldog started to train again and James J. Braddock was reborn after countless winning comebacks. Ultimately, Jimmy undergoes a fairy tale rise from a poor local fighter to the heavyweight-boxing champion of the world. Compelling lead performance by Russell Crowe and great supporting actors in film director Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man, including, Paul Giamatti as Joe Gould, Paddy Considine as Mike Wilson, Renee Zellweger as Mae Braddock and so fourth. First and foremost, let’s discuss the supporting characters of this acclaimed film, particularly the build up to the infamous fight— Cinderella Man Vs. Max Baer: whom Craig Bierko plays—was poorly constructed in comparison to the real representation of the one-time champion. Notably, Max “Killer” Baer, one time heavyweight-boxing champion, received his violent reputation for the work he did on Frankie Campbell—born Francesco Camilli—who was another heavyweight boxer that lost his life after being pounded to a pulp in a bout with Baer, and then died the next day. Conversely, in film fight promoter Jimmy Johnston, played by Bruce McGill, failed to mention that Baer cried at Camilli’ funeral, as well as donating a lot of money from his own fights towards Camilli’ children’s education fees. Correspondingly, in the film, the bout between Ernie Schaaf and Baer was semi-accurately portrayed due to the popular theory of

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