Cinderella Man (Widescreen Edition)

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Rating: 7.73 | Votes: 15

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excellent movies
Such a great TRUE STORY movie!! My husband and I watched it like 4 nights in a row!! excellent movie.

Idealized bio of a Depression Era pugilist
CINDERELLA MAN is pure fiction but as boxing films go, decent entertainment. In particular, I was really irritated at how inaccurate they made the '35 Baer title fight. In reality, this was no slugfest. Max never looked like a crazed beast during it. Jimmy spent much of the fight circling to his right. Mostly the two boxers clinched and threw ineffective inside uppercuts.

There were no two low blows, no face slap and no moment near the end of Round 15 when Braddock was staggered wth Max closing in for a headshot kill. In reality, Baer lost his zest for headhunting after he killed a man in the ring. Worst of all was the elimination of Baer's Star of David from his trunks. Max was proud of his Jewish heritage and this symbol should've been retained. Political correctness is nonsense, especially when supposedly depicting actual events.

To see the REAL fight in its entirety, check out CINDERELLA MAN: THE JAMES J. BRADDOCK STORY.

Perfect
How often do you get to see a movie where all of the elements come together into sublime mastery? This film is so beautifully directed, so perfectly edited, and so well acted, it borders on majestic.

HD DVD- Cinderella Man
I did not realoze that this was an HD DVD when I bought it. It arrived in new condition, factory sealed, but since I do not have an HD DVD player, I cannot watch the DVD.

A Piece Of America re-visited
I was fortunate enough to watch this movie in a theater with a family friend who actually lived through the depression era.
I not only enjoyed a great movie, but received a history lesson from a person who lived the movie. I can remember the most defining comment being,
"this movie is all to real, it's a fond memory of some very sad times."
"Remembering listening to this fight on the radio, and how it brought everyone together as a community."
Then we watched the Blu-ray version which also has actual footage of the main event, it was simply spectacular.
Sincerely one of my top ten movies of all time.

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