Million Dollar Baby, whose title comes from an insult Sonny Liston once hurled at an upstart kid named Muhammad Ali, languished in development purgatory for years before the project got off the ground with Clint Eastwood as director and star. Even then, the studio wouldn't agree to the relatively modest $30 million budget that Eastwood requested. The movie ended up winning best picture, best director, best actress (for Hilary Swank), and best supporting actor (for Morgan Freeman).
Can You Guess These Movies Just From Their Iconic Posters?
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This intense poster was for what award-winning 2004 drama about a determined girl boxer and a curmudgeonly trainer who reluctantly takes her on?
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Cry-Baby
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Million Dollar Baby
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