Cinderella Man (2005)

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers (WGA):

Cliff Hollingsworth (story)
Cliff Hollingsworth (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

3 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

One man's extraordinary fight to save the family he loved.

Plot:

The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s.

Plot Keywords:

Catholic Priest | Happy Birthday To You | Heavyweight Champion | Underdog | Stealing

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 22 nominations

Cast

Russell Crowe	...	Jim Braddock
Renée Zellweger	...	Mae Braddock
Paul Giamatti	...	Joe Gould
Craig Bierko	...	Max Baer
Paddy Considine	...	Mike Wilson
Bruce McGill	...	Jimmy Johnston
David Huband	...	Ford Bond
Connor Price	...	Jay Braddock
Ariel Waller	...	Rosemarie Braddock
Patrick Louis	...	Howard Braddock
Rosemarie DeWitt	...	Sara Wilson
Linda Kash	...	Lucille Gould
Nicholas Campbell	...	Sporty Lewis
Gene Pyrz	...	Jake
Chuck Shamata	...	Father Rorick
Ron Canada	...	Joe Jeanette
Alicia Johnston	...	Alice
Troy Amos-Ross	...	John Henry Lewis
Mark Simmons	...	Art Lasky
Art Binkowski	...	Corn Griffin
David Litzinger	...	Abe Feldman
Matthew G. Taylor	...	Primo Carnera
Rance Howard	...	Announcer Al Fazin
James Ritz	...	Official - Griffin / Baer Fight
Fulvio Cecere	...	Referee McAvoy
Clint Howard	...	Referee
Gerry Ellison	...	Referee
Bill Mackie	...	Referee
Ray Marsh	...	Referee
Fernand Chretien	...	Referee
Dave Dunbar	...	Referee
Ken James	...	Ancil Hoffman
Rufus Crawford	...	Lewis Coach
Angelo Dundee	...	Angelo the Cornerman
Lou Eisen	...	Braddock Cornerman
Wayne Gordon	...	Braddock Cornerman
Wayne Flemming	...	Baer Cornerman
Nick Alachiotis	...	Baer Cornerman / Undercard Boxer - Feldman
Christopher D. Amos	...	Lewis Cornerman
Nick Carusi	...	Lewis Cornerman
Keith Murphy	...	Lasky Cornerman
Everton McEwan	...	Lasky Cornerman
John Kalbhenn	...	Lasky Cornerman (as Johnny Kalbhenn)
David Georgieff	...	Griffin Cornerman
Wayne Bourque	...	Griffin Cornerman
Paul Ryan	...	Griffin Cornerman
Sean Gilroy	...	Feldman Cornerman
Michael McNamara	...	Feldman Cornerman
Billy Wine	...	Carnera Cornerman
Richard Sutton	...	Carnera Cornerman
Michael Chin	...	Carnera Cornerman
Stewart Lunn	...	Campbell Cornerman
Richard Lewis	...	Campbell Cornerman
Peter Wylie	...	Campbell Cornerman
Thomasz Kurzydlowski	...	Tuffy Griffith
Stuart Clark	...	Frankie Campbell
Julian Lewis	...	Undercard Boxer - Feldman
Eric Fink	...	Announcer - Lasky
Sergio Di Zio	...	Young Reporter
Gavin Grazer	...	Reporter
Boyd Banks	...	Reporter
Daniel Kash	...	Reporter
Judah Katz	...	Reporter
Angelo Tsarouchas	...	Reporter
Robert N. Smith	...	Reporter (as Robert Smith)
Craig Warnock	...	1928 Fan
Aaron Abrams	...	1928 Fan
Duff MacDonald	...	1935 Fan
Andrew Stelmack	...	1935 Fan
Christopher Crumb	...	1935 Fan (as Chris Crumb)
Gerry Quigley	...	Quincy
Peter MacNeill	...	Electric Man
Darrin Brown	...	Promoter
John Healy	...	Dock Worker
Peter Didiano	...	Dock Worker
James Kirchner	...	Dock Worker
Mike Langlois	...	Dock Worker
Magdalena Alexander	...	Angry Woman
Nola Augustson	...	Relief Office Woman
Gino Marrocco	...	Waiter
Mark Taylor	...	George
Sharron Matthews	...	Lady
Alec Stockwell	...	Church Man
Chick Roberts	...	Church Old Man
Isabella Fink	...	Church Girl
Beau Starr	...	Sam
Philip Craig	...	Radio Commentator
Roman Podhora	...	Hooverville Cop
R.D. Reid	...	Hooverville Cop
Michael Dyson	...	Hooverville Man
Sam Malkin	...	Gibson
Tony Munch	...	Sam Penny
Conrad Bergschneider	...	Limo Driver
Richard Binsley	...	Announcer - Griffith
Ramona Pringle	...	Flapper Girl
Katrina Matthews Swain	...	Flapper Girl
Cooper Bracken	...	Jay Braddock - 4 years
Jacob Bracken	...	Jay Braddock - 4 years
Alon Nashman	...	Deserting Father
Dominic Cuzzocrea	...	Junket (as Domenic Cuzzocrea)
Neil Foster	...	Security Guard
Brian Jagersky	...	Cop
Ray Kerr	...	Fight Promoter
Tim Eddis	...	Fight Promoter
Dave Arkell	...	Mr. Mills
Debra Sherman	...	Mother
Joanne Ritcey	...	Baer Hotel Hottie
Alex Cairns	...	Baer Hotel Hottie
George Duff	...	Man on Street
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Burd	...	Man in Soup Line (uncredited)
Krysta Carter	...	Fluzy (uncredited)
James Donohue	...	Baer's Police Officer #1 (uncredited)
Kennedy McGuckian	...	Rich Kid (uncredited)
Liam McGuckian	...	Rich Kid (uncredited)
Michael C. Newsome	...	Cad in Armory (uncredited)
Andrew Priestman	...	Ring Photographer (uncredited)
Jake Richards	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Nick Smith	...	Ringside Photographer (uncredited)
Michael Stevens	...	Hooverville Man (uncredited)
Egidio Tari	...	Cop In Ring (uncredited)
Nancy E.L. Ward	...	Mae Braddocks Aunt (uncredited)

Directed by
Ron Howard

Writing credits (WGA)
Cliff Hollingsworth		(story)
Cliff Hollingsworth		(screenplay) and
Akiva Goldsman		(screenplay)

Produced by
Brian Grazer	....	producer
Todd Hallowell	....	executive producer
Ron Howard	....	producer
Penny Marshall	....	producer
Kathleen McGill	....	associate producer
Louisa Velis	....	associate producer
James Whitaker	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Thomas Newman

Cinematography by
Salvatore Totino		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Daniel P. Hanley		(as Dan Hanley)
Mike Hill

Casting by
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins

Production Design by
Wynn Thomas

Art Direction by
Peter Grundy
Dan Yarhi

Set Decoration by
Gordon Sim

Costume Design by
Daniel Orlandi

Makeup Department
David LeRoy Anderson	....	special makeup effects designer
Lance Anderson	....	key special effects makeup
Patrick Baxter	....	special makeup effects technician
Ann Brodie	....	key makeup artist
Colleen Callaghan	....	hair stylist: Ms. Zellweger
Karola Dirnberger	....	hair stylist: second unit
Hazel Gordon	....	hair stylist
Carol Hartwick	....	hair stylist
Graham Johnston	....	makeup artist: Ms. Zellweger
Kelly Kavanagh	....	makeup artist
Burton J. LeBlanc	....	key makeup artist: second unit (as Burton Leblanc)
Burton J. LeBlanc	....	makeup artist (as Burton Leblanc)
Nicole Michaud	....	makeup effects coordinator: AFX Studio
Emanuel Millar	....	hair department head
Emanuel Millar	....	hair stylist: Mr. Crowe (as Manny Millar)
Janice Miller	....	hair stylist
Linda Montgomerie	....	hair stylist
Sean Sansom	....	special makeup effects artist
Vincent Sullivan	....	key hair stylist
Anthony Veilleux	....	tattoo designer
Dorota Zajac	....	makeup artist
Maribeth Knezev	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Tim Mogg	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Eva Burkley	....	2nd Unit Production Supervisor
Kathleen McGill	....	unit production manager
Steve Wakefield	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Bocknek	....	third assistant director
Darrin Brown	....	second second assistant director
William M. Connor	....	first assistant director
David Coulter	....	third assistant director: second unit
Tim Cushen	....	assistant director
Aric Dupere	....	trainee assistant director
Beau Ferris	....	trainee assistant director
Patrick Hagarty	....	trainee assistant director
Todd Hallowell	....	second unit director
Jennifer Haufler	....	trainee assistant director: second unit
Dwight Hendrickson	....	trainee assistant director
Edney Hendrickson	....	trainee assistant director
George Jeffery	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jonnie Katz	....	trainee assistant director (as Jonathan Katz)
Katrina Lee	....	trainee assistant director
Nick Lopez	....	trainee assistant director (as Nicolas Lopez)
Jeff Muhsoldt	....	trainee assistant director
Craig Newman	....	trainee assistant director
Kim Palmen	....	trainee assistant director
Andrew M. Robinson	....	second assistant director (as Andrew Robinson)
Jodi A. Tario	....	trainee assistant director (as Jodi Tario)
Mark Wallace	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Rob Ballantyne	....	storyboard artist
Tory Bellingham	....	property master
Rob Bonney	....	head carpenter
Carlos Caneca	....	second lead man
David Orin Charles	....	fourth set decoration buyer
David DiCorpo	....	lead hand carpenter
Ann-Marie Ferney-Tellez	....	props buyer
Kevin Forstner	....	assistant head carpenter
Paul Greenberg	....	graphic designer
James Halpenny	....	construction coordinator
David Hirschfield	....	set designer
Kevin Hughes	....	assistant head carpenter
Michael Huschka	....	assistant property master: second unit
Michael Madden	....	set designer
Brad Milburn	....	second assistant art director
Yassara Monteleone	....	graphic designer
Elizabeth Moran	....	art department coordinator
John Moran	....	graphics
Dennis Nam	....	assistant art director
Jeff Poulis	....	assistant property master
Marlene Rain	....	set decoration buyer
Robert Shipman	....	assistant on-set dresser
Keith Sly	....	lead man
Odetta Stoddard	....	set decoration buyer
Paul To	....	trainee assistant art director
Paul Vernon	....	carpenter
Toni Wong	....	props

Sound Department
Sean Paul Armstrong	....	second boom operator: playback
David Barnaby	....	foley editor
Carlie Bergman	....	sound recordist
Dave Bihldorff	....	sound recordist
Stan Bochner	....	dialogue editor
Travis Call	....	sound recordist
Bob Chefalas	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anthony J. Ciccolini III	....	supervising sound editor (as Chic Ciccolini III)
Missy Cohen	....	foley editor
David Corcoran	....	sound recordist
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Pam DeMetruis-Thomas	....	foley supervisor (as Pam DeMetruis Thomas)
Kenna Doeringer	....	adr editor
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Korintus	....	dialogue editor
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist
Katherine Gordon Miller	....	assistant sound editor (as Katherine Miller)
Eytan Mirsky	....	sound effects editor
Branka Mrkic	....	sound effects editor (as Branka Mrkic-Tana)
Angela Organ	....	assistant adr editor
Daniel Pagan	....	sound effects editor
Lynn Sable	....	assistant sound editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
John J. Thomson	....	production sound mixer
Tony Volante	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Deborah Wallach	....	supervising adr editor
Alan Zielonko	....	boom operator
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Mark Rose	....	adr editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Damon Bishop	....	special effects makeup
Chris Bridges	....	special mechanical effects
Steve Carbajal	....	special effects water truck driver
Peter Fletcher	....	first assistant special effects
Walter Klassen	....	specialty props
Brad Larkin	....	special effects technician
Drew Longland	....	special effects technician
Laird McMurray	....	special effects coordinator
Shane Million	....	special effects technician
Lisa Pacitto	....	key special effects shop supervisor
David Reaume	....	special effects technician
Peter Sissakis	....	special effects technician
Stani Veselinovic	....	onset key special effects
Stephen Wallace	....	key special effects rigger

Visual Effects by
Glenn Allen	....	compositing supervisor: & Company
Mannix Bennett	....	digital matte painter
Nancy Bernstein	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Domain
Chris Boyce	....	digital artist: & Company
Craig Cannon	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Dan Cobbett	....	digital compositor
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Rafael Colon	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Sean Devereaux	....	visual effects compositor: Digital Domain
Yann Doray	....	digital artist
Scott Edelstein	....	on-set supervisor: Digital Domain
Joe Farrell	....	digital compositor
Daniel Favini	....	digital matte painting: Digital Domain
Mark O. Forker	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Richard Friedlander	....	visual effects producer: & Company
Jamieson Fry	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Chris Gelles	....	visual effects executive producer: & Company
Gregory Gelles	....	head of technology: & Company
Metin Gungor	....	lead digital matte painter: Digital Domain
Jonah Hall	....	visual effects
Heather Elisa Hill	....	visual effects production coordinator: Digital Domain
Jamison Huber	....	visual effects production assistant
Todd Isroelit	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
David Isyomin	....	visual effects supervisor: & Company
Bonnie Lemon	....	2D digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Carlos D. Lemus	....	digital effects artist: Digital Domain
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	digital compositor
Robert Liscombe	....	dustbuster
Colleen Murphy	....	3D digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Melanie Okamura	....	CG modelling lead: Digital Domain
Brian Peyatt	....	digital production manager
Peter Plevritis	....	digital effects artist
Darren Poe	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Domain (as Darren M. Poe)
Anthony Ruey	....	technical assistant
Todd Sarsfield	....	digital color grader: Digital Domain
Brad Smith	....	render I/O administrator
Tess Spaulding	....	system administrator
Devin Uzan	....	digital compositor
Andrew Waisler	....	computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain (as Andy McGrath Waisler)
Chris Wood	....	compositor
Shin-Yee Yau	....	digital artist
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Nick Alachiotis	....	stunt performer
Rob Bell	....	stunts
Brad Bennett	....	stunts
Marco Bianco	....	stunts
James Binkley	....	stunts
Donovan Boucher	....	stunts
Tebor Brosch	....	stunts
Stuart Clark	....	stunts
Dean Copkov	....	stunts
Dexter Delves	....	stunts
Joel Harris	....	stunts
Chris Johnson	....	stunts
Liise Keeling	....	horse wrangler
Steve Lucescu	....	boxing coordinator
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt coordinator
Jim Lyttle	....	stunts (as Jim Lytle)
Rob MacDonald	....	stunts
Egerton Marcus	....	stunts (as Eggerton Marcus)
Patrick Mark	....	stunts
Cotton Mather	....	stunts
Christopher McGuire	....	stunts (as Chris McGuire)
Duncan McLeod	....	stunts
Billy Oliver	....	stunts
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunts (as Shawn Orr)
Rick Parker	....	stunts
Nick Powell	....	boxing choreographer
Nick Powell	....	stunts
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunts (as Ed Queffelec)
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Bryan Renfro	....	stunts
Kevin Rushton	....	stunts
Paul Rutledge	....	stunts
John Stead	....	stunt performer
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunts
Mark Taylor	....	stunts
Ron Van Hart	....	stunts
Dave Van Zeyl	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ian Anderson	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Russel Bowie	....