The Fighter (2010)

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Rated R for language throughout, drug content, some violence and sexuality.

David O. Russell

David Hoberman | Todd Lieberman | Ryan Kavanaugh | Mark Wahlberg | Dorothy Aufiero | Paul Tamasy

Screenplay by Scott Silver | Paul Tamasy | Eric Johnson

Story by Keith Dorrington | Paul Tamasy | Eric Johnson

Music by Michael Brook

Hoyte van Hoytema

Pamela Martin

Studio Relativity Media | The Weinstein Company | Mandeville Films

Distributed by Paramount Pictures (USA) | The Weinstein Company (International) | Momentum Pictures (UK)

United States

English

Los Angeles, California, USA

Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

S Anderson St & Artemus St, Los Angeles, California, USA

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2010 Won BSFC Award Best Ensemble Cast

2010 Won BSFC Award Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2011 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble

Golden Globes

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Director - Motion Picture David O. Russell

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Drama

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Mark Wahlberg

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Christian Bale

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Amy Adams

2011 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Melissa Leo

National Board of Review, USA

2010 Won NBR Award Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2010 Won Director of the Year Award David O. Russell

Satellite Awards

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Won WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale

2010 Won WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Melissa Leo

2010 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Acting Ensemble

2010 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams

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The Fighter is a 2010 biographical sports film directed by David O. Russell, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. The film centers on the life of professional boxer "Irish" Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale). Amy Adams co-stars as a love interest of Ward. The Fighter is Russell and Wahlberg's third film collaboration, following Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees.

Plot

As a welterweight from the wrong side of the tracks, Dickie Eklund is the pride of working class Lowell, Massachusetts. Living in his shadow is his half-brother and sparring partner Micky Ward. It's part of the Irish pride to let Dickie lead the way and win a championship belt first. However, after suffering a humiliating defeat to Sugar Ray Leonard, Dickie plunges into a nightmare of crack addiction, violence and prison. His family's hopes are crushed in the wake of Dickie's demise. Like a real life Rocky, Micky fights on his own terms and pulls his family out of despair with his meteoric rise in the ring. Freshly paroled Dickie finds redemption training his little brother, now known as Irish Micky Ward, for his Welterweight Championship bout with Shea Neary.

Movie details courtesy of Wikipedia

Art Ramalho's gym is the actual Lowell West End Gym and not a set. This is in fact where Micky trained and is still a functioning boxing gym to this day.

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