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    The Fighter The Fighter
    Rating: R
    Run Time: 116

    Release Date:2010
    DVD Release: 2011

    Director: David O Russell

    Movie Type: Drama

    Ref #: 30364

    Movie Notes:
    It would be a mistake to confuse The Fighter with the story of Mark Wahlberg, though the similarities are striking. Completely convincing as a boxer, Wahlberg plays welterweight Micky Ward, who grew up in working-class Massachusetts. Like the actor-producer, he had eight siblings, one more famous than the rest. Ward's half-brother, Dicky Eklund (a gaunt, crazy-eyed Christian Bale), turned to boxing first, just as Mark's brother, Donnie, preceded him as a performer (first by singing, then by acting). The similarities end there: Dicky, once known as "The Pride of Lowell," traded his promising pugilistic career for a crack pipe (Sugar Ray Leonard cameos as his best-known opponent). As David O. Russell's film begins, the smothering Alice (Frozen River's Melissa Leo) manages Micky's career, while the unpredictable Dicky attempts to train him. Despite his talent in the ring, though, Micky can't catch a break until he meets Charlene (Amy Adams), a spitfire of a bartender who encourages him to stand up for himself. When Dicky ends up in prison, and Micky takes on a more experienced manager, his fortunes start to improve, but it isn't in his nature to abandon the people who raised him, so he attempts to unite the various factions in his life before his shot at the world championship slips away. Though Russell paints Micky's mother, brother, and sisters with a broad brush, Wahlberg anchors the scenario with his patient, level-headed performance. Rescue Me's Jack McGee also deserves notice as his diplomatic dad, George.


    Cast:

    Melissa Leo    --   Alice Ward
    Bianca Hunter    --   Cathy 'Pork' Eklund
    Amy Adams    --   Charlene Fleming
    Erica McDermott    --   Cindy 'Tar' Eklund
    Christian Bale    --   Dicky Eklund
    Jill Quigg    --   Donna Eklund Jaynes
    Dendrie Taylor    --   Gail 'Red Dog' Eklund
    Paul Campbell    --   Gary 'Boo Boo' Giuffrida
    Jack McGee    --   George Ward
    Melissa McMeekin    --   'Little Alice' Eklund
    Mickey O'Keefe    --   Mickey O'Keefe
    Mark Wahlberg    --   Micky Ward
    Kate B. O'Brien    --   Phyllis 'Beaver' Eklund (as Kate O'Brien)
    Frank Renzulli    --   Sal Lanano
    Jenna Lamia    --   Sherri Ward