The Fighter

Director: David O. Russell
Writer: Eric Johnson, David O. Russell, Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy
Cast: Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
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Awards: 2011 Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay, 2011 Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay, 2011 Academy Awards Best Director, 2011 Academy Awards Best Film Editing, Winner: 2011 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress, Winner: 2011 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor, 2011 Academy Awards Best Film Editing, 2011 Academy Awards Best Picture
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Synopsis: "The Fighter," is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime. [Synopsis provided by IMDB]

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Jon Brion Tried To Score 'The Fighter' For David O. Russell, But The Score Was Scrapped

At the beginning of the aughts, Jon Brion was the man for film soundtracks, especially the quirky and offbeat kind. He wrote the score for Paul Thomas Anderson's "Punch-Drunk Love" (and had done the same for "Magnolia"), as well as Michel Gondry's "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and David O....
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David O. Russell Lines Up Cooper, Bale, Adams and Renner for Next True Story Ensemble

David O. Russell wastes no time. After winning Toronto's Audience Award with "Silver Linings Playbook" (Oscars, here it comes), he's lined up the film's star, Bradley Cooper, plus "The Fighter"'s Amy Adams and Christian Bale, and Jeremy Renner for a new untitled ensemble project.
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AFI's Master Class Looks at Art of Collaboration with David O. Russell and Mark Wahlberg

TCM Presents AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration with David O. Russell and Mark Wahlberg is filmed in front of an audience of AFI fellows studying at the AFI Conservatory. It's the second in AFI's series exploring artistic film collaborations; the first was between Steven Spielberg and Joh...
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Mark Wahlberg Says They're Looking For A New Director To Helm 'The Fighter' Sequel

Remember that alleged rift between Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell? Despite their three films together -- "Three Kings," "I Heart Huckabees," and "The Fighter" -- and Wahlberg being one of the director's main cheerleaders (unlike, say, George Clooney), there may ...
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Alliance and Relativity Extent Output Deal

Alliiance Films and Relativity Media have extended their output deal, following their initial three year deal signed in Septetember 2008, that generated such films as "The Fighter," "Dear John" and "Brothers." The renewed contract will run until August 2015.
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REVIEW | Lords of the Ring: David O. Russell's "The Fighter"

Wildly uneven and about as entertaining, "The Fighter" is committed to the rambunctious masculine energy of the boxing ring. Sustained by a triple threat of performances by Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Amy Adams, David O. Russell's dramatization of star boxing brothers "Irish" Mickey Ward (Wahl...
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