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Million Dollar Baby (10th Anniversary Edition) Blu-ray Review
Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award winning picture gets another round on Blu-ray with a 10th anniversary edition, but the release doesn’t prove as strong a contender as it could have been.
Studio: Warner Brothers
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/VC-1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HDMA
Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 2 Hr. 13 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray
Disc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
Release Date: 02/04/2014
MSRP: $19.98
The Production Rating: 4.5/5
Video Rating: 4/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 4/5
Special Features Rating: 3.5/5
- Million Dollar Baby: On the Ropes (26:04, HD): The 10-year retrospective includes interviews with Producers Albert Ruddy, Screenwriter Paul Haggis, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Hilary Swank, describing the film’s initial development, Eastwood’s directing style, Swank’s physical training, as well as providing character and story analysis. The piece tries to make a case that getting the film made was a struggle, but more time is spent hitting the requisite milestones in the production process than proving its assertion. Consequently, it offers neither many insights nor surprises.
- Commentary by Producer Albert Ruddy
- James Lipton Takes on Three (24:45, SD): Lipton interviews Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank shortly after their Academy Award wins.
- Born to Fight (19:13, SD): Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Lucia Rijker (Blue Bear), and Jay Baruchel (Danger) discuss the film’s characters, relationships and themes.
- The Producers: Round 15 (13:05, SD): Producers Albert Ruddy and Tom Rosenberg and Screenwriter Paul Haggis talk about their efforts turning the original stories by F.X. Toole into a film.
- Theatrical Trailer (2:28, HD)
Overall Rating: 3/5
Reviewed By: Cameron Yee
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