CINDERELLA MAN/THE HURRICANE by Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Paddy McGill, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Denzel Washington, John Hannah, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Reon Shannon, David Paymer, Dan Hedaya, Harris Yulin, Debbi Morgan, Clancy Brown, Rod Steiger, Garland Whitt, Badja Djola, Vincent Pastore, Al Waxman, David Lansbury, Beatrice Winde, Bill Raymond, Richard Davidson ( 8717418091446 )

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Title:

CINDERELLA MAN/THE HURRICANE

Starring:

Craig Bierko, Clancy Brown, Paddy Considine, Russell Crowe, Richard Davidson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Badja Djola, Paul Giamatti, John Hannah, Dan Hedaya, David Huband, David Lansbury, Patrick Louis, Paddy McGill, Debbi Morgan, Vincent Pastore, David Paymer, Connor Price, Bill Raymond, Liev Schreiber, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Rod Steiger, Deborah Kara Unger, Ariel Waller, Denzel Washington, Al Waxman, Garland Whitt, Beatrice Winde, Harris Yulin, Renee Zellweger

Format:

DVD

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Cat No:

BUG0029501

EAN:

8717418091446

Distributor:

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENT.

Regions:

2 (UK, Europe, Japan, South Africa and Middle East)

Rel. date:

15 May, 2006

Certificate:

Running Time:

284 mins

Language:

English

Description:

Box set containing two critically-acclaimed biopics. 'Cinderella Man' (2005) is based on a true story and stars Russell Crowe as James J. Braddock, a once-promising light heavyweight who suffered a string of losses in the ring and broke his right hand. With one good hand, Braddock was forced to labour on the docks of Hoboken, while only his manager (Paul Giamatti) still believed in him, finding fights for Braddock to help support his wife (Renee Zellweger) and children. One of the sport's oddest couples, the diminutive, loquacious manager and the burly quiet boxer start to stage an impossible comeback. In the span of less than 12 months, Braddock gets his shot at heavyweight champion Max Baer (Craig Bierko), renowned for having allegedly killed two men in the ring. As a 10-1 underdog, Braddock carries the hopes and dreams of the desperate Depression-era working class on his shoulders. 'The Hurricane' (1999) is another true story of wrongfully imprisoned middleweight boxer Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, based on his own autobiography and the testimony of those who helped to obtain his release. In 1973, Carter (Denzel Washington) languishes in jail, having been falsely accused and convicted of murdering three whites in a New Jersey ballroom. The man responsible for his arrest is corrupt white detective Vincent Della Pasca (Dan Hedaya), who has already had Carter imprisoned twice before on trumped up charges. When young black boy Lesra Martin (Vicellous Reon Shannon) reads Carter's autobiography, he is moved to campaign for his release. Supported by Canadian educationalists Terry (John Hannah), Lisa (Deborah Kara Unger) and Sam (Liev Schreiber), Lesra manages to obtain an appeal, but when this goes against him Carter begins to lose hope of ever clearing his name.

Features:

Interactive Menus

Directors:

Ron Howard, Norman Jewison

Genre:

Drama Feature

No. of pieces

Returns:

Returnable

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