tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68856611133785598222024-03-13T06:16:48.530-07:00Cinderella ManAnn Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08853178476825869359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885661113378559822.post-81415729499790721822014-08-06T22:43:00.004-07:002014-08-06T22:43:39.121-07:00Cinderella Man Song..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Cinderella Man"</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yeah,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You know, technically, I'm not
even really supposed to be here right now,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So fuck it, might as
well make the most of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) Yeah, haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) Feels
good,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) Whooo,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) Guess I'm lucky,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) Some
of us don't get a second chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) But I ain't blowing this
one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) Naw man, haha</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(Amen!) Shit I feel like I can do
anything now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Who can catch lightning in a bottle? Set fire to
water?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Comin' out the nozzle on the fire hose, flier than
swatters?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man, Cinderella man, Cinderella man,
Cinderella man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Smash an hourglass, grab the sand, take his
hands and cup 'em,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Spit a rhyme to freeze the clock, take the
hands of time and cuff 'em.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man, Cinderella man,
Cinderella man, Cinderella man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There's a storm comin' that
the weather man couldn't predict,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I start the bug prick, you
better flee cause I get ticked</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's a rap, I was down, when I was
down I was kicked.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I got up I'm back to punch ya to the ground, ya
trick,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's a trap, fuck my last CD that shits in my trash,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I
be goddamned if another rapper gets in my ass,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I hit the gas and I
spit every rap as if it's my last.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You can die in the blink of an
eye, so bat ya eyelashes,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And keep winking and blowin' kisses
'cause you're flirting with death</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'm destroying your livelihood.
I ain't just hurtin' your rep',</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I catch a flow and get goin',</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No
remorse I'm showin', ain't slowin' for no one,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Knowin' there is
nothin' you can do about it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Zeroin' on the target like a
marksman,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The target is you.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I shut ya lane down,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Took ya
spot, parked in it too,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Arsenic flow, lighter fluid, saliva what
can ya do?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Go get ya crew to hype you up stand behind you like
whoooo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That boy's hot enough to melt Hell, burn Satan
too:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fry his ass, and put his ashes back together with glue,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">See
you can hate 'em, he don't blame you frankly he would too,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This
game could ill-afford to lose him, how bout you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now guess who
(hey),</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here's a clue (hey),</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He came to the ball in a wife
beater, lost his Nike shoe,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's in ya ass (hey),</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He's in ya
ass, he's all up in your psyche too,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now what's his
name?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man(3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man(2)
(hey, hey)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If I had a time machine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'd be</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella
man(4)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Music is my time machine, so call me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella
man(4)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fuck catching lightnin'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He struck it</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Screamed
"Shut up!" at thunder,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And flipped the world upside down
and made it rain upward</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man, Cinderella man,
Cinderella man, Cinderella man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Rewound the future to the
present, paused it don't ask how,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fuck the past motherfucker he's
the shit right now</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man, Cinderella man,
Cinderella man, Cinderella man.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Send the
fellow Shady dane came to wrap the game up in cellophane,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Raise up
from hell he came,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But didn't come to bore you with the Cinderella
story,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Nor did he come to do the same,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Or can't afford to be a
label in this day and age,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And at this stage of the
game</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Mediocrity can no longer be allowed to fly,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So say bye,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To
the old H.I.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To the new, Que Sera</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Consider it his last
hurrah</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Coup de grace</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Raise 'em high in the sky,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Keep 'em
up</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Time to bring the place alive,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for being patient</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I
will make no more mistakes,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Shit my potato's baked,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Homie the
veggies on my plate can fly,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My fillet is smoking weed,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yea
faggot the stakes are high</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Shit I ain't even suppose to be here</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">By
the grace of God,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The skin on my teeth</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And the hair on my nuts
I skated by,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now y'all are on thin ice</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With ankle weights I
hate to lie,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How fuckin' irritated are you?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How much in your
face am I?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And ain't shit you can do but fear it</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Proof is here
in spirit and</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And I'm the spittin' image</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'll mirror it</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When
I stand near it,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Your pussy lyric,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I cunt hear it,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Who forms
pyramids and raps circles around square lyricists?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Who?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here's
a clue.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He came to the ball in his wife beater,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Lost his Nike
shoe,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It's in ya ass, he's in ya ass, he's all up in ya psyche
too.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, what's his name?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella
man(3)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man(2) (hey, hey)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If I had
a time machine</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man(4)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Music is my time
machine</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So call me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cinderella man(4)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cinderella Man is an American film released in 2005, directed
by Ron Howard, starring Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger, Paul Giamatti and Craig
Bierko. It loosely follows the story of Real Life boxing champion James J
Braddock, aka "Cinderella Man" (played by Russell Crowe). It was an
uplifting underdog story, set in a time when the country very much needed one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
movie begins during what should have been the upswing of Braddock's career in
the late 1920's. Braddock has it all a successful boxing career, a pretty wife,
Mae (played by Renee Zellweger), and 3 beautiful children. Cut to several years
later, we find out that Braddock was forced to abandon his boxing career after
suffering a broken hand. His wife saw this as a both a blessing and a curse, as
she feared for his safety in the ring, but knew boxing was the best way for Jim
to support their family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As the Great Depression hits, Braddock is forced to do manual
labor, working on the docks to (barely) support his family, who live in
extremely poor conditions. At one point, he takes public assistance (a great
source of shame to him) to pay his electricity bill, allowing his kids to stay
in the house. After another boxer cancels at the last minute, Jim's old
manager, Joe Gould (played by Paul Giamatti) asks him to fight the number two
contender in the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is little chance Jim will win, but this is a Ron
Howard film, so...Jim wins the fight, thanks to new-found strength in his
non-broken hand from his work on the docks, coupled with an uncompromising
drive to support his family. After the stunning upset, Gould and Braddock
discuss a full-time return to the ring. Mae is extremely angry with Joe for
trying to profit from Jim's willingness to put himself in danger. She is surprised
and humbled to see that Joe's belief in Jim is so strong, he and his wife have
sold almost all of their possessions in order to pay for Jim's training.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As Jim continues to win fights, he moves closer to fighting
the defending world champion, Max Baer (played by Craig Bierko), an arrogant
and dangerous opponent in the ring. Jim's rags-to-riches story captivates the
nation, earning him the nickname "Cinderella Man" and the fight is
billed as a David vs. Goliath. Max Baer taunts Jim at every turn prior to the
fight, attempting to humiliate him publicly. The boxing commissioner insists on
showing footage of two of Baer's previous fights, where each boxer died from
injuries sustained in the ring, so Jim is aware of what is at stake. But Jim's
resolve remains strong and he insists on fighting, because he feels a duty to
all those who believe in him. On the night of the fight, Mae cannot even bring
herself to watch in person, or listen on the radio. In the end, of course,
Braddock wins a stunning and hard-fought bout, enabling a Happily Ever After
ending. But it is a Ron Howard movie, so this was to be expected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The film is loosely based on the real events of Jim
Braddock's career. The filmmakers did take some liberties in the name of
entertainment value, mostly in the depiction of Max Baer. In the movie, Baer is
a true villain, a brutal and unsympathetic Jerk Ass who deserves nothing more
than to be knocked off his pedestal by the more deserving and hard-working
Braddock. This does not differ from press accounts at the time, which used this
sensationalized view of Baer to promote his fights. However, all personal
accounts from the time (including Braddock himself) have nothing but good
things to say about Baer, a kind and earnest man, who made wise-cracks and was generally
well-liked. In Real Life, Baer was only responsible for the in-ring death of
one man, Frankie Campbell. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This incident haunted Baer for the rest of his life,
and he actually paid for the education of Campbell's children out of his
winnings as a gesture of remorse. Cinderella Man was a hit with critics (one of
the best-reviewed films of that year), but not at the box office (just a $60
million domestic take). There are several theories as to why. When it was
released, it was up against another boxing movie that had already garnered much
box office success earlier in the year. It was also released in the summer,
which critics largely agreed was not the right time for an emotional and
evocative Oscar Bait film like this. Some theories also cite the negative
portrayal of Max Baer. The filmmakers took a rather unusual step to boost
ticket sales, by offering to refund the ticket cost of anyone who was
dissatisfied with the film.</span></div>
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Ann Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08853178476825869359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885661113378559822.post-645692068865212972012-08-02T04:50:00.002-07:002012-08-02T04:50:27.834-07:00Cinderella Man<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock and inspired by his life story. The film was produced by Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer. Damon Runyon is credited for giving Braddock this nickname. Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti star.</div>Ann Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08853178476825869359noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885661113378559822.post-67263116281589108122011-08-22T01:29:00.001-07:002011-08-22T01:29:32.150-07:00Plot<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
James J. Braddock is a hard-nosed, Irish-American boxer from New Jersey, formerly a light heavyweight contender, who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. This is both a relief and an upset to his wife, Mae: she cannot bring herself to watch the violence of his chosen profession, yet knows they will have no good income without him boxing.<br />
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As the United States enters the Great Depression, Braddock does manual labor as a longshoreman to support his family, even after badly breaking his hand. Unfortunately, he cannot get work every day. Thanks to a last-minute cancellation by another boxer, Braddock's longtime manager and friend, Joe Gould, offers him a chance to fill in for just this one night and make a little money. The fight is against the number-two contender in the world, Corn Griffin, and Braddock is seen as little more than a convenient punching bag.<br />
Braddock, however, stuns the boxing experts and fans with a third-round knockout of his formidable opponent. He believes that because his hand is now healed, he is fit to fight. Against his wife's wishes, Braddock takes up Gould's offer to return to the ring. Mae resents this attempt by Gould to profit from her husband's dangerous livelihood, until she discovers that Gould and his wife also have been devastated by hard times.<br />
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With a shot at the heavyweight championship held by Max Baer a possibility, Braddock continues to win. Out of a sense of pride, he uses a portion of his prize money to pay back money to the government given to him while unemployed. When his rags to riches story gets out, the sportswriter Damon Runyon dubs him "The Cinderella Man," and before long Braddock comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public struggling with the Depression.<br />
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A title fight against Baer comes his way. Braddock is a 10-to-1 underdog. Mae is terrified because Baer, the champ, is a vicious man who reportedly has killed at least two men in the ring. He is so destructive that the fight's promoter, James Johnston, forces both Braddock and Gould to watch a film of Baer in action, just so he can maintain later that he warned them what Braddock was up against.<br />
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Braddock demonstrates no fear. The arrogant Baer attempts to intimidate him, even taunting Mae in public that her man might not survive. When he says this, she becomes so angry that she throws a drink at him. She cannot bring herself to attend the fight at the Madison Square Garden Bowl or even to listen to it on the radio.<br />
On June 13, 1935, in one of the biggest achievements in boxing history, Braddock defeats the seemingly invincible Baer to become the heavyweight champion of the world.<br />
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A graphic at the end of the film reveals that Braddock worked on the building of the Verrazano Bridge, and that he later owned and operated heavy machinery on the docks where he worked during the Depression. Also, he and Mae used the winnings to buy a house, in which they spent the rest of their lives.<br />
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