dinner-time. The hero‚ James Braddock played by Russell Crowe was honest to the core‚ and despite experiencing minor success in the beginning in the movie was humble and endearing. James’s integrity was displayed in one scene involving his son stealing meat from the local butcher. His son’s motivation in committing the theft was fear; fear that he would be sent away because James and his wife Mae (Renée Zellweger) couldn’t provide for their children. While returning the meat‚ James had a heart to heart
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Questions 1. James Braddock’s life in the 1920’s before the stock market crashed was easy living. His family had a nice house with everything they wanted. James was winning fights and his children had plenty of food to eat. But in the 1930’s after the depression James had to sell everything he had to stay out of poverty. He and his family are living in an apartment and struggle everyday to
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Bierko. The story is about James Braddock‚ who is a light heavyweight boxer‚ who was forced to retire from the ring after breaking his hand in the last fight. His wife Mae had hoped for years and years that he would quit boxing before really messing himself up. James works as a laborer at the docks but he still has ambitions to box. A couple years after his last fight‚ his old manager wants him to be a last minute substitute against the world’s second-ranked boxer. James agrees to fight‚ looses a
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making it by in the world‚ to soup lines‚ to making one intense comeback‚ Braddock lived the ultimate American dream. “Cinderella Man‚” James Braddock comes from New Jersey and he’s a light-heavyweight boxer in the start of this film. Making it by in life‚ he is forced to give up his dream when he ends up fighting with a broken hand‚ which took him out of the ring when he threw an illegal punch. That punch resulted with James losing his license. The Braddock’s could not afford to keep up with everything
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Story Famous boxer James J. Braddock (Russell Crow) looks over his defeated opponent as fans cheer on another victory. This 2005 film produced by Brian Grazer and directed by Ron Howard tells the story of a dedicated man struggling to get by during the Great Depression. Cinderella Man begins on November 30‚ 1928‚ with a 2nd round knockout over Tuffy Griffith. Shortly after the fight‚ Braddock returns home to his spouse Mae Braddock (Renée Zellweger) with his winnings. As Braddock prepares for an easy
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early 1900s. The story follows a Lithuanian man named Jurgis Rudkus and all the hardship and tragedy he endures. Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard is a film about the famous boxer James J. Braddock. The film shows the hardship James and his family suffer during the Great Depression. Jurgis Rudkus and James J. Braddock show similarities from the beginning‚ middle‚ and end in their physical traits‚ relationships and emotional traits. Throughout the book‚ both men express physical similarities in their
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Zachary Zaret Professor O’Neil Hist 173 2 May 2015 Cinderella Man and the Great Depression Cinderella Man is a biographical film of boxer James J. Braddock that clearly illustrates Americas struggle through the Great Depression. Cinderella Man accurately shows the prevailing attitude of the time. The movie also focuses on how boxing was a temporary shelter from the suffering for many. This movie offers many accurate scenes relating to the depressing tone of the Great Depression. One specific example
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to Face with the Champion 49 Penguin Books Ltd‚ both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Plc Chapter 12 The Big Day 54 Acknowledgement Chapter 13 The Hopes of the Crowd 60 Photograph page: viii © ® Estate of James J. Braddock Chapter 14 The Luckiest Man 65 This edition first published by Penguin Books 2006 Text copyright © Penguin Books 2006 Typeset by Graphicraft Limited‚ H o n g Kong Set in l l / 1 4 p t B e m b o Printed in China SWTC/01 Produced
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Cinderella Man‚ the story of the famous boxer James J. Braddock is told during his career in the late 1920’s and 1930’s during the Great Depression. Jim is a fierce boxer during the 1920’s and is very successful‚ but as the years go by Jim begins to wash up and lose his luck in the ring. He suffers an injury and loses his job as a professional boxer right as the economy begins to plunge as the country enters the Great Depression. Jim and his wife Mae Braddock‚ begin to struggle with paying the bills and
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Joe Louis America’s Hero… Betrayed by Joe Lavine is a sports documentary filled with propaganda from beginning to finish. Joe Louis was an African-American born on May 13th of 1914 in Lafayette Alabama. Also‚ as a black male‚ his ancestors came from generations of slavery until his great-grandfather. Louis was the eighth child of Munn and Lilly Barrow. Concluding there would be financial issues to support the family. Joe had to take on several jobs at a young age; however it was the only way to
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