The Fighter

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biographical film film sports drama film

The Fighter is a 2010 biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, chronicling the turbulent boxing career of Micky Ward and his relationship with his half-brother and trainer Dicky Eklund.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical film → film → sports drama film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
basedOn	life of Dicky Eklund → life of Micky Ward →
boxOffice	approximately $129 million →
characterRole	Alice Eklund-Ward → Charlene Fleming → Dicky Eklund → Micky Ward →
cinematographer	Hoyte van Hoytema →
composer	Michael Brook →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	David O. Russell →
distributor	Paramount Pictures →
editor	Pamela Martin NERFINISHED →
genre	biographical film → drama film → sports film →
mainSubject	Dicky Eklund → Micky Ward →
narrativeLocation	Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
originalLanguage	English →
portrayedBy	Alice Eklund-Ward\|Melissa Leo → Charlene Fleming\|Amy Adams → Dicky Eklund\|Christian Bale → Micky Ward\|Mark Wahlberg →
producer	David Hoberman → Mark Wahlberg → Todd Lieberman →
productionCompany	Closet to the Hole Productions → Mandeville Films → Relativity Media →
publicationDate	2010 →
runtime	115 minutes →
screenwriter	Eric Johnson → Paul Tamasy → Scott Silver →
starring	Amy Adams → Christian Bale → Mark Wahlberg → Melissa Leo →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christian Bale → Mark Wahlberg → Melissa Leo →	notableWork
Christian Bale →	academyAwardFor
83rd Academy Awards →	bestSupportingActorFilm
83rd Academy Awards →	bestSupportingActressFilm
Christian Bale →	goldenGlobeAwardFor
Melissa Leo →	hasActedIn
83rd Academy Awards →	notableWinner
Relativity Media →	producedFilm