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Date created: April 2010
Release date 2005
Duration 144 min
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Genre Biography, Drama,
Max Baer: [to Braddock after a boxing round] You're going home in butcher paper, pal! BUTCHER PAPER!
[last title cards] Title card: Two years later Jim Braddock put his title on the line against Joe Louis. Jim knocked him down in the first round though Louis went on to win the bout. Joe Louis would always call Jim Braddock the most courageous man he ever fought. Title card: Jim served honorably in World War II. Title card: He later owned and operated heavy equipment on the same docks where he labored during the Great Depression. Title card: In the early 1960's he helped build the Verrazano Bridge. Title card: Jim and Mae bought a house in New Jersey with the winnings from the Baer fight. They raised their children in that house and lived there for the rest of their lives.
Jimmy Johnston: [to Gould] They ought to put your mouth in a circus.
Howard Braddock: Dad, I'm being quiet, I'm being good, I'm being-have!
Jim Braddock: Joe, did you come all this way just to talk about the weather? Joe Gould: Hey, maybe I was in the neighborhood! Maybe I wanted some fresh air! Jim Braddock: Joe, this is New Jersey. Joe Gould: Good point.
Joe Gould: Jesus H. Christ! Jesus Mary and Joseph! All the saints and martyrs and Jesus! Did I mention Jesus?
Jim Braddock: You think you're telling me something? Like, what, boxing is dangerous, something like that? You don't think working triple shifts and at night on a scaffold isn't just as likely to get a man killed? What about all those guys who died last week living in cardboard shacks to save on rent money just to feed their family, 'cause guys like you have not quite figured out a way yet to make money off of watching that guy die? But in my profession - and it is my profession - I'm a little more fortunate.
Joe Gould: You gonna punch him or pork him? Max Baer: That's your job, assho... [Braddock punches Baer]
Jimmy Johnston: Right here. Editorial says this fight is good as murder, and everybody associated with it should be hauled into court and prosecuted afterwords. They say the paper's gettin' all sorts of letters from people saying you're their inspiration - like you saved their lives or somethin'. If you ask me, it's a lotta crap... but if I'm gonna promote this fight, I'm not gettin' hung out to dry if somethin' happens to you. Joe Gould: [sarcastically] Ah, you're all heart. Jimmy Johnston: My heart's for my family, Joe, my brains and my balls are for business and this is business. You got me? Joe Gould: Gotcha.
Joe Gould: I got you another fight Jim Braddock: Ha ha, go to hell.
Mae Braddock: Maybe I understand, some, about having to fight. So you just remember who you are... you're the Bulldog of Bergen, and the Pride of New Jersey, you're everybody's hope, and the kids' hero, and you are the champion of my heart, James J. Braddock.
Max Baer: It's no joke, pal. People die in fairy tales all the time.
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