Philip Craig

Cinderella Man -- Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger star in the triumphant true story of a boxer who fights to win a second chance for his family and becomes an unlikely national hero.

Academy Award® winners Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger star in this triumphant, powerfully inspiring true story. In a time when America needed a champion, an unlikely hero would arise, proving how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. Suddenly thrust into the national spotlight, boxer Jim Braddock would defy the odds against him and stun the world with one of the greatest comebacks in history. Driven by love for his family, he willed an impossible dream to come true.

Academy Award(R) winners Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger star in this triumphant, powerfully inspiring true story. In a time when America needed a champion, an unlikely hero would arise, proving how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. Suddenly thrust into the national spotlight, boxer Jim Braddock would defy the odds against him and stun the world with one of the greatest comebacks in history. Driven by love for his family, he willed an impossible dream to come true.

Oscar-winner Diane Keaton ("Something's Gotta Give," "Annie Hall") stars in the title role as a prison warden's wife who falls in love with death row convict Ed Biddle, played by Oscar-winning box office star Mel Gibson ("Lethal Weapon" franchise, "Braveheart"). Believing he's innocent, she helps him and his convicted brother escape. Based on a real case from 1901, Pittsburgh, this dramatic picture co-stars Matthew Modine ("Birdy," "Married to the Mob") with Trini Alvarado ("Little Women," "Babe"), Terry O'Quinn ("Primal Fear," "Tombstone") and Edward Herrmann ("Annie Hall," "The Lost Boys"). Directed by acclaimed Australian director Gillian Armstrong ("Little Women").